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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My wife urged this one on me. I have not read Little Women and I am not a Civil War buff, but I don't think it mattered--this book did not require it. Good story, great description of DC during the war. The concept of a new fictional character related to a well known existing character is interesting.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
As a fan of Little Women, I was curious to see how Brooks would render the mostly absent father’s voice. There are bits of this book that are lovely, and I appreciate the fictionalized accounts of how freed people attempted to make their way against the odds. I did skim a chapter or two when the character of March got on my nerves for his overblown sense of self, but he isn’t supposed to be a wholly likable character after all.
Lovely prose, interesting fold-in with history and classic fiction.
Well written and thought out. I made the mistake of reading right before bed one night. On one hand, the book hypothetically answered some questions I had from little women (how did the March family loose their wealth). On the other, I liked Little Women better.
Brooks paints a compelling backstory for Captain March, but overlooks what might have been the most compelling part of his story: how did the protagonist grow from the broken man we meet at the end of the book (and upon his return to Concord House) to the solid paternal figure we see in the second half of Little Women? I would have read a book twice as long to explore all the ways in which a person might (or might not) overcome those demons.
That said, it was a welcome return to the world of Little Women and an interesting take on a character we are less familiar with.
That said, it was a welcome return to the world of Little Women and an interesting take on a character we are less familiar with.
This was a really interesting take on one of my favorite books, Little Women. It was from the father's perspective, the one who was away at war. Bronson Alcott (Louisa May Alcott's father) provided some of the biographical basis for March and he was an interesting character himself. Very cool!
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes