A review by janinereader
Great or Nothing by Jessica Spotswood, Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe

3.0

For a retelling of a story as classic and beloved as Alcott's, McCullough did a good job. I like how the perspectives of all the girls were told in distinctive ways, like how Beth's was through poetry. The book was shorter than the original and did not feel as developed as a result of that (for example, little went into Beth's illness/death which took away the emotionality that is so prevalent in Alcott's) but for a retelling in a more modern (WW2) setting, it was an overall good read.