tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post4383959726594493823..comments2023-06-13T07:50:37.866-05:00Comments on payton marie: "ATTICUS? I THINK I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH."payton mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-17240201585645782912015-09-07T12:35:26.504-05:002015-09-07T12:35:26.504-05:00I think people expected GSAW (and Atticus himself)...I think people expected GSAW (and Atticus himself) to be as perfect as TKAM. And since it wasn't, they were too disappointed to see and value this book as it is. It really is a treasure. payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-41514555887430797572015-09-07T12:34:30.654-05:002015-09-07T12:34:30.654-05:00Wow, this was so good. It's hard to know what ...Wow, this was so good. It's hard to know what to reply to your comment, because... it's just SO GOOD. "I need to learn the art of looking to Him alone." YES. Not to other people, not to idols, not to pleasures, but just to Him. And yes, I would still love to name one of my kids after Atticus (even though I have a nephew named Atticus, and an adopted nephew with Atticus as his middle name :P ) or maybe even Scout. :) Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, I loved it. payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-57260018954934037202015-09-07T12:31:53.497-05:002015-09-07T12:31:53.497-05:00I think you will, too. He takes a little getting u...I think you will, too. He takes a little getting used to in GSAW, but it's worth it. :)<br /><br />thank you so much for reading!!payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-5835442119613454582015-09-07T11:01:04.974-05:002015-09-07T11:01:04.974-05:00I needed this post! So many people are hating on t...I needed this post! So many people are hating on this book, but I agree with all of the points you made. True, I didn't think GSAW was as good as TKAM, but it was still fabulous. (Fabulous blog, btw, I'm following now.) (-:Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402269932600706940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-26300455094291287762015-09-06T23:05:18.763-05:002015-09-06T23:05:18.763-05:00I pre-ordered this book with no holds barred. I pi...I pre-ordered this book with no holds barred. I picked it up without knowing of any controversy. I even read the whole thing & made it until just last week before I heard any negative comments on it (the perks of living under a rock). So, needless to say, my feelings about this book are completely my own. <br />I loved it. I would read it again. It was so hard to read, but it was so worth it. Atticus, her idol. Man, was that hard to digest. I had been convicted that week of idolizing my own friend & mentor ... it was breaking my heart. I couldn't figure out how to love her & not worship her ... I had just been so wrong for so long. Jesus used GSAW to completely wreck me with conviction. I finished the book at 2am & spent the rest of my night on my knees, weeping. To me, her journey was the most incredible thing. How well-written. & what connotations it holds for us, as believers. How devastating it is when our idols fall. We die. That part of us is killed. <br /><br />& free to be reborn. Remade. <br /><br />I'm still trying to figure out what it looks like to not be relying on another human to remind me who I am & what Jesus looks like. I need to learn the art of looking to Him alone. <br />& Jean Louise Finch taught me so much. <br /><br />I still might name a future baby after Atticus. & one after my own Atticus. Because their lessons have not been tainted, nor revoked. No, they have only grown. <br />Now those names will always remind me of the One who never stumbles, never fails, never contradicts Himself ... May I always see Him for who He is. Only when our perspective of Him or ourselves is wrong do we assume that He has failed. New lenses, new lenses. Lydia Brugerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517914777314328661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-27597862438484305202015-08-24T10:06:19.827-05:002015-08-24T10:06:19.827-05:00Thank you sooo much for this...I loved Articus so ...Thank you sooo much for this...I loved Articus so much in TKAM...now I think I'm going to love him even more in Lee's new book.<br /><br />Enjoy reading your blog!Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833817596667651651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-57335433568648244752015-08-23T14:05:47.207-05:002015-08-23T14:05:47.207-05:00You're welcome! :)You're welcome! :)payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-30415641512296197442015-08-23T14:04:27.320-05:002015-08-23T14:04:27.320-05:00Haha I understand completely! Looking forward to h...Haha I understand completely! Looking forward to hearing what you think of the book!!payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-38725386186439012452015-08-23T14:04:01.963-05:002015-08-23T14:04:01.963-05:00Yes yes exactly! Well said. Yes yes exactly! Well said. payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-30077562466779042472015-08-22T19:38:20.897-05:002015-08-22T19:38:20.897-05:00Thank you for this post! I am so glad that some pe...Thank you for this post! I am so glad that some people still love Atticus.Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700856920479945442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-29565746332681958612015-08-20T20:41:20.388-05:002015-08-20T20:41:20.388-05:00I desperately wanted to read this post (because wh...I desperately wanted to read this post (because whyyy not you're a good writer and book reviews are DA best) buuut! I haven't read 'Go Set a Watchmen'... I've ordered it at my library and it's taking forever to come. Can't wait to read it and come back to your post. xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02394974272526510348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-13849840568637137972015-08-20T09:32:37.702-05:002015-08-20T09:32:37.702-05:00Yes!! I agree with you so much. I had the exact sa...Yes!! I agree with you so much. I had the exact same thoughts about how this book takes away the rosy childhood lens through which TKAM was written and shows more of the harsh reality of the time period. Scout is grown up and she needed to realize that no one, not even her beloved father, is perfect.Emily Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048242966721045216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-37292933506815017912015-08-19T19:35:06.268-05:002015-08-19T19:35:06.268-05:00Yes, yes, and yes. Perfectly said. Harper Lee carr...Yes, yes, and yes. Perfectly said. Harper Lee carried us through that book right beside Scout. She wanted us to feel what Scout felt, and I'd say she succeeded! <br /><br />Also, I read your review, and it was brilliant. Well done! payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-6883127128732139092015-08-18T09:33:21.454-05:002015-08-18T09:33:21.454-05:00I am glad to find someone who sees it this way. I ...I am glad to find someone who sees it this way. I had a very similar experience to you in that I am a HUGE TKAM fan and preordered Watchman months ago. I heard the negative reviews and was scared to get started, but eventually I plunged in and I am so glad I did. Watchman was a difficult read. I was right alongside Jean Louise as she began to comprehend the devastating reality that nobody, not even our most treasured role models, are perfect. Ultimately, we must live by our own conscience. <br /><br />I wrote a review about my thoughts, which have quite a few parallels to yours, on my blog: http://miss-adventure.com/2015/08/05/go-set-a-watchman-review/Susanna https://www.blogger.com/profile/00066037966026823577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-10401666925956790382015-08-17T21:36:43.273-05:002015-08-17T21:36:43.273-05:00I felt exactly the same about Hank... I couldn'...I felt exactly the same about Hank... I couldn't put my finger on what I didn't like, but I just never fell in love with him! He just seemed rather bland after being used to Lee's other vividly alive characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-4743658219448698642015-08-17T20:25:16.430-05:002015-08-17T20:25:16.430-05:00Thank you, Annelise! It really surprised me, after...Thank you, Annelise! It really surprised me, after all the reviews I read. But I enjoyed reading it, and it's great to see Harper Lee back in action after all these years. :) You should definitely give it a try! payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-35012261600353023172015-08-17T20:19:17.461-05:002015-08-17T20:19:17.461-05:00Exactly! I didn't get it until a week or so af...Exactly! I didn't get it until a week or so after it released, so by the time it got to my hands, I was nervous. That is such a neat insight, thank you for sharing that. Good to know it wasn't all fiction! Oh my goodness! Calpurnia! How could I have forgotten... That was really the only part where I literally wanted to cry. It's like I could physically feel all of Scout's raw, harsh anger and sadness. Man alive.<br /><br />Well, Hank had his humorous parts, but I was never endeared to him. So I really couldn't be bothered whether he and Jean Louise ended up together or not. Besides, she never seemed *really* in love with him anyway, so I'm not sure how well they would have worked out... What did you think? payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-55972694607086909032015-08-17T20:14:56.011-05:002015-08-17T20:14:56.011-05:00Yes! Atticus was the hero of TKAM, but this time i...Yes! Atticus was the hero of TKAM, but this time it was Scout's turn to make the hard, heroic choices. I really liked that. payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-49697591385804729112015-08-17T18:01:06.593-05:002015-08-17T18:01:06.593-05:00I enjoyed reading this review a lot. It's very...I enjoyed reading this review a lot. It's very gentle and insightful. Like many others the harsh (sensationalist?) media reviews scared me off reading it. But you've got a different take on it to any other reviews I've read, which I appreciate. I'm keen to give it a go now :-) It makes sense that as Scout grows up, the rose coloured lenses she viewed her father with would fall away, and it would be interesting to see that play out. I love your conclusion here: "The Atticuses in our lives will fail us sometimes, but what matters is how we react, how we forgive, and how we love." So very true! Thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts :-)Lisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996244059466229628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-62357737073575624962015-08-17T17:15:08.663-05:002015-08-17T17:15:08.663-05:00**This comment has major spoilers!!**
I'm so ...**This comment has major spoilers!!**<br /><br />I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who felt this way about the book! I too read it days after it came out, but in the few days that it took to get my copy, all of the horrible reviews made me almost afraid to read it. I am born and raised in Mississippi, and frankly, Go Set a Watchman had a more accurate depiction of the actual attitudes toward race in the South than To Kill a Mockingbird. Although I didn't agree with all of Atticus' opinions, I have seen the same opinions expressed by people that I know and love from that generation. It was real. The only things in the book that absolutely broke my heart were Jem's death and Calpurnia's horrible attitude. I almost cried!<br /><br />On another note, what did you think of Hank and his relationship with Jean Louise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-59860170248215892982015-08-17T12:55:59.609-05:002015-08-17T12:55:59.609-05:00I read it too & was also surprised that I didn...I read it too & was also surprised that I didn't end it hating Atticus at all. There are so many Atticuses. I love that the book ends in hope, & even shifts the hero role onto Scout's shoulders. There's a sense that she might be more impactful than she realized, when she put all her eggs into his basket. :)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.com