So to be honest, I have never read the book Little Women, and until the newest movie came out, what is it two years ago now? I hand never seen a movie either. I knew the story only a teeny tiny bit, enough to kind of read the retelling that Anna Todd did, and enough that I was definitely intrigued on this #ownvoices take. Now one reason I never read it, I might have tried, but the writing style used in the story is not one that I usually enjoy that much. But, as much as that was a little bit negative for me reading this, the way the author told the story and the time period and characters and all of that totally kept me in to the story and really enjoying it anyway.
It was really interesting to see how the author wove in civil war history for the story. What I really liked and something the author comments in the author’s note at the end is about how there is a lot of things we don’t know about history because of who has always been the one telling the story. And who is left out. I never knew about colonies like the Roanoke one, or anything like that. There was also the pamphlet that one character had about getting sponsored to return to Liberia. That was really interesting and made me think, a lot. I think it was such a great idea to take a well known story like this and just fill in the different people and their time period. While it had a lot of new things to learn and read and experience, having the Little Women aspect guiding the story was a way to keep it familiar and make it maybe easier to read.
While Jo and Lorie have always been a sore spot for me, I like the way the author handled that situation in this book, without necessarily changing it to give me the HEA I wanted for the two of the, but still making it end so that I could smile at their story. A really wonderful retelling that I can’t wait to share with my students in my library!
It was really interesting to see how the author wove in civil war history for the story. What I really liked and something the author comments in the author’s note at the end is about how there is a lot of things we don’t know about history because of who has always been the one telling the story. And who is left out. I never knew about colonies like the Roanoke one, or anything like that. There was also the pamphlet that one character had about getting sponsored to return to Liberia. That was really interesting and made me think, a lot. I think it was such a great idea to take a well known story like this and just fill in the different people and their time period. While it had a lot of new things to learn and read and experience, having the Little Women aspect guiding the story was a way to keep it familiar and make it maybe easier to read.
While Jo and Lorie have always been a sore spot for me, I like the way the author handled that situation in this book, without necessarily changing it to give me the HEA I wanted for the two of the, but still making it end so that I could smile at their story. A really wonderful retelling that I can’t wait to share with my students in my library!