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March
by Geraldine Brooks
I liked this. I didn't adore it, but I liked it.
First, I have to say that it worried me a bit. The snippets of Little Women Brooks included made me wonder if I remember it as much less corny than it really is. Also, March himself was a patronizing bastard. I appreciated this--I think Brooks understands her idealist chaplain in the way I understand that had I been around for the Summer of Love, I just would have been really annoyed. Idealists are wonderful. And necessary. But boy, they can be annoying and useless and narcissistic.
I did love Marmee, though. In a total departure from my childhood opinions of her (even then, I thought she was a sap), here I found Marmee strong and passionate, and stubborn as hell. Much better.
The Civil War is every bit as brutal as you'd expect it to be. The extra-heartbreaki9ng scenes knocked me for a loop.
This is certainly worth reading.
First, I have to say that it worried me a bit. The snippets of Little Women Brooks included made me wonder if I remember it as much less corny than it really is. Also, March himself was a patronizing bastard. I appreciated this--I think Brooks understands her idealist chaplain in the way I understand that had I been around for the Summer of Love, I just would have been really annoyed. Idealists are wonderful. And necessary. But boy, they can be annoying and useless and narcissistic.
I did love Marmee, though. In a total departure from my childhood opinions of her (even then, I thought she was a sap), here I found Marmee strong and passionate, and stubborn as hell. Much better.
The Civil War is every bit as brutal as you'd expect it to be. The extra-heartbreaki9ng scenes knocked me for a loop.
This is certainly worth reading.