To Kill a Mockingbird

Title: To Kill a Mockingbird

Author: Harper Lee

Genre: Classics

Blurb: 

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. "To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature. 

My Review: 

I originally read this book in my freshman year of high school. Up until recently I thought it was a standard high school read, but one of my best college friends had never read it! When she decided to read To Kill a Mockingbird, it made me realize how badly I wanted to re-read the book I remember loving so dearly. It is amazing what you remember and what you forget. I remembered the general plot line, and the roller-coaster of emotions I felt, but had forgotten many of the details. There were also some pieces that were likely lost on me the first time. Scout (the main character) has not yet lost her innocent perspective of the world.
A couple of my favorite quotes from this book were:
"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for", and "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
This is one of those books that you can enjoy every time you read it, no matter how many times you read it.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5