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Content Warnings at end of review.
In this Little Women retelling, Bethany Morrow sets the March family in a recently emancipated Black Freedmen's Colony during the civil war. The sisters have their own struggles for independence, freedom, and love, but face them as a family.
I thought this story was extremely heartwarming and endearing. Can I just say that I love Jo and Laurie. I also headcanon Jo as asexual even though the word is never used in the book. I loved their relationship the most by far!
I really like that this book took a classic novel and remixed it into something that explored not only coming of age, but also what it meant to be a recently freed slave during the Civil War. I thought this book did a great job with the plot and setting! I do wish that the writing had been modernized, but other than that, I don't have complaints!
Pub Date: September 7, 2021
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Chronic illness
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Violence and Gun violence
Content Warnings at end of review.
In this Little Women retelling, Bethany Morrow sets the March family in a recently emancipated Black Freedmen's Colony during the civil war. The sisters have their own struggles for independence, freedom, and love, but face them as a family.
I thought this story was extremely heartwarming and endearing. Can I just say that I love Jo and Laurie. I also headcanon Jo as asexual even though the word is never used in the book. I loved their relationship the most by far!
I really like that this book took a classic novel and remixed it into something that explored not only coming of age, but also what it meant to be a recently freed slave during the Civil War. I thought this book did a great job with the plot and setting! I do wish that the writing had been modernized, but other than that, I don't have complaints!
Pub Date: September 7, 2021
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Chronic illness
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Violence and Gun violence