'To Kill a Mockingbird'

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I had to read it for class.

it was good, but it was bad. I liked the story, but it was dragged out over forever and ever. So I can understand why you didn't like it. =P

I really liked it. But it did drag on, though I didn't find it that unpleasant...

then again, Harper Lee only wrote one book in her life time. Might as well write as much as she likes within that one book.

Hmm I guess I can't help you here. Don't know why it's a classic. Probably because of all the universal themes it touches? It's hard to tell why most classics are classics. The one thing I do know is that I adore it. One of my favorite books.

I love To Kill and Mockingbird. It's my favorite book!

Atticus Finch is my hero, and Scout is who I wanna be like.

I didn't want it to end! I loved how it ended though, with Boo really being the awesome good guy and how Scout stood on the front porch of the Radley place and imagined how Boo must have felt when he was watching her and Jem and Dill. I cried.

My favorite quote comes from that book.

"Atticus was right. You never really knew a man until you put on his shoes and walked around in them."

Makes me laugh everytime.

Come to think of it, I must have read that book at least five times.

-Ailam

I didn't love it. Then again, I had to read it for class, and the other book I had to read with it (summer reading, see), I absolutely loved. Don't worry, it's ok to not like it! I thought it was boring as all get out, but that's me! The story itself is highly intriguing, but I think it lacks more in presentation (though I'll be disputed at every corner for saying it!).

Reading it right now for school; first couple pages were pretty bland but five chapters in, it's not bad.

It hasn't exactly "hooked" me but I think it's worth the read. I'll probably give a more complete review once I finish it.

I was forced to read it for class - and in my experience, if I'm told to read a book, it's never as good as one that I choose to read.

But still, once I got into the story, I did get quite interested. I certainly liked the depth with which the author described the action in the courtroom - but then again, I really like books about law cases and such.

I can see why many people don't like it though.

in my experience, if I'm told to read a book, it's never as good as one that I choose to read.

That's the same for me. Except the classics, for which my mum and I share a passion.

Yeah, I love this book. I read it in... 9th grade, I guess? I thought it was fantastic. Scout is probably the only child narrator I can think of who didn't annoy the pants off of me. Normally, I just get sick of the naive viewpoint, but the way Lee writes it makes Scout come across as very adult without being unrealistic.

I loved it! I thought it was one of the best books I've ever read. Call me a crack pot if you want but I love classics. It was truly a wonderful book.

I didn't find it boring at all. It was quite intriguing. I think you basically have to 'develop' a taste for classics. My older brother can't stand them. Give him, elves, robots, dragons any day. But he thinks classics are too dull.

But I have to admit there were some classics I did not understand what the fuss was about. I did not find anything so special in them.

For example Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Preparing to get stoned by Austen fans).
It's not a BAd book but I didn't find it that great either to be honest.

I even find it extremely boring in some places. On the whole it was an okay book. But people are so crazy about it which I don't get.

I don't think developing a taste for the classics has much to do with it. I like a lot of the classics (namely those of Thomas Hardy and the Brontes) but I found To Kill a Mockingbird boring.
I know what you mean about P+P. It's more or less a cult following now anyway. I do like Jane Austen, though - Persuasion in particular.

Interesting you should say that - I was just thinking the exact opposite .

Frankly, I preferred Pride and Prejudice to Kill a Mockingbird - although I enjoyed both of them.

i read this for school too, in like 8th grade i think. (maybe 7th?)

i loved the courtroom scene!!! i reread that part like 6 times (and i almost NEVER reread books) but i loved that scene. I think those kind of law parts are really interesting, but i liked how it was from a child's point of view, because a lot of time when they write court room scenes they can get confusing with terms i don't know.

i dont know if i would have read it if i didn't have to for school, but once i got into it, i really did like it. it was just a little harder to get into, i think.

I love love love love To Kill a Mockingbird. I didn't think it was dull at all - I had to read it for school and I finished it like a week and a half before everyone else. It's amazing.

Other good classics: A Tale of Two Cities, the Count of Monte Cristo, Jane Eyre (which I'm kind of cheating by saying that, because I haven't finished it yet) and anything by C. S. Lewis.