Already 198 reviews on Amazon for Watchman:
http://www.amazon.com/Go-Set-Watchman-A-Novel/dp/0062409859
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A "roundup" of reviews:
What Critics Are Saying About Go Set a Watchman
http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/what-critics-are-saying-about-go-set-a-watchman.html
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Go Set a Watchman: Review of reviews
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33520864
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More indepth reviews:
The literary crimes of Go Set a Watchman
"...The revelation that the beloved character Atticus Finch is depicted as a racist in Watchman, which started its life as an original draft of Mockingbird rejected by Lee's publisher, has only deepened suspicions that she has fallen victim to a predatory scheme concocted by her lawyer and abetted by a publishing company salivating over the prospect of a guaranteed blockbuster. Judging from the response so far, the book is, at best, an interesting literary artifact, showing how Lee transformed her disillusionment with white America into a powerful morality tale about racial justice and equality; at worst, it may be the most spectacular example of a revered author unwittingly destroying her own legacy..."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-literary-crimes-of-go-set-a-watchman/ar-AAcZZuJ
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SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW- NY Times
Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’
"...Would it have been better for this earlier novel to have remained unpublished? Though it does not represent Harper Lee’s best work, it does reveal more starkly the complexity of Atticus Finch, her most admired character. “Go Set a Watchman” demands that its readers abandon the immature sentimentality ingrained by middle school lessons about the nobility of the white savior and the mesmerizing performance of Gregory Peck in the film adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/books/review/harper-lees-go-set-a-watchman.html
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'Go Set a Watchman' Flies Off Bookstore Shelves at Torrid Pace
"...People are very curious about the notion of Atticus as a racist, Howorth said.
"Some people say 'I can't believe this, I'm not going to read this,'" Howorth said. "I tend to think those are people who wouldn't read it anyways. Other people say, 'Get over it, I'm interested, I'm reading it.'
Amicucci said readers will decide for themselves about Atticus."
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...n-flies-bookstore-shelves-torrid-pace-n392071
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Harper Lee's 'Watchman' Is A Mess That Makes Us Reconsider A Masterpiece
"...Go Set a Watchman is a troubling confusion of a novel, politically and artistically, beginning with its fishy origin story. Allegedly, it's a recently discovered first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, but I'm suspicious: It reads much more like a failed sequel...
One could say, as some commentators already have, that Atticus here displays layers of contradictory attitudes about race harbored by whites, no matter how progressive. But, no. This Atticus is different in kind, not just degree: He's like Ahab turned into a whale lover or Holden Caulfield a phony...
...everybody who loves To Kill a Mockingbird is going to read it, no matter what I or any other reviewer says about its literary quality, the bizarre transformation of Atticus or its odd provenance. All I know for certain is that Go Set a Watchman is kind of a mess that will forever change the way we read a masterpiece."
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/13/42254...a-mess-that-makes-us-reconsider-a-masterpiece
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And even more reviews:
Go Set a Watchman review – more complex than Harper Lee's original classic, but less compelling
http://www.theguardian.com/books/20...chman-review-harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird
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Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee: EW Review
"...It’s also become a flash point for book lovers. By many accounts, Lee, 89—diminished by a serious stroke, and nearly blind and deaf—is mentally sharp on some days and addled on others. That, combined with her decades-long refusal to publish another book, makes this novel look to some like a petty cash grab by the people surrounding her. Unfortunately, publication has confirmed my fears about the project: Watchman is a mess...
Though Watchman has a few stunning passages, it reads, for the most part, like a sluggishly-paced first draft, replete with incongruities, bad dialogue, and underdeveloped characters, because it is a first draft—of Mockingbird...
I just want people to understand two things: First, this is all about the money. And second, reading Watchman will forever tarnish your memories of one of the most beloved books in American literature. D+"
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/14/go-set-watchman-harper-lee-ew-review
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Why I Refuse to Read Go Set a Watchman
http://time.com/3957417/refuse-to-read-go-set-a-watchman/
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I Stayed Up All Night to Read “Go Set a Watchman”
"It’s not perfect, but it’s worth reading..."
https://review.oysterbooks.com/p/73...stayed-up-all-night-to-read-go-set-a-watchman
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Go Set a Watchman, review: 'an anxious work in progress'
"Harper Lee's editor deserves a Pulitzer for turning this ghostly first draft into the masterful To Kill a Mockingbird.
There is one critical point to make about the book’s politics. Although we may now find him intolerable, and although readers who hold Mockingbird dear may feel betrayed, Atticus’s views are not, in themselves, alarming for their time..."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...5560/harper-lee-go-set-a-watchman-review.html
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More:
Revealed: How ‘Go Set a Watchman’ overlaps word-for-word with ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hman-overlaps-word-word-Kill-Mockingbird.html
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