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sariahsharp 's review for:
March
by Geraldine Brooks
I had such high hopes for this book, and it was another "meh" type of book. Geraldine Brooks was so fantastic with "People of the Book" and I've been looking forward to reading more of hers. It fell flat for me.
"March" tells the story of Mr. March (from "Little Women")... it's all his side of the story. I don't read a lot of Civil War-era historical fiction, so it was pretty interesting. I loved the snippets and hints of what we know from Little Women, and adding in real people (Emerson, Thoreau, etc.) made it even more interesting, especially as Louisa May Alcott's father was a contemporary and a friend to these real people characters. It was like Brooks took what we know of Alcott's father and what we read in Alcott's books to make this character. That was fantastic.
I felt like I was just slogging through most of the book, however. I just didn't find it as captivating as I had hoped. We had a few chapters towards the end that came from Marmee's point of view. I wish that had been done throughout the story. It really showed the idea of there being three sides to every story: Hers, his, and the truth. By the end of the book, I was quite enjoying it. It just took most of the story to get me there.
"March" tells the story of Mr. March (from "Little Women")... it's all his side of the story. I don't read a lot of Civil War-era historical fiction, so it was pretty interesting. I loved the snippets and hints of what we know from Little Women, and adding in real people (Emerson, Thoreau, etc.) made it even more interesting, especially as Louisa May Alcott's father was a contemporary and a friend to these real people characters. It was like Brooks took what we know of Alcott's father and what we read in Alcott's books to make this character. That was fantastic.
I felt like I was just slogging through most of the book, however. I just didn't find it as captivating as I had hoped. We had a few chapters towards the end that came from Marmee's point of view. I wish that had been done throughout the story. It really showed the idea of there being three sides to every story: Hers, his, and the truth. By the end of the book, I was quite enjoying it. It just took most of the story to get me there.