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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
So. I hated this. This was a terrible adaptation. The characterizations were bad. The smut was bad. Why was there smut at all? There was so much slut-shaming? Even though Promiscuous Girl Meg was a very bad, very wrong take, the narrative constantly put her down for it, which was bullshit. Why did they talk about Meg's boobs so much? The sisters called one another bitches so much. I hated that they kept calling their mother Meredith. Even Beth did it. They were referred to as the Spring Girls so often. Why did they have to be Springs and not Marches? March would've fit the military theme so much better. I'm just saying. Meg's characterization was criminally bad. She was a terrible older sister and I just feel that if you're going to adapt a book you should do a better job than this.
The Spring Girls. Don't do it.
(This is book 3 of 10 for my library's summer reading program. Unfortunately.)
The Spring Girls. Don't do it.
(This is book 3 of 10 for my library's summer reading program. Unfortunately.)
DNF after 16%
Just COMPLETELY missed the point of every character ever in the original story
I just could not force myself on
Did not like anyone which really is one hell of a job since I love everyone in the original
Just COMPLETELY missed the point of every character ever in the original story
I just could not force myself on
Did not like anyone which really is one hell of a job since I love everyone in the original
Not worth the time - abandoned. This is not Little Women, other than the names. Mom was not a lush, Meg was not a slut, Beth was not a shut-in anxiety ridden recluse, etc. Sleeping with a character named Laurie does not define Jo.
I honestly don’t remember little women so I can’t judge that book as a retelling but I really enjoyed the story and the characters !
This book was magical in small measures. I really liked the story and the way it was told. Very enjoyable read.
This book was disappointing. The concept has a lot of potential, but the author failed to deliver. There was a lot of repetition and the characters were unlikable mostly due to the author's attempt to make them seem modern and edgy. I did finish the book, but only because I am too stubborn to quit on a book.
A modern-day retelling of Little Women, The Spring Girls will steal your heart all the same. Thank you to Gallery Books for sending me this gorgeous copy.
Enter Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: the Spring Girls. Living on a New Orleans military base with their father on a tour in Iraq and their mother struggling to get by, the girls band together to take care of themselves and their family. This book was filled with drama and romance, as the girls navigate first loves and friendship, all within the tight quarters of their house where privacy is nonexistent. I haven't read Little Women in a long time to know whether or not this retelling was accurate, but I don't think that matters because this book was great as a stand alone. I loved all of the sisters from start to finish, with their sense of responsibility, sass, intellect, and a bit of mischief. This was a perfect, lighthearted read.
Enter Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: the Spring Girls. Living on a New Orleans military base with their father on a tour in Iraq and their mother struggling to get by, the girls band together to take care of themselves and their family. This book was filled with drama and romance, as the girls navigate first loves and friendship, all within the tight quarters of their house where privacy is nonexistent. I haven't read Little Women in a long time to know whether or not this retelling was accurate, but I don't think that matters because this book was great as a stand alone. I loved all of the sisters from start to finish, with their sense of responsibility, sass, intellect, and a bit of mischief. This was a perfect, lighthearted read.
So I must confess I never have read Little Women. I know that's crazy. I did however when I was younger read these little novellas of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. So I kinda knew the story.
This book started off really slow and it took me just a little bit to get into the book. After I got into the book though I really started to get into it. I devoured it. It was good. It was just like how the characters were in the books...well modern day wise.
In this version:
Meg is a slut.
Jo is well Jo.
Beth is an introvert. (I was a bit confused how the author was trying to portray Beth. I was getting some mixed signals from this one.)
Amy is a brat.
The story was good but the author left it open for a sequel. Not that I don' t mind because she developed them so beautifully. It was just annoying that some were left wide open or just ignored and swept under the rug.
I give this a 4 out of 5 stars.
This book started off really slow and it took me just a little bit to get into the book. After I got into the book though I really started to get into it. I devoured it. It was good. It was just like how the characters were in the books...well modern day wise.
In this version:
Meg is a slut.
Jo is well Jo.
Beth is an introvert. (I was a bit confused how the author was trying to portray Beth. I was getting some mixed signals from this one.)
Amy is a brat.
The story was good but the author left it open for a sequel. Not that I don' t mind because she developed them so beautifully. It was just annoying that some were left wide open or just ignored and swept under the rug.
I give this a 4 out of 5 stars.
