Audiobook: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (part 1 of 2)
My book club did To Kill a Mockingbird
Luckily, Sissy Spacek did the reading and really added to the experience. The only negative I can mention is that I found her voice for Atticus to not be fitting of the character.
She slowed her delivery to achieve the deeper voice. I think this made Atticus sound a bit like a dullard. Some of the things that Atticus says, if presented out of context, are super hokey. Spacek’s intonation for him didn’t help avoid this.
Even though I said it in my last post, I didn’t expect how much more I got out of this book with another reading. The listening experience really helped me notice certain things because my brain was free to think as the story continued.
Live and Let Live
It constantly struck me how quickly our governmental organizations would have stepped in to the various situations of the families in the books. The Cunninghams came off as tough, proud, and honorable people. DCFS would have taken those kids away in a heartbeat though. Would we have left the Radleys alone?
Narrative Voice
This whole thing is told in the past tense. How did I miss this all these years? Harper Lee’s writing is so visual and immediate. I just saw everything happening right in front of me.
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