tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post156848647232153409..comments2024-03-27T05:13:25.241-05:00Comments on The New Dork Review of Books: Go Set A Watchman: Six Questions, Six Answers Greg Zimmermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-26525970261679825402015-07-27T19:15:28.002-05:002015-07-27T19:15:28.002-05:00Great post. Thanks for it. Great post. Thanks for it. Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013671358235469324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-14214437993939261912015-07-23T09:33:31.272-05:002015-07-23T09:33:31.272-05:00I can't wait for the hype to die down (he says...I can't wait for the hype to die down (he says, knowing full well he just contributed to it. ;) ) Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-40362875004161137322015-07-22T10:47:17.113-05:002015-07-22T10:47:17.113-05:00Thanks for taking this approach to writing about G...Thanks for taking this approach to writing about GSAW! I've been on the fence about reading it, but I think I'll give it a shot once the hype dies down.Leah @ Books Speak Volumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843680530053274951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-57492378619851291372015-07-21T17:53:06.054-05:002015-07-21T17:53:06.054-05:00Maybe in its total construction, I'd agree wit...Maybe in its total construction, I'd agree with you that it's poorly written. But her writing itself is just masterful - even as she's veering off onto tangents or trying to cram a doctoral dissertation on race relations into a few pages of dialogue. Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-50654111864826345622015-07-21T16:05:00.890-05:002015-07-21T16:05:00.890-05:00I think it's an important literary event, a mo...I think it's an important literary event, a more realistic story that TKAM, but still a poorly written book. If Harper Lee wasn't well, Harper Lee, I'd brush it off. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-48044081923379469772015-07-21T13:31:28.634-05:002015-07-21T13:31:28.634-05:00Totally agree - it IS a bit much. Read and judge a...Totally agree - it IS a bit much. Read and judge a book for what it is (in this case, a draft, NOT a sequel, with a racist character) not what you want it to be (an actual sequel with a beloved character). <br /><br />Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-17353590712473890302015-07-21T12:36:52.277-05:002015-07-21T12:36:52.277-05:00I agree with all of your points,Greg-GSAW is a goo...I agree with all of your points,Greg-GSAW is a good book, not a great one, and worth reading if only to see where the genesis of TKAM came from. Too many people are wringing their hands and wailing "This is not my Atticus!" and to them I say "Well, you're right because Atticus doesn't belong to you. He belongs to Harper Lee, just like Huck Finn belongs to Mark Twain."<br /><br />Authors, in my opinion, share their characters with us and while I can sympathize with seeing a fictional person that you feel you know and love take a wrong turn, but getting mad because the writer chose to take a different tact(in this case, an earlier conception) for dramatic purposes is a bit much there.lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.com