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blassahn's review against another edition
2.0
this book isn’t bad, just meh. the peppers (the family it follows) are very cute and their story is heartwarming, but as it is a book for children written about children, the kids in the book can get pretty annoying and they cry about every small inconvenience. cute cozy book, but has its downfalls that make it a meh read
torlin_keru's review against another edition
3.0
This was a wholesome, sweet read, just like you'd expect from a children's book written during this time period. I enjoyed how the children interacted with, served and loved each other and their mother. It was a little bit unrealistic how they all worked together so well, but that's also typical of the time period's writing for children.
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
This was so cute. I really enjoyed it. It reminded me of Louisa May Alcott's books a bit.
luthien3720's review against another edition
1.0
If the author wasn't long departed, she would have to be cited for severe abuse of exclamation points and abuse of question marks. I never saw such terrible use of punctuation in my life. The book isn't particularly charming or memorable; it's trying hard to ape the style of Louisa May Alcott, one of the most popular authors of the late 1800s in the US, and it fails badly. None of the characters have Alcott's charm and believability and the plot meanders along without much purpose. I know the story was originally serialized in a magazine, but so was Dickens and his stories have a point by the end. I wonder if the characters would have seemed a little less annoying if everyone wasn't shouting all the time. How else are you supposed to read a story where nearly every sentence ends in an exclamation point? Even the narration shouts! Now I'm doing it!
luthien3720's review against another edition
1.0
If the author wasn't long departed, she would have to be cited for severe abuse of exclamation points and abuse of question marks. I never saw such terrible use of punctuation in my life. The book isn't particularly charming or memorable; it's trying hard to ape the style of Louisa May Alcott, one of the most popular authors of the late 1800s in the US, and it fails badly. None of the characters have Alcott's charm and believability and the plot meanders along without much purpose. I know the story was originally serialized in a magazine, but so was Dickens and his stories have a point by the end. I wonder if the characters would have seemed a little less annoying if everyone wasn't shouting all the time. How else are you supposed to read a story where nearly every sentence ends in an exclamation point? Even the narration shouts! Now I'm doing it!
mohogan2063's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book, especially because my Grandma gave it to me and it was a book she and my Mom had read as little girls and liked.
coencou's review against another edition
5.0
This was a fun little read. The condensed version of the actual book. It made me giggle and smile and wish that someday I can have children like the Five Little Peppers. Such cute kids!
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
3.0
The Peppers are horribly poor, too poor for the children to go to school, too poor to celebrate Christmas, too poor to even buy an envelope to mail a letter in. Then the Peppers meet Jasper and their lives do a complete turnaround.
Five years I've had the Five Little Peppers. I've finally completed it!
Five years I've had the Five Little Peppers. I've finally completed it!
aemsea26's review against another edition
I read my great-grandmother's copy and really all I remember is that someone was named Jasper.