Hmm. Little bits of this were excellent but a lot of it just seemed dull, muddled, and disjointed. It didn't do much at all for me until about a third of the way through, and I struggled to finish it. It's definitely not in the same league as To Kill a Mockingbird. It read like a draft of an unfinished book that needs a lot of work, which is basically what it is as far as I can gather.