Week 1 - Book 1 of the Book a Week Quest
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
These book reviews are gonna be short and sweet...reminds me too much of book reports...
I really think I'm the only person my age to have never read To Kill a Mockingbird. To be honest, I was a little worried that the "classicness" of the book would turn me off of this whole "book a week" thing...
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. No summary needed for this one, but I will say that I don't quite get the allure of it in terms of every teenager needing to read it in high school. Still, it was a good read. Characters were well developed and interesting, the writing style was easy-to-read, and the story was fine, though a little dated (to be expected, however).
The only thing I'll criticize is that I felt like the end dragged a bit. Once the court case was over, I thought the book would be done...but it went on for significantly longer than I expected...dragging its feet as it did. I was honestly ready for it to be over.
That being said, I'm happy I can check this classic off the list...
Week 2's book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Yeah, um...book "reviews" aren't so much fun to write...
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