This book is based off a knowledge of"To Kill a Mockingbird". Now I had not read or seen any movie variations of To Kill a Mockingbird, but the one thing this book has done is make me want to. Sadly that is about all I can say as positive.
Obviously a working knowledge of To Kill would help, but the author gives enough detail of the story points he is building off that this was not a hindrance, but the flopping all over the place made it hard to follow and glean what he was trying to say. I would agree with him that To Kill has some great learning points, and all, but it was more like a hummingbird, quick flitting here and there. Rather than a book it seems more like a short hand diary of some of his thoughts on the story and those thoughts just seemed to point out the obvious, rather than ADD something to us the reader of THIS book.
There is a SHORT question guide at the back for folks to use in a discussion group. Some may find that useful, but I would suggest that simply reading or watching To Kill a Mockingbird and talking about it with friends would be more profitable use of time.
Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book or ARC.
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I LOVE this book. It was probably the only classic novel where, when I saw the movie, I thought they could not have done a better job of casting. Gregory Peck IS Atticus. It is a beautiful piece of literature with many subtle complexities and should never be reduced to a parable. And I didn't study it; I read it for fun!
Ruby
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