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A review by sarahanne8382
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
4.0
I read Little Women at exactly the right age to love it & so I'm surprised it's taken me so long to get around to the sequels. Still, I loved returning to the world of the March family to see how Jo March (now Bhaer) was getting along with her school for boys.
Kids who liked Little Women will find Little Men much the same as the first half of the preceding book, essentially a collection of short stories telling the adventures of the children at Plumfield, which are just as entertaining as the scrapes Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth got into in their youth. There are plenty of familiar faces from the original and the new crop of youngsters fills the place of the now grown ones quite well.
This is also an interesting book to read as a mother, because Jo often provides her perspective as both a former naughty child and current mother when her children get into scrapes. While this is a super-wholesome story, but the Bhaers are also surprisingly progressive. Even though few women studied medicine at the time, they encourage their female student, Nan, to pursue the studies that will prepare her for medical school and don't try to dissuade her from her plans to be a spinster.
All in all, a fun read, a welcome return to favorite characters of my youth, as well as an introduction to some new ones.
Kids who liked Little Women will find Little Men much the same as the first half of the preceding book, essentially a collection of short stories telling the adventures of the children at Plumfield, which are just as entertaining as the scrapes Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth got into in their youth. There are plenty of familiar faces from the original and the new crop of youngsters fills the place of the now grown ones quite well.
This is also an interesting book to read as a mother, because Jo often provides her perspective as both a former naughty child and current mother when her children get into scrapes. While this is a super-wholesome story, but the Bhaers are also surprisingly progressive. Even though few women studied medicine at the time, they encourage their female student, Nan, to pursue the studies that will prepare her for medical school and don't try to dissuade her from her plans to be a spinster.
All in all, a fun read, a welcome return to favorite characters of my youth, as well as an introduction to some new ones.