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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

4.1 AVERAGE

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.

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?"

My comfort book, I must have read it a dozen times. I love all the sisters dearly and how different they are and yet there is a piece of me in all of them
funny hopeful lighthearted 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
hopeful lighthearted 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
adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful 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
emotional inspiring relaxing 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