Reviews round-up
The Land of Sweet Forever
by Harper Lee
1 of 8 critics positive
8 reviews: 1 positive, 5 mixed, 2 pans
What the critics said
“Harper Lee’s wry humor is on ample display”
Review: Harper Lee’s wry humor is on ample display in posthumous ‘Land of Sweet Forever’ collection
“will likely get a kick out of the fiction here — but the stories are uneven”
Book review: Pinhole view into icon’s life
“not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend”
Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend
“If we regard this book as literature, it is an unqualified failure”
The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee review – newly discovered stories from an American great
“charming – but what if she never wanted them published?”
Harper Lee’s short stories are charming – but what if she never wanted them published?
“I love Harper Lee’s short stories — shame about the pointless essays”
I love Harper Lee’s short stories — shame about the pointless essays
“a shameful scraping of the barrel by her publishers”
The Land of Sweet Forever review: How to kill Harper Lee’s reputation
“a cynical, barrel-scraping trawl through the To Kill a Mockingbird author’s slight early works”
Cashing in on Harper Lee
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