This was a sweet retelling. I enjoyed reading this version where Jo and Laurie end up together instead of him going off to marry Amy. It was easy to visualize all the different places, from Concord to Boston and New York. I think it was cool how Laurie took Jo to New York, along with Meg and Mr. Brook and they got to see shows, including Charles Dickens, to try and help Jo be able to write a worthy sequel to Little Women. It was fun to read the different versions she tried first. They were quite funny.
I did not mind the difference between this book and the original story. There are so many retellings of tales, from Robin Hood, to Romeo and Juliet. That does not make it a bad story, just different. I wish people would not prejudge it and call it sacrilege, without even bothering to crack the cover. The historical note at the end of the book also helps to explain why the authors wrote the characters the way they did. That was a cool little peek into the history of Louisa May Alcott and her original novel.
I did not mind the difference between this book and the original story. There are so many retellings of tales, from Robin Hood, to Romeo and Juliet. That does not make it a bad story, just different. I wish people would not prejudge it and call it sacrilege, without even bothering to crack the cover. The historical note at the end of the book also helps to explain why the authors wrote the characters the way they did. That was a cool little peek into the history of Louisa May Alcott and her original novel.