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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
This wasn't nearly as good as her other book Year of Wonders. I found this boring and very hard to get through and consequently disappointing. But, I will continue to give her books a shot. I think she is a brilliant writer.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
March is the recasting of Little Women from the father’s POV while he was away at war.
The man himself comes across as an insufferable idiot with a white savior complex who, at every turn. made things far worse for the people around him. His character felt at odds with the version of him in the chapters that tie back to the original source material making the overall experience disjointed.
Mostly, it left me wondering how this won a Pulitzer Prize?
The man himself comes across as an insufferable idiot with a white savior complex who, at every turn. made things far worse for the people around him. His character felt at odds with the version of him in the chapters that tie back to the original source material making the overall experience disjointed.
Mostly, it left me wondering how this won a Pulitzer Prize?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Murder
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is a beautiful rendering of the clash between the best held ideals and the ugly realities of the world, and particularly war. Brooks captures how the attempt to do what is right, to follow your most pure convictions falter and hurt not only those whose ideals they were in the first place, but those closest to the idealist. Her depiction of the way we injure those we try to shield from our own shortcomings and the ugly realities we encounter is touching and vivid.
All this book managed to do was take a minor character in a beloved classic and turn him into an insufferable idiot
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely gripping and relentless depiction of the moral quagmire that was the Civil War. Brooks is an eloquent writer and her imagined story for Mr. March from Alcott’s Little Women is masterful. There is much to praise, particularly the unflinching but compassionate depiction of abject horrors of slavery and war. However, I want to call out one aspect that I really appreciated: most of the novel is in first person - March telling his story - but there is a brief section in Marmee’s voice in which Brooks cleverly provides her take on events and her actual emotions previous recounted by March. The contrast and what it reveals about both characters and their relationship is revelatory.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes