I cannot tell you how much I hate this book. This book is endowed a classic, a valiant stance against racism, and I came into it expecting to be touched, inspired, etc. Instead, I read a story about a man who does the bare minimum, treats virulently racists with an "aw shucks" attitude, before the story moves onto a story of white-on-white revenge and the mystery of Boo Radley. Meanwhile the story of the black man is swept aside and essentially forgotten

Spoiler

when he nonchalantly is murdered in jail and Atticus shrugs it off

. The great racial injustice isn't the core of the book, it is just the instigating action that sets the stage for the rest of the story.

In fact, [minor spoiler warning] it doesn't surprise me that Go Set a Watchman establishes Atticus as a racist, it is a logical continuation of this story! Lee might as well have said that Atticus "doesn't see race" and "some of my friends are black". Overall a huge disappointment, and still makes me a bit mad that this book is so well regarded. Go read books that treat racial injustice as its narrative focus.