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embaa's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
mykindle's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
bu72's review against another edition
4.0
A little pleasure of a book. It's good to read an honest story like this nowadays, just like it was good to read Gaskell's "Mary Barton" some time ago.
Refreshing. It leaves you feeling cosy.
Refreshing. It leaves you feeling cosy.
livingforjesus08's review against another edition
5.0
Love, love, love this book. Once again reassured that it is indeed my favorite. I love the character arcs and how they all were so much more grown up at the end. Polly, she's just so sweet. And I also really love how Louisa May Alcott (the author) will every now and then (it's pretty infrequent) pause in the story and direct a paragraph to "my readers".
evening's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Classism
cbeezers's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
camiandkitread's review
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
4.5
carriedoodledoo's review against another edition
3.0
I read this one a few times in high school, as it was part of my local library's collection and I believed then in reading everything an author I liked had to write. (My views have since been modified!).
Sweet, and shows Alcott's worldview perhaps even more clearly than "Little Women" does: an embrace of truth and simplicity over pomp and circumstance. The occasional break in the fourth wall is charming.
What I found interesting was that while Polly and her morals and manners would be still called "old-fashioned" today, I still see remnants of the fashionable Shaws' behavior in contemporary society. Sure, on the surface they may have become as antiquated and quaint as the book they appear in, but I still see children being presented as adults before their time; party culture in colleges; impractical and immodest fashions; a desperate and sad pressure to keep up with your peers at the expense of your own character.
Maybe Polly wasn't "old fashioned", just better educated by loving parents.
Sweet, and shows Alcott's worldview perhaps even more clearly than "Little Women" does: an embrace of truth and simplicity over pomp and circumstance. The occasional break in the fourth wall is charming.
What I found interesting was that while Polly and her morals and manners would be still called "old-fashioned" today, I still see remnants of the fashionable Shaws' behavior in contemporary society. Sure, on the surface they may have become as antiquated and quaint as the book they appear in, but I still see children being presented as adults before their time; party culture in colleges; impractical and immodest fashions; a desperate and sad pressure to keep up with your peers at the expense of your own character.
Maybe Polly wasn't "old fashioned", just better educated by loving parents.