I ended up purposely saving To Kill a Mockingbird for last on the list - mostly because it is probably the most widely read and respected book that I hadn't previously read. So I was expecting it to be phenomenal. And well I'll give it an A, but overall it is about in the middle of the pack for me out of the 100 books. No doubt I enjoyed it but it was a bit heavy handed and preachy at times. And really the main character, Scout, doesn't ever do much to move the story along. She's just observing really what's going on around her. A book more focused on either Boo Radley, Atticus Finch or Tom Robinson would probably have interested me more. And a couple other things... I don't know why but it bugged me that the kids always called Atticus by his first name. And not really many mentions of what happened to their mother either. And the faith Atticus has in people is just annoying... and in the end it almost gets his kids killed. And for all the care he has for everyone in the town maybe he should check on Boo? The guy is basically held captive in his home and no one helps him. He's probably got some mental problem and his family is basically abusing him and no one cares? So I enjoyed it but have some reservations.
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