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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I remember falling in love with Little Women in elementary school. The sisters were so individual and yet part of their whole, as was their mother. I had high hopes for this retelling. Seeing the sisters depicted in modern circumstances was interesting but this story was flat in a lot of ways. The military twist was novel but it made their dad feel 2 dimensional.
I had hoped to find a new spin on an old favorite but these characters did last be up to their predecessors and I was left disappointed
I had hoped to find a new spin on an old favorite but these characters did last be up to their predecessors and I was left disappointed
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF @ 23%. Short review to come after release week has passed.
**Received an early copy; this had no bearing on my opinions**
**Received an early copy; this had no bearing on my opinions**
wow what an amazing read by anna todd once again, I have heard this is a re telling of little women but I have not read little women so can't compare.
Todd did an amazing job at making me connect with all the sisters. I devoured this book in 2 days it was that good.
I volunteered to read a copy of this book
Todd did an amazing job at making me connect with all the sisters. I devoured this book in 2 days it was that good.
I volunteered to read a copy of this book
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So this was my first Anna Todd novel and I was not impressed. And to say that this was a modern Little Women retelling was an insult. I'm not trying to be mean, it just seemed like the author really missed the mark in capturing what made the original book so endearing to people.
I hated it.
I'm honestly not quite sure what Todd was trying to create here. Little Women is a story about family - the good, the bad, the ups, the downs, but in the end you knew they looked out for each other. The family in this one was just horrible to each other. I never felt any connection between them and I sure as hell never rooted for any of them.
Marmee was turned into a drunk, absentee mother.
Meg was turned into a wannabe trophy wife who's only goal in life was to look pretty and have a rich husband.
Jo was a self-righteous know-it-all.
Beth was agoraphobic who's plan was to just live an home and be home-schooled all the way through college. And she also just let everyone walk all over her.
Amy was just a horrible spoiled brat who when she didn't get her way, literally threw a tantrum.
On top of the atrocious characters, the writing just wasn't that good as well. Every other paragraph, Todd felt the need to remind us how old everyone was.
"Oh Amy acts like that because she's only 12."
"Oh Jo knows nothing about love because she's only 17."
Over and over and over. We get it. We know their ages by now. And also let me just say, Amy's age of 12 does not excuse her from being a devil child. Todd also didn't take the time to really let us form attachments to characters. She jumped from scene to scene and many times jumped time that everything felt disoriented.
I get wanting to bring this tale into the current world but it just felt so unattached to reality that I could not connect with anyone. It's like Todd took the extreme of personalities and mashed them up to try to make the sisters different from each other. There was so much of females tearing each other down - and a lot between the sisters - that is just made me sad. I wanted to read a heartwarming story about a family trying to work through a terrible situation (their father being deployed over seas) but that was not what I got at all.
I hated it.
I'm honestly not quite sure what Todd was trying to create here. Little Women is a story about family - the good, the bad, the ups, the downs, but in the end you knew they looked out for each other. The family in this one was just horrible to each other. I never felt any connection between them and I sure as hell never rooted for any of them.
Marmee was turned into a drunk, absentee mother.
Meg was turned into a wannabe trophy wife who's only goal in life was to look pretty and have a rich husband.
Jo was a self-righteous know-it-all.
Beth was agoraphobic who's plan was to just live an home and be home-schooled all the way through college. And she also just let everyone walk all over her.
Amy was just a horrible spoiled brat who when she didn't get her way, literally threw a tantrum.
On top of the atrocious characters, the writing just wasn't that good as well. Every other paragraph, Todd felt the need to remind us how old everyone was.
"Oh Amy acts like that because she's only 12."
"Oh Jo knows nothing about love because she's only 17."
Over and over and over. We get it. We know their ages by now. And also let me just say, Amy's age of 12 does not excuse her from being a devil child. Todd also didn't take the time to really let us form attachments to characters. She jumped from scene to scene and many times jumped time that everything felt disoriented.
I get wanting to bring this tale into the current world but it just felt so unattached to reality that I could not connect with anyone. It's like Todd took the extreme of personalities and mashed them up to try to make the sisters different from each other. There was so much of females tearing each other down - and a lot between the sisters - that is just made me sad. I wanted to read a heartwarming story about a family trying to work through a terrible situation (their father being deployed over seas) but that was not what I got at all.
Full review to come on Lisa Loves Literature soon.
This book was an easy read and read a lot like teen fiction, i liked the simplicity. The truth is, I liked it to a degree but didn’t find it necessarily well written, I noticed many mistakes in both spelling/grammar and in continuing previous storylines. I love a good rendition of Little Women but this was not it (only loosely based, characters names are the only thing that remains). I read some of the lower rated reviews and have to agree to an extent, only read if you’re looking for something shallow and mindless.