Comments on: Watchman and Mockingbird

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:42:13 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. Yeah I think the spoilers were unavoidable. But I still want to read it. I was giving myself some breathing room after a re-read of Mockingbird but I think I'm ready this fall.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:39:34 +0000

In reply to Melissa W.. That's a good point Melissa. I know what you mean. I will keep this mind when I read it sometime this fall. Thanks!

By: Melissa W.

Melissa W. — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:52:28 +0000

I read To Kill prior to reading Go Set this past August back-to-back and I was able to separate the two Atticus’ as the one doing his job in To Kill and the “real” Atticus coming out in Go Set and the one that Scout wasn’t privy to as a child. I look at this way, as children, depending on our childhood, idealize our parents and once we, as their children, become adults with our own life, realize what our parents really are. The facade is down because there is nowhere for our parents to hide. While they may not share everything that they struggle through, you start to realize that your parents are human and they may do things that you don’t exactly agree with. While Atticus may appear to be perfect in To Kill, we are seeing him through a child’s eyes and point of view and one finds out the true reality of Atticus in Go Set.

By: Sarah's Book Shelves

Sarah's Book Shelves — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 01:09:34 +0000

I read it earlier this week…and was upset by all the spoilers out there…especially by the NYT including such a big spoiler in the headline! There was no way to avoid it.

But, I’m glad I read it, but really consider it more of a curiosity than another Lee novel. Though I didn’t really like the book, it was certainly an interesting reading experience.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:07:11 +0000

In reply to Melissa.

Thanks Melissa. Yeah that’s what I’ll do — think of the books separately as two different books. Glad you liked it, makes me still want to read it. 🙂

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:32:23 +0000

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with waiting to read it. I do think that they need to be treated as completely separate books. I didn’t want GSAW to tarnish my love of TKAM and so I went into it with the mindset that this was a different book with different characters and that really helped me.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:14:59 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow. Thanks Laurel. I look forward to hearing what you think of "Watchman." The title did puzzle me too, but then I read "Go Set a Watchman" comes from a passage in the King James Bible in Book of Isaiah. Not sure if it makes anything clearer, but I will keep it in mind when I read it.

By: Laurel-Rain Snow

Laurel-Rain Snow — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:35:11 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow. I meant to say "graduated." LOL

By: Laurel-Rain Snow

Laurel-Rain Snow — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:34:20 +0000

Controversy certainly stirs things up, doesn’t it?

I had not read TKAM until the 50th anniversary came around, and I bought the book, with its lovely cover. I graduate high school before the time when it was on reading lists.

I then watched the movie….although I had seen bits and pieces of it before.

I bought Go Set a Watchman, a title that puzzles me…and will read it, keeping in mind that an adult’s perspective is so different from a child’s, and perhaps that will help me deal with any issues.

Thanks for your post…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:10:52 +0000

In reply to Brona. Yeah Brona, I think there is likely merit in reading GSAW to see Lee's writing process etc. I, too, wonder how or why the father figure changes so much between the two versions. Was TKAM a more softened version for the times it was published? Thanks for all your good comments.