A review by acoldwintersread
Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Little Women is one of my all time favorites and I always look forward to retellings. But this was just not it. It felt like a mischaracterization of every single character. I know LM Alcott wrote their own real frustrations with their father into Little Women, but even then Mr March was never as terrible as this version. He never abandoned his family, but taught them all their lives to care for others TOGETHER.
I was also bored for just over 60% of the book. I was glad for a bit more of a getting to know you of Eric Baehr, but ultimately I just couldn’t be bothered to care for nearly the entire cast of characters. It lacked the heart at the center of Little Women.
And the ending.. one of my cardinal sins in books. I hate that surprise … trope so so much.