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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
oh my god, if i'd known this was what amounts to Little Women fanfic i would've been all over this WAY earlier.
Wow, Ms. Brooks is becoming one of my favorite authors. I thought she captured the language of Little Women very well, but wrote characters that were much more nuanced, realistic, complicated, and flawed than Alcott ever managed. Well written, well researched. I liked this much more than I expected to.
I'm giving this one up. I'm on CD 3 and it just will not hold my attention. Up and down, with moments that are interesting, followed by a slow and plodding pace and WAY TOO MANY details. I loved Brooks' "Year of Wonders", but this is just to disjointed and dull.
i cannot believe that this book made me hate some of the characters of little women.
i just think mrs. brooks and i need to take a break. it seems like she's always writing from a perspective she has never and will never experience with utmost understanding, but it never lands for me. it always just sounds a little white knight-y and performative "woke" ideals that i feel myself rolling my eyes. why give the father an affair? all of the creative liberties and choices made by the author were not ones that i would have made, so i just did not enjoy this one at all.
i just think mrs. brooks and i need to take a break. it seems like she's always writing from a perspective she has never and will never experience with utmost understanding, but it never lands for me. it always just sounds a little white knight-y and performative "woke" ideals that i feel myself rolling my eyes. why give the father an affair? all of the creative liberties and choices made by the author were not ones that i would have made, so i just did not enjoy this one at all.
This book is truly amazing, both on its own and in comparison to _Little Women_. A must-read, if I do say so myself.
Although at times, I felt like I was drudging along in the mud with the movement of the Union troops, this novel was so gorgeously written and reminiscent of a 19th century novel. I great compliment to Little Women.
Starting to become a Geraldine Brooks fan!
Pretty interesting book told from the perspective of Mr. March (the father from Little Women) as he is away at war. I especially liked reading the author's explanation of how she developed the main character and his experiences (based on Alcott's father and his involvement in the abolitionist movement, similar to Alcott's own use of her sisters as a basis for Little Women). I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical fiction (although the author points out a few "fudged" points in her time line), or anyone who enjoys a further exploration of another author's work!
Pretty interesting book told from the perspective of Mr. March (the father from Little Women) as he is away at war. I especially liked reading the author's explanation of how she developed the main character and his experiences (based on Alcott's father and his involvement in the abolitionist movement, similar to Alcott's own use of her sisters as a basis for Little Women). I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical fiction (although the author points out a few "fudged" points in her time line), or anyone who enjoys a further exploration of another author's work!
Geraldine Brooks has the uncanny ability of bringing her character's to life. Throughout this novel I found myself forgetting that it was a work of fiction. It is a wonderful compliment to Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women".
Interesting concept. Written from the perspective of the father from the novel Little Women. Not a lot of character development, but learned more about the Civil War was well as slave culture.
Actually liked it better then Little Women. Very different perspective. The parents are much better developed in March then LW.