Definately not my kind of book but I loved it. Scout is awesome. I listened to the audiobook so no I am talking with a accent and usually the wonderful phrases of the South in everyday speech. I do love courtroom/lawyer tactics so I was especially interested in those parts. The polictics/racial stuff is simplistic though I assume it was a lot more radical at the time but that's not really the appeal of the book for me. I love the characters and the small-town setting in the South.