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emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
muniemoe's review
3.0
A retelling of classic book with a touch of mythical creatures/ monster and this time it is Little Women with main characters as a vampire.
For me, the storyline is quite bland even though at the beginning it is quite interesting to see ‘humanitarian’ vampire principle.
And the vampire element is faded due to the excessive descriptionof family value. Maybe this story is more to the Little Women side but I just want to see more vampire ‘energy’ on it.
And I am quite anticipated with Jo’s character because she is quite strong woman in the original novel. But until she setting her own adventure to chase vampire slayer, she is being picture as hot headed and delusional instead of smart vampiress.
The case of vampire hunter is not succeed which makes me wonder about what Jo’s actually gain from her chase.
Few chapters is seem quite rush especially the love story and the ending especially the captive of Dr. Bang is quite unfitting with the storyline.
I guess it is okay to write more on thecahse and the fight. And maybe a more love story as long as it is not too dragging. I give this 3 stars for Jo’ stubborness drawing a boundary with Laurie and not just giving in for Laurie’s feeling and turning him to vampire.
Anyway, that is my thought while reading this. I don’t know why I just did not DNF it. Maybe I am looking more for what I want to read. But I did not found it.
For me, the storyline is quite bland even though at the beginning it is quite interesting to see ‘humanitarian’ vampire principle.
And the vampire element is faded due to the excessive descriptionof family value. Maybe this story is more to the Little Women side but I just want to see more vampire ‘energy’ on it.
And I am quite anticipated with Jo’s character because she is quite strong woman in the original novel. But until she setting her own adventure to chase vampire slayer, she is being picture as hot headed and delusional instead of smart vampiress.
The case of vampire hunter is not succeed which makes me wonder about what Jo’s actually gain from her chase.
Few chapters is seem quite rush especially the love story and the ending especially the captive of Dr. Bang is quite unfitting with the storyline.
I guess it is okay to write more on thecahse and the fight. And maybe a more love story as long as it is not too dragging. I give this 3 stars for Jo’ stubborness drawing a boundary with Laurie and not just giving in for Laurie’s feeling and turning him to vampire.
Anyway, that is my thought while reading this. I don’t know why I just did not DNF it. Maybe I am looking more for what I want to read. But I did not found it.
biblio_lore's review
1.0
I have to come right out and say that this is one book I just couldn't get into enough to finish it. I don't normally give up on what I'm reading but I'm also the kind of person who approaches reading as a stress-free, escapist sort of activity so I have little patience for books I don't enjoy and this is one I didn't enjoy much. To be completely on the fair side, however, I don't know how much I would really enjoy the real Little Women and I have a funny feeling that the issues I had with this book are related to this. If you loved the book Little Women, there's a chance you will love this. But I digress. I think the truth is that I have difficulty with a lot of these "quirk classics" on account of how they are written. Books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a great read because it's not afraid to take Austin's novel and make it into something different. This one, on the other hand, feels a little too heavy on the original plot and just kinda plunks the vampires in there and has them doing nothing. I won't spoil anything but I will say that book reads very slowly and the presence of the vampires is a little more than arbitrary. Again, if you loved Little Women, you might enjoy a quirky sort of remake but I'm not sure you will. If you like reading quirk classics, I would suggest you might skip this one and go on to Jane Slayre instead.
liadanblue's review
4.0
As someone who first fell in love with reading by discovering Little Women in the fourth grade, I was excited to dive into this adaptation. Let me begin by saying that if you don’t enjoy other monster mash ups of literary classics like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, then you will not enjoy this. However, if you do enjoy a little fun and campy twist on the classics, you’ll love it. I think this retelling blended seamlessly with Louisa’s work and I loved the every minute of this story.
annarella's review
4.0
3.5* upped to 4
I had fun and think that the idea was intriguing. There's some very funny moments and some which are sort of copied from the original story.
It's a funny and light read that I enjoyed.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine
I had fun and think that the idea was intriguing. There's some very funny moments and some which are sort of copied from the original story.
It's a funny and light read that I enjoyed.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine
tishamae's review
3.0
This book was fairly interesting bringing a new concept to characters that we all love. Though there are a few issues (do they age slowly? how did they end up in America? interesting things that we would want to know) there is still a lot of the same heart left from the original work there. I do miss Jo's writing, and Amy seems even more immature which makes her being with Laurie even more problematic because... well if she doesn't age won't a 12 year old with an 20 something boy look strange, even if they ARE vampires?
Beth and Mr March getting sick is actually handled really well, though the assassination of Brooke's character only to have him 180 randomly with hardly any time with him to begin with was a bit strange. And the antagonist behind it all was given so little fan fair after everything that it just seems a little strange to me. An ok read, especially if you love the story it was originally based on, but falls flat in a lot of places story wise.
Beth and Mr March getting sick is actually handled really well, though the assassination of Brooke's character only to have him 180 randomly with hardly any time with him to begin with was a bit strange. And the antagonist behind it all was given so little fan fair after everything that it just seems a little strange to me. An ok read, especially if you love the story it was originally based on, but falls flat in a lot of places story wise.