by | July 16, 2015 · 4:50 am

Go Set A Watchman – NOT a “new Harper Lee novel”

Atticus Finch was one of my earliest heroes.  Go Set A Watchman is on my “Never Going to Read” list.

Go Set A Watchman apology

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4 responses to “Go Set A Watchman – NOT a “new Harper Lee novel””

  1. GruntOfMonteCristo's avatar GruntOfMonteCristo
    July 16, 2015 at 10:38 am

    This reviewer may hope that the classic has not been “irrevocably tainted,” but that’s a false hope now, IMO.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      July 16, 2015 at 7:09 pm

      No more than a movie “ruins” a book. As an author once said, “The book is still there. Go read it.”

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      • GruntOfMonteCristo's avatar GruntOfMonteCristo
        July 16, 2015 at 8:13 pm

        I think this is worse. The movie has not really added info to the book, unless the author was involved and purposely changed the story. Even then, the book is still there, as you say. But if the author reveals new info in another book, it can completely spoil the nature of the first book.

        It’s the old “spoiled wine” analogy. You thought the wine was very good and you had a wonderful evening until the host told you that a single drop of human sewage had been added to your goblet. Knowing this, you can not go back and “read the book.” The book has been changed by revealed knowledge.

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