DWD's Reviews

Published in 2015 by HarperAudio in 2015 Read by Reese Witherspoon. Duration: 6 hours, 57 minutes Unabridged I waited for a while to take a chance with Go Set a Watchman . The blowback when it was released was formidable, so I decided to let it sit for a while and in the meantime stop reading the reviews. Warning: spoilers ahead. This book is set about 20 years after the events of To Kill a Mockingbird , in the 1950s. Jean Louise Finch (Scout) has come home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City for a long visit.  When she first arrives she falls into the familiar rhythms of a small town where she seems to know most everyone. She rekindles a romance with her father's young protege and soon enough returns to scandalizing her aunt with her forward ways. Atticus Finch has become a physically frailer man, but his mind is still spry. Harper Lee (1926-2016) Everything about the trip seems to be going well until Jean Louise discovers a racist pamphlet among some papers of ...

Published by Harper Audio in 2008 Originally published in 1960 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Voted "Best Novel of the Century" in a Library Journal poll Read by Sissy Spacek Duration: 12 hours, 17 minutes I almost feel silly writing a review for a book that is nearly universally regarded as one of the best, if not THE best, novels written in the last century. This book is read in schools across the country, was adapted into an amazingly successful movie that is as highly regarded as the book. This book is not just respected - it is loved. I also hate to admit that it had been nearly 25 years since I had read To Kill a Mockingbird .  Although I remembered that I loved the book, I had really forgotten why. So, when I was offered the chance to review this audio version by the publisher for free I jumped it at. It had been such a long time that I needed to remind myself why it was so great.  I am not going to waste everyone's time by re-telling the story in detai...