Sunday, March 11, 2012

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The classic I read was Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. At first, I thought that it was really cute, but as the girls grew older, I found the book much less interesting. In the middle, I was totally bored by the book, until part two. Part two had much more going on with all the girls relationships. I was surprised when Jo turned down Laurie's engagement, because throughout the entire book I thought that they had chemistry with each other. I was even more surprised when Laurie proposed to Amy, because never thought they were such close friends. I guess I was wrong about both of those assumptions. Another thing about part two that made the book more interesting was the storyline with Beth, and how she got sick, recovered, got sick again, and then died. I thought it was an interesting twist to the storyline, and it really showed how big an impact Beth had, and how little it was noticed by the other girls. It was definitely not my favorite book, but it had its moments that I really did like about it.