crashoutdilettante 's review for:

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

3.5

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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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Sincere, although a better portrait of childhood than of young adulthood. The second half (or book) shifting so strongly into marital matters and how the March sisters end up still stands as an early example of authorial pushback against the desires of her readership, and the subconscious desires implicit in the society and subtext of the first half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death