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To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

reviewed by irishgit

No kidding, can you believe this! The ALA (American Library Association) list of recently banned books explains, "Considered "dangerous" because of profanity and undermining of race ...
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irishgit
04/11/2009

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 3

Manifestly over-rated book, that gives a lot of simpletons erections over its supposedly revelatory notions of social justice. In point, it is no more than a mediocre novel, exploring themes that have been explored with more clarity and sophistication dozens of times, both before its publications and since. I don't support banning it, but I'd damn sure suppport restricting the undeserved enthusiasm about its alleged values.

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DoorGunner commented 227 days ago.
Yes, it is not even good literature, so I avoid teaching it at all costs. I reckon Truman Capote is the real author, but the characters are card-board cutouts. Stereotyping abounds: the red necks are bad, the blacks are helplessly dependent on a white savior, Atticus is that savior, albeit, too good to be true, and the narrator is an androgyne. I hate this book.
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