Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

3.8 (15 ratings)
2015 · English · Hardcover · 68 editions
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This Book Is An Historic Literary Event: The Publication Of A Newly Discovered Novel, The Earliest Known Work From Harper Lee, The Beloved, Bestselling Author Of The Pulitzer Prize-winning Classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. Originally Written In The Mid-1950s, Go Set A Watchman Was The Novel Harper Lee First Submitted To Her Publishers Before To Kill A Mockingbird. Assumed To Have Been Lost, The Manuscript Was Discovered In Late 2014. Go Set A Watchman Features Many Of The Characters From To Kill A Mockingbird Some Twenty Years Later. Returning Home To Maycomb To Visit Her Father, Jean Louise Finch -- Scout -- Struggles With Issues Both Personal And Political, Involving Atticus, Society, And The Small Alabama Town That Shaped Her. Exploring How The Characters From To Kill A Mockingbird Are Adjusting To The Turbulent Events Transforming Mid-1950s America, Go Set A Watchman Casts A Fascinating New Light On Harper Lee's Enduring Classic. Moving, Funny And Compelling, It Stands As A Magnificent Novel In Its Own Right. Twenty Years After The Trial Of Tom Robinson, Scout Returns Home To Maycomb To Visit Her Father And Struggles With Personal And Political Issues As Her Small Alabama Town Adjusts To The Turbulent Events Beginning To Transform The United States In The Mid-1950s. Harper Lee. Deckle Edge.

Book Details

Format Hardcover
Pages 288 pages
Language English
Published Jul 14, 2015
Publisher Harper
Edition 1
Editions 68 editions
ISBN-10 0062409859
ISBN-13 9780062409850

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⭐️1.5This book is a 1.5 star read that leans heavily towards 1 star. I couldn't give this book 1 star purely because I still have a great deal of respect for 'To Kill A Mockingbird', which I consider one of my favourite classics.However, 'Go Set A Watchman' is painfully dull and uneventful. The characters are unbearably boring. The plot is non-existent and the writing is inconsistent, and amateurish.There is no sense of what this book is about, or why it's being written. Having read other reviews, this book was never meant to be published in the first place, and quite frankly, it should never have been published at all.It is difficult for me to understand what the book was trying to accomplish, but whatever it was, it failed miserably.

March 18th 2023
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