Reviews with content warning for Death - Little Women

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott

194 reviews

caidyn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would! My main criticism is that it felt that most of the character development hinged on men. Jo and her husband. Amy and hers. Meg and her trying to conform to her husband. Did I still love these women and their story? Yes! But it still felt so male dependent.

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mia_stew's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jduffy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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jessthanthree's review against another edition

2.0

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mondayxius's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful relaxing 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

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ishouldbereading's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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

This book was so beautiful, full of wonderful messages and quotes. It was a little boring and slow paced, otherwise perfect.

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lucyeanderson's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

I absolutely loved this book. It's no secret that I adore the Greta Gerwig movie , so I was so excited to read the original material, and it did not disappoint! I found that this book took me longer than I thought to get through, but that's honestly no fault of the book and rather a symptom of me being a final year uni student.

I adored reading the character's development and how you fully understood each character's motivations, and despite the book portraying strong Christian values, you never felt that the characters were preaching at you, but rather their imperfectness that made me love them so much was used as an (effective) tool for lesson learning. Additionally, anyone who thinks

Amy and Laurie and Jo and the Professor

aren't the correct final pairings needs to reread the book, as I felt like they were characters who truly bought the best out in each other and were made for each other! It is disappointing to read some of the inherent sexism that characterises the time at which the book was written, but how Alcott handles it I see as incredibly progressive and admirable for the time.

Finally, as an older sister

Beth's death

made me sob like a little baby. But I do believe it was incredibly necessary to the story and shows the fragility and value of life perfectly.

Overall, I adore this book and it's characters, and think everyone should read it and be whisked away into the picturesque world of Alcott's childhood.

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