Reviews

Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

emptykatze's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lily_beans06's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

marianneheese's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sky_friend14's review

4.0

I liked this book! It was very emotional and it didn’t necessarily have a happy ending but I didn’t really care! Not only did I like dans story line but I also liked emils and nans.

Over all I liked this book!

sjruskin's review

2.0

Disappointing sequel.

guineverefischer03's review against another edition

4.0

There are things I liked and things I didn't. Rating this book is really just rating the ending to the stories I already knew. I liked Dan's story but I was pretty upset with Stuffy's and some of the others. However, it is important to take off the 2021 glasses when reading these books. While she did treat her only obese character as a gluttonous monster with no purpose but comedy, she did treat Dan like a person. I loved the commentary and the womens rights movements and educational reform and other little tidbits.

meganeveritt's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

5⭐️ kindle via library. Read aloud w our girls 18/13 and both gave it 5⭐️ as well. Just a delightful reading experience….well crafted sentences, beautiful life lessons and a glimpse into lives lived pouring into others with both realistic expectations and hopeful desires for them.

sarahanne8382's review

4.0

Ten years after we left Jo and her boys at Plumfield at the end of Little Men we return to find out what happened to them all as they grew up. Most of them aren't terribly surprising, but it was still great fun and I couldn't help but find myself getting wrapped up in the tales. There's one story line I don't agree with at all, but on the whole it was very enjoyable.

rchluther's review against another edition

3.0

I love this book for the closure to the characters. I love this book for the ending comments about "the earthquake". I care so much about many of these characters. But it loses points for the constant preaching and over-done women's rights sections. For the time period it was written in, it was probably great. For me it is so heavy handed.
However I love Rob & Teddy. I love Daisy & Demi. I love Nat & Dan. I adore Tommy Bangs. Just so many great side stories to make it worth rereading every so often!

momochi_19's review

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0