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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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
I can't believe I've never read this. It is such a good book. I love the gentle style. I stretched out my reading of this book because I just loved spending time with these great characters. Of course, I knew the story. But, of course, the book is better. When I watched the movie I hated Jo's choice. But in the book I loved it. Partly because I was prepared for it. But also because I understood it so much better through Alcott's telling the story.
Marmee is my hero. She completely inspired me. I want to be a mother like her. That is the other reason I am so, so glad I read this book.
Marmee is my hero. She completely inspired me. I want to be a mother like her. That is the other reason I am so, so glad I read this book.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The type of book where one chapter will be heartwarming and uplifting and in the next you’ll be sobbing. Maybe the most beautiful thing about this book is that the copy I read was originally my grandmothers, and on the particularly sad parts I could still see the crumpled splotches on the page. I loved every page of this book…… except the ending (oooh controversial).
this took exactly a month to read and let me tell u why... THE BEGINNING IS SO SLOW. i was planning to rate this 3 stars, but the end was really good, the best part of the book. there is a lot of character arc building and so its super slow at the start, but its good otherwise. i lovelovelove jo and i thought she would be ruined at the end but thankfully she wasnt!!!!! i related to her on such a high level, luv her
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Die Geschichte der Schwestern dauert wirklich beim Lesen - ich wurde gewarnt. Trotzdem mochte ich Sprachstil, Einfluss des Werkes und dass wir eben vier doch recht verschiedene Protagonistinnen ihrer Zeit haben. Von daher würde ich sagen, der Klassiker ist okay zu lesen, wenn man Bücher mag, die sich auch wie Klassiker beim Lesen anfühlen.
I read this book for the first time in 9th grade, and I reread it with my book club last summer. I was struck by the wisdom that is imbedded in the story. Marmee is a very wise woman who imparts lessons to her children almost without them realizing it. I love Jo's tomboyishness and her zest for life. And I would so love to have a sister like her!
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
15/3/21
So my review hasn't fundamentally changed that much now that I've actually finished reading it; my original copy did not cover the 'Good Wives' half of the novel, which definitely led to some confusion between my partner and I as regards Beth. Oh, poor Beth!
Previously...
So apparently my copy is only Part One, so let's put a hold on my review until later.
I love the warmth and affection she has for her characters; exploring the dysfunction within the family unit has become such de rigueur that the very concept of family-as-dysfunction is normalised, and so Little Women alights to the heart like an ember to candlewick, bathing dear reader in soft incandescence.
That is to say, after umpteen thousand literary explorations of how people can live in spite of family, I'd quite forgotten you could explore how people live by virtue of family.
Yes, the Marches are definition middle-class; yes, whole chunks of it are raw Protestant fable, and the gender politics are era-appropriate. Still laughed, still cried; haven't seen the movie(s) yet but apparently they're scheduled for tomorrow night according to my partner.
I enjoyed my year with the March sisters, and in this spectacularly shitty year of 2020 I will carry their love for each other with me year on through.
So my review hasn't fundamentally changed that much now that I've actually finished reading it; my original copy did not cover the 'Good Wives' half of the novel, which definitely led to some confusion between my partner and I as regards Beth. Oh, poor Beth!
Previously...
So apparently my copy is only Part One, so let's put a hold on my review until later.
I love the warmth and affection she has for her characters; exploring the dysfunction within the family unit has become such de rigueur that the very concept of family-as-dysfunction is normalised, and so Little Women alights to the heart like an ember to candlewick, bathing dear reader in soft incandescence.
That is to say, after umpteen thousand literary explorations of how people can live in spite of family, I'd quite forgotten you could explore how people live by virtue of family.
Yes, the Marches are definition middle-class; yes, whole chunks of it are raw Protestant fable, and the gender politics are era-appropriate. Still laughed, still cried; haven't seen the movie(s) yet but apparently they're scheduled for tomorrow night according to my partner.
I enjoyed my year with the March sisters, and in this spectacularly shitty year of 2020 I will carry their love for each other with me year on through.