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A review by chrissa_kuntz
March by Geraldine Brooks
1.0
Some thoughts. . .
1. I've hiked Ball's Bluff Battlefield (where the book begins) so that was kind of cool.
2. I appreciated Ms. Brooks's research and interweaving, but then she confesses to not sticking to the dates LM Alcott gives in the book? What the heck?
3. And then the March house is a stop on the underground railroad? Um, no. That's not in the original. And I get it, the Alcotts did, but not the March family.
4. And last: why did that story need to be told? Mr. March was at turns whiny, preachy, and weak, and I couldn't find anyone else to like in the story.
5. I'm sorry -- I know it's a Pulitzer Prize winner, but it's still "meh."
1. I've hiked Ball's Bluff Battlefield (where the book begins) so that was kind of cool.
2. I appreciated Ms. Brooks's research and interweaving, but then she confesses to not sticking to the dates LM Alcott gives in the book? What the heck?
3. And then the March house is a stop on the underground railroad? Um, no. That's not in the original. And I get it, the Alcotts did, but not the March family.
4. And last: why did that story need to be told? Mr. March was at turns whiny, preachy, and weak, and I couldn't find anyone else to like in the story.
5. I'm sorry -- I know it's a Pulitzer Prize winner, but it's still "meh."