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I don't know why, but it feels a little bit hard to review this book. I think that everyone knows the story by now; the March girls and their adventures in Life and Love. I did really enjoy the book (or ebook as I read it). All the March girls are very special in their own way, all have their strengths and weaknesses, but all of them love each other very much and try so hard to be good people that you can only hope but to be like them. As a child, I always wanted to be Jo and the feeling is still the same.
I particularly loved Mrs March. She is the type of mother I hope to be some day. The mother who lets the girls make their own choices and live their own lives, giving them enough freedom to be themselves, whilst at the same time always being there for them whether it turns out for the good or the bad.
I think that it would have been better to read the book before watching the movies, but I am so familiar with the movie now (the Winona Ryder version) that as I was reading i was picturing the movie unfolding. This took some of the enjoyment out of it for me.
I also enjoyed the closer look at Meg and John Brooke's relationship that the book provided. It is nice to see that the problems they experience as newlyweds and new parents are the same as those that are experienced in this day and age. How do you balance your own wants and needs with that of the other, and how do you then balance your relationship with the challenge of raising a child? Some issues are timeless it would seem. And yet at the same time, it is clear that attitudes to marriage and gender roles are very different in modern times.
What I think that I am trying to say is that for me, Little Women made me to some extent reflect that despite societal changes in gender roles and other such things, the practicalities of many of the daily experiences of these things has not.
Summary
What kind of read is it?
It's a children's book, but it's a lovely story with many morals to share.
Do I recommend it?
Of course. It is so sweet and the lessons it has are timeless.
Do I recommend buying it?
That's a hard question to answer. I think that borrowing it would be fine, depends on how much you love it.
Star Rating
Really enjoyable and well written. I would recommend it.
6 comments:
One of my all-time favorites! I, too so wanted to be Jo! A timeless and truly enjoyable story! Thanks for bringing back girlhood memories!
Jeanne
I loved this book when I finally read it. I think Meg was my favorite, and I loved the way they explored her relationship with John. Glad you liked it, too. :)
I just read this book for the first time last year and I guess I got a different perspective now that I'm a wife and mom. It was still a wonderful read!
I completely agree - it's such a sweet book! I see the characters from the movie when I read it too (although for me it's the old movie).
Oh..I have this book in my TBR.Its a shame I haven't read it yet !
Great review.. :)
Ijust read Little Women for the first time -- at age 61. I HATED IT! It's so cloyingly Victorian and unrealistic and preachy.
Foe example, why the heck isn't Laurie in the army? It's the middle of the Civil War and nobody ever says anything about military news or politics.
The Marches are supposed to be "poor" -- but they have a cook. Amy thinks it's a great trial that her sleeves don't match her dress. Hey, thousands of kids her age were working in factories!
Meg the newlywed laments that she can't spend money on silk for a new dress. But she also laments that she has nothing to do but read, sew and putter about. Women DID work back then, you know.
In the second book, Amy and Laurie are gadding around Europe on other people's money. He thinks it's more "industrious" to go riding and boating than to lie around and smoke. Huh?
Some books one takes with a grain of salt. This one takes gallons of insulin.
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