The first ten chapters or so showed a lot of promise, and I was pretty interested to see where the rest of this modern retelling went. But after that it all just... fell flat for me. I'm going to admit I've never read the original Little Women, but I have seen some of the movie adaptations and I wished this book had covered more of the time period shown in those. With everything happening in such a little amount of time this book just felt very rushed and not as deep as it could have been; I think the beauty of Little Women is that you get to see the girls grow, especially when it comes to Amy; at the end of The Spring Girls, you don't feel like any of Amy's childish flaws are resolved. I am insanely glad for Beth, though.
The Spring Girls by Anna Todd is a modern retelling of Little Women, which is, let’s be honest, every little girl’s favorite book. I was so excited to read this! I I love Louisa May Alcott and I love retellings of classics!
In The Spring Girls, Meg is a personal makeup artist to their wealthy neighbor, Mrs. King, Jo is counting the days until she can graduate and move to New York City, shy Beth is homeschooled, and Amy is there, too. The family is having mysterious financial worries, even though their father’s deployed and he’s just had some kind of promotion.
I wondered a little bit how this story would modernize successfully, since a lot of tension in Little Women has to do with the sisters needing to marry money or supplement the family with side income from a non-threatening small project, but it works, because the story is on an army base, with army wives selling candles and Lularoe and making a career out of being an officer’s wife. That part of the modernization is, unfortunately, just about the only thing that works.
Something is off with the pacing. I realize this sounds like useless workshop feedback, since I can articulate what’s not quite right without putting my finger on what, exactly, would fix it. The first third of the book takes place between Christmas Eve and New Years, including sections that are so beat-for-beat that it feels more like a parody than homage. Then, the story progresses in fits and starts, with some really forced events. The main pastime on this base is passing by and overhearing highly relevant conversations.
There’s a lot of cool foreshadowing here with John Brooke’s weird reluctance to introduce Meg to his mother (Is she too poor? Has her reputation, after an old boyfriend leaked an NSFW photo, reached his mom? Is he two-timing Meg?), but that’s never resolved. There’s also a lot of cool foreshadowing with Beth and her role in keeping her parents together, but that’s never resolved. And Jo is writing a Very Serious Piece for Vice (On spec, but with an assigned word count? On assignment, but without mentioning that she’s sixteen?), because she is every teenage girl with Big Dreams of being a writer in the Big City. Amy is there too.
In the last couple pages, there are so many revelations that there’s no time to process them. Amy is revealed as the real sender of tragic breakup emails from John Brooke to Meg, but Meg shrugs it off, since she’s about to leave the country with some other dude (I’m about 90% sure they’re going to Cambodia?), Jo bangs Laurie, Beth gets a girlfriend, and the financial weirdness with the March parents just goes totally unresolved. Amy is there, too.
In The Spring Girls, Meg is a personal makeup artist to their wealthy neighbor, Mrs. King, Jo is counting the days until she can graduate and move to New York City, shy Beth is homeschooled, and Amy is there, too. The family is having mysterious financial worries, even though their father’s deployed and he’s just had some kind of promotion.
I wondered a little bit how this story would modernize successfully, since a lot of tension in Little Women has to do with the sisters needing to marry money or supplement the family with side income from a non-threatening small project, but it works, because the story is on an army base, with army wives selling candles and Lularoe and making a career out of being an officer’s wife. That part of the modernization is, unfortunately, just about the only thing that works.
Something is off with the pacing. I realize this sounds like useless workshop feedback, since I can articulate what’s not quite right without putting my finger on what, exactly, would fix it. The first third of the book takes place between Christmas Eve and New Years, including sections that are so beat-for-beat that it feels more like a parody than homage. Then, the story progresses in fits and starts, with some really forced events. The main pastime on this base is passing by and overhearing highly relevant conversations.
There’s a lot of cool foreshadowing here with John Brooke’s weird reluctance to introduce Meg to his mother (Is she too poor? Has her reputation, after an old boyfriend leaked an NSFW photo, reached his mom? Is he two-timing Meg?), but that’s never resolved. There’s also a lot of cool foreshadowing with Beth and her role in keeping her parents together, but that’s never resolved. And Jo is writing a Very Serious Piece for Vice (On spec, but with an assigned word count? On assignment, but without mentioning that she’s sixteen?), because she is every teenage girl with Big Dreams of being a writer in the Big City. Amy is there too.
In the last couple pages, there are so many revelations that there’s no time to process them. Amy is revealed as the real sender of tragic breakup emails from John Brooke to Meg, but Meg shrugs it off, since she’s about to leave the country with some other dude (I’m about 90% sure they’re going to Cambodia?), Jo bangs Laurie, Beth gets a girlfriend, and the financial weirdness with the March parents just goes totally unresolved. Amy is there, too.