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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Didn't expect this to be my only dnf book of the year (I think? Like damn that's crazy) but here we are. I'm not going to write a long review, the only thing that you need to know is this:
Little women follows sisters as they grow up. In movie format (like the 2019 one), that works perfectly fine because they took the most interesting parts of Little women (sickness, betrayal, falling in love, marriage, things like that) and made it into a I think one hour and something movie long. However, books are of course slower paced by nature, especially if it's 468 pages long. Therefore, it was super boring for me.
I still like the story, I'll still watch the movie, I will still keep my beautiful copy of this book, but I cannot for the life of me finish the book completely and read every single page like you are supposed to do with a book.
Little women follows sisters as they grow up. In movie format (like the 2019 one), that works perfectly fine because they took the most interesting parts of Little women (sickness, betrayal, falling in love, marriage, things like that) and made it into a I think one hour and something movie long. However, books are of course slower paced by nature, especially if it's 468 pages long. Therefore, it was super boring for me.
I still like the story, I'll still watch the movie, I will still keep my beautiful copy of this book, but I cannot for the life of me finish the book completely and read every single page like you are supposed to do with a book.
emotional
inspiring
slow-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
Wholesome and lovely
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
It’s an amazing book, but it uses really really old English, probably because the book dates back to around 1800. But it sometimes makes it hard to read due to the outdated English words. All in all it’s still an amazing book to read!
slow-paced
Loved the family dynamic but it was quite slow. The 4 sisters felt like cliches with each having a very distinct personality but maybe they weren't cliches and they were just the blueprint since this is a classic. Will continue to read pt 2.
Wow okay. So I have mixed emotions about this book. I absolutely love the relationship between the March sisters and found Jo and Laurie's friendship to be the emotional thrust of the story. However, I found myself wanting to skim parts or skip ahead, which is never a good sign. Alcott's religious agenda left a bad taste in my mouth, but I also recognize how that could be a strong pull for people. Overall, I'm really glad I read this book, but it is not on my list of favorite classics.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I have always loved this book.
As a child I was convinced I was going to grow up to be just like Jo. Only in my reality Jo ended up with Laurie.
As a child reading Little Women I did not care for Amy, Jo and Laurie were the perfect couple and Professor Bhaer had no business in the March house.
As an adult, I have to admit I feel very similar.
The four March sisters, while not being born into the lap of luxury definitely experienced a loss of status at the onset of the war. We follow their lives from little girls to (spoiler) little women. The ups and downs of life, love and loss, with Mrs. March forever reminding them to be good and gracious.
This is a timeless story that will always hold a little piece of my heart.
One of the books that spearheaded my love of reading.
As a child I was convinced I was going to grow up to be just like Jo. Only in my reality Jo ended up with Laurie.
As a child reading Little Women I did not care for Amy, Jo and Laurie were the perfect couple and Professor Bhaer had no business in the March house.
As an adult, I have to admit I feel very similar.
The four March sisters, while not being born into the lap of luxury definitely experienced a loss of status at the onset of the war. We follow their lives from little girls to (spoiler) little women. The ups and downs of life, love and loss, with Mrs. March forever reminding them to be good and gracious.
This is a timeless story that will always hold a little piece of my heart.
One of the books that spearheaded my love of reading.
And here let me premise that if any of the elders think there is to much 'lovering' in the story, as I fear they may, I can only say with Mrs. March, "What can you expect when I have four gay girls in the house, and a dashing young neighbour over that way?"