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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Maybe I need a reread of Little Women to appreciate this more. Good story about the Civil War and well-written but books written in first person aren’t my favorites.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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
I think I have to give up on this one. I have loved the other two Geraldine Brooks novels I've read, but this one just rubs me the wrong way. I think I'm morally opposed to authors appropriating other writers' characters for their own fiction. March is an imagining of the time the father in Little Women, Mr. March, spent in the Union Army during the Civil War (remember, in Little Women he's away in the war for the first part of the book). All of the scenes that depicted Marmee and the girls, and the Marches' courtship, just felt so false to me. So did the way Emerson and Thoreau were dropped in as characters. None of it rang true for me, so I'm setting it down.
The writing was GREAT, but I really just hate reading anything relating to the Civil War, and life is too short to spend time with books you don't care to finish. I was happy to make it past page 100. Moving on...
There is nothing wrong exactly with this book. It is well written and if you like Little Women, then it is for you. There are just a few things about it that drove me nuts.
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
No
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
I thought the Little March Women were annoying. they've got nothing on dear ol' dad.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
A really nice read. The more I read, the more I wanted to know what happens to Mr. March! And I found it very cool that she included her sources at the end, and how she came to write the book, and what was taken from real life and what was fiction. A great portrait of America during the beginning of the Civil War.