I completed To Kill a Mockingbird :
I loved the family saga and the period is set in. I love how the author was able to portray that specific historical period by simply telling us the story of a family by the POV of one little girl.
I didn't enjoy that much how she introduced the criminal case only in the last part and turn the book almost all about that, forgetting at all the initial mystery about the neighbor. I think this part could have been merged better into the story.
Curiosity: In Italian the book is called "Il buio oltre la siepe". Translated: "the dark beyond the hedge" (referring to the neighbor) thus using a completely different metaphor from that of the original title. Our title associates the mystery/fear about the neighbor as a dark thing like the atmosphere of that period. While the original title refers to the sin of killing an innocent animal, referring to the criminal case where innocent people were accused and one end up dead. Not a spoiler because it's based on a true case.
My other book was war and peace, but I end up with a free trial of Audible and found out there is the entire Harry Potter saga read by one of our best Italian voice, so I jump in that and I have reached the 4th book already. Together I am reading an Italian classic by Pirandello.
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