I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I've had it a while and been meaning to read it but wasn't sure I'd really enjoy it too much but I was wrong. The themes are interesting, looking at racism and sexism in America during the depression, but it's not what makes the book great, that I would say are the characters and the telling of the story through the unique perspective of Scout.

I was slightly worried when the court case ended and I was only two thirds of the way through the book, and thought the last third might be weaker but there was so much left of the story beyond the case itself, and the last third was my favourite section. The first few chapters were a little slow for me but once I had time to sit down and actually read for more than a few minutes at a time it was great, so I can't say anything against it. The writing is clean, easy to read, and yet evocative and highly descriptive. The use of phonetic spelling for the accents of characters was used sufficiently to give you the voice in your mind but not overused so much as to make reading difficult.

I’ve been reading a lot of classics the last year and whilst some of them I don’t enjoy, this is one where I can see why it became so popular. I’d recommend this to anyone, and the world would be a better place if people just asked what would Atticus do?