![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I started it immediately, and to some extent, my first impression remains: the novel falls flat. I joined a crowd at my local bookstore Big Blue Marble, watched the film, ate Lane Cake, and got my copy at midnight. The original manuscript of Go Set a Watchman was revised by Lee and her editor Tay Hohoff, and-I think-with good reason. I picked this up at midnight on July 14th at Big Blue Marble Books. I ended up rereading Mockingbird in a giant and appreciative gulp through this new lens, and discovered a far more complicated novel that set the foundation for Go Set a Watchman in unexpected ways. Then, when Lee’s Go Tell a Watchman received horrified early reviews that focused on the revelation that Atticus was a racist, I was intrigued. I’d seen the movie, and like most people, my vision of Atticus Finch merged seamlessly with Gregory Peck’s performance as the upright, warm father who gathered his daughter Scout on his lap at the end of the day and read to her over his half-glasses. At some point in my life, I’d read To Kill a Mockingbird but it didn’t stick, at least not consciously. Atticus Finch as most of us remembered him…at least until now. ![]()
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