The book is told through the eyes of Scout Finch, the daughter of a local attorney who strives to prove the innocence of a black man to a court of white men during the Great Depression. There is also a separate arc in the beginning about their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley who has malicious rumors spread about his apparently aggressive nature. This is supposed to parallel the situation of Tom, the wrongfully convicted black man.
I would recommend this book because it addresses some jarring subjects, such as racism and how society corrupts, but I personally found the pacing in the beginning to be quite slow. This book is certainly not for everyone, but I highly recommend for everyone to at least try to understand the message. It is not at all hard to see why Lee’s book is a timeless classic.
