Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (278 Pages)

Obviously, there has been much talk about this book, including some saying To Kill a Mocking Bird wasn't written by Harper Lee.  This book is a prequel to that book, and the writing is different. However, I'm assuming there was a significant age difference between the time she wrote each. This book was written the the 1950's and does a effective job of depicting the time period. I was not blown away by the book, but I can't say I didn't like it. Yes, Scout returns to Maycomb as a 26 year old, and as could be expected finds much has changed. Yes, Atticus seems uncomfortably different than the one we knew and loved in Mockingbird. Much of the book brings to question the role of family when what we thought were the values that the Finch family held true, is questioned. It is very interesting to see Scout as an adult, yet I don't see it as a teaching tool as much as Mocking Bird has been. Mocking Bird has many messages for the reader, while Watchman doesn't seem to have as many "teachable messages."