A review by missbryden
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

3.0

Not so engaging as Daddy-long-legs, and even though it's also in a letter format from only one sender, the plot is not so clear - or even so present; at least with Daddy-long-legs you could tell it would come to some kind of climax with the end of Judy's college days. And there is some odd, disturbing stuff with the mentions of eugenics. (Only a third through when writing this) Later: certain discussions of heredity make sense: we can be susceptible to problems our forebears had, like alcoholism, but the remarks about just putting some people away and having nothing more to do with them, that was disturbing.
I am enjoying Sallie's progression of character and interest in improving life for her orphans, and the involvement with the Scottish doctor.
Maybe we just whitewash what children are exposed to these days, but I can't see this being intended for children.
Plotiness improves towards the end.

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