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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and loved this book far more than I anticipated I would. As of now it ranks in my estimation as being one of the greatest novels I've ever read. The storytelling was simple but powerful, and the relations between the races came off as thoroughly authentic for the times. Highly recommended. While I intend to download a preview of the sequel (or prequel or whatever it is), Go Set a Watchman, I doubt after some of the reviews I've read that I'll actually read it. It would hurt too much to read that she transformed Atticus into a bigot. (Did she really do that?)
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Actually, she wrote
Go Set a Watchman first, and the publisher(s) told her to rework it. When she did, Atticus wound up as a much more sympathetic character. I have no interest in reading the original draft -- the final book is simply THAT good!