A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman Go Set a Watchman s voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of Mockingbird. (It) can t be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee s imagination. It has too much integrity for that. -- The Independent Don t let Go Set a Watchman change the way you think about Atticus Finch the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race. -- Los Angeles Times [ Go Set a Watchman ] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee s writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote. -- Wall Street Journal Watchman is compelling in its timeliness. -- Washington Post A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero, a god, but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing, enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions. -- Washington Post The success of Go Set a Watchman. .. lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father s beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know. -- Time Go Set a Watchman s greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America s woeful track record when it comes to racial equality. -- San Francisco Chronicle Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don t know how much we need them. -- Chicago Tribune the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever. -- Chicago Tribune What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably, a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality. -- Chicago Tribune [ Go Set a Watchman ] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America s great struggle: race. -- Columbus Dispatch Go Set a Watchman s gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected. -- Vanity Fair Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee s original classic. A satisfying novel it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event. -- The Guardian Lee s ability with description is evident with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same. --CNN.com Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America s most important authors. -- USA Today Atticus complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird, Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition. -- New York Post A deftly written tale there s something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee s prose once again. -- People One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel, as both a writer and a reader. -- Vulture As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that s a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman. -- Daily Beast Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point. -- Bloomberg View Harper Lee s second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did. -- Time [ Go Set a Watchman is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations-- Denver Post Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades -- New York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family, Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart, and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free. -- NPR 's Code Switch [ Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language, realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved. -- Buffalo News Lee's ability with description is evident... with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same. --CNN.com -Lee's ability with description is evident... with long sentences beautifully rendered and evoking a world long lost to history, but welcoming all the same.---CNN.com -[Go Set a Watchman] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race.---Columbus Dispatch -Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don't know how much we need them.---Chicago Tribune -The success of Go Set a Watchman... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father's beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know.---Time -A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero, a god, but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing, enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions.---Washington Post -...the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever.---Chicago Tribune -[Go Set a Watchman] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee's writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote.---Wall Street Journal -Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America's most important authors.---USA Today -Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades...--New York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note -[Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language, realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved.---Buffalo News -In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family, Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart, and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free.---NPR's -Code Switch- -[Go Set a Watchman is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations--Denver Post -Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story... To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point.---Bloomberg View -As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that's a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman.---Daily Beast -One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel, as both a writer and a reader.---Vulture -A deftly written tale... there's something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee's prose once again.---People -Atticus' complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird, Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition.---New York Post -A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman...Go Set a Watchman's voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of Mockingbird. (It) can't be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee's imagination. It has too much integrity for that.---The Independent -Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee's original classic. A satisfying novel... it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event.---The Guardian -Go Set a Watchman's gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected.---Vanity Fair -What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably, a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality.---Chicago Tribune -Go Set a Watchman's greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America's woeful track record when it comes to racial equality.---San Francisco Chronicle -Don't let 'Go Set a Watchman' change the way you think about Atticus Finch...the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race.---Los Angeles Times -Harper Lee's second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did.---Time -Watchman is compelling in its timeliness.---Washington Post In this powerful newly published story about the Finch family, Lee presents a wider window into the white Southern heart, and tells us it is finally time for us all to shatter the false gods of the past and be free. --NPR's Code Switch [Go Set a Watchman is a] brilliant book that ruthlessly examines race relations--Denver Post As Faulkner said, the only good stories are the ones about the human heart in conflict with itself. And that's a pretty good summation of Go Set a Watchman. --Daily Beast One overarching theme that many critics have zeroed in on is that there is a lot to learn from the novel, as both a writer and a reader. --Vulture Atticus' complexity makes Go Set a Watchman worth reading. With Mockingbird, Harper Lee made us question what we know and who we think we are. Go Set a Watchman continues in this noble literary tradition. --New York Post Go Set a Watchman is more complex than Harper Lee's original classic. A satisfying novel... it is, in most respects, a new work, and a pleasure, revelation and genuine literary event. --The Guardian [Go Set a Watchman] captures some of the same small-town Southern humor and preoccupation with America's great struggle: race. --Columbus Dispatch What makes Go Set a Watchman memorable is its sophisticated and even prescient view of the long march for racial justice. Remarkably, a novel written that long ago has a lot to say about our current struggles with race and inequality. --Chicago Tribune Go Set a Watchman's greatest asset may be its role in sparking frank discussion about America's woeful track record when it comes to racial equality. --San Francisco Chronicle The success of Go Set a Watchman... lies both in its depiction of Jean Louise reckoning with her father's beliefs, and in the manner by which it integrates those beliefs into the Atticus we know. --Time Don't let 'Go Set a Watchman' change the way you think about Atticus Finch...the hard truth is that a man such as Atticus, born barely a decade after Reconstruction to a family of Southern gentry, would have had a complicated and tortuous history with race. --Los Angeles Times .. .the voice we came to know so well in To Kill a Mockingbird - funny, ornery, rulebreaking - is right here in Go Set a Watchman, too, as exasperating and captivating as ever. --Chicago Tribune Harper Lee's second novel sheds more light on our world than its predecessor did. --Time Watchman is compelling in its timeliness. --Washington Post [Go Set a Watchman is] filled with the evocative language, realistic dialogue and sense of place that partially explains what made Mockingbird so beloved. --Buffalo News Go Set a Watchman offers a rich and complex story... To make the novel about pinning the right label on Atticus is to miss the point. --Bloomberg View A deftly written tale... there's something undeniably comforting and familiar about sinking into Lee's prose once again. --People A coming-of-age novel in which Scout becomes her own woman...Go Set a Watchman's voice is beguiling and distinctive, and reminiscent of Mockingbird. (It) can't be dismissed as literary scraps from Lee's imagination. It has too much integrity for that. --The Independent Go Set a Watchman's gorgeous opening is better than we could have expected. --Vanity Fair Go Set a Watchman comes to us at exactly the right moment. All important works of art do. They come when we don't know how much we need them. --Chicago Tribune A significant aspect of this novel is that it asks us to see Atticus now not merely as a hero, a god, but as a flesh-and-blood man with shortcomings and moral failing, enabling us to see ourselves for all our complexities and contradictions. --Washington Post [Go Set a Watchman] contains the familiar pleasures of Ms. Lee's writing- the easy, drawling rhythms, the flashes of insouciant humor, the love of anecdote. --Wall Street Journal Go Set a Watchman provides valuable insight into the generous, complex mind of one of America's most important authors. --USA Today Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades...--New York Times Opinion Pages: Taking Note