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Do yourself a favor, o learned reader of mine: if you love Jo from "Little Women" with as much fervor as her progenitor, Bronson Alcott's famed and very original daughter*, then do not read this sequel. Its like the "Go Set a Watchman" of its time. But worse! Uninspired drudge, it makes one compelli Leggi tutto

There is not another book in all of literature that I hold as dear as this one; I never expect to find another that gives me half as much pleasure. It would be impossible to count how many times I've read it over the years (it has to be dozens and dozens by now), and it remains a locale of constant

I adore the book 'Little Women'. I read that when I was much younger. I have read much more widely since then and I have become accustomed to the modern pacing. My point is, I think I would have enjoyed this a little bit more when I was younger. As a modern reader, pacing and stories have changed. T Leggi tutto

Note, July 26, 2019: I've just edited this review to correct a chronological error --thanks for pointing it out, Shannen! Although this is the second novel of Alcott's Little Women trilogy (Part 2 of Little Women , the first novel, was first published separately as Good Wives , but after that, the two Leggi tutto