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livingforjesus08's review against another edition
5.0
Love, love, love this book. Once again reassured that it is indeed my favorite. I love the character arcs and how they all were so much more grown up at the end. Polly, she's just so sweet. And I also really love how Louisa May Alcott (the author) will every now and then (it's pretty infrequent) pause in the story and direct a paragraph to "my readers".
evening's review
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Classism
cbeezers's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
camiandkitread's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
carriedoodledoo's review against another edition
3.0
I read this one a few times in high school, as it was part of my local library's collection and I believed then in reading everything an author I liked had to write. (My views have since been modified!).
Sweet, and shows Alcott's worldview perhaps even more clearly than "Little Women" does: an embrace of truth and simplicity over pomp and circumstance. The occasional break in the fourth wall is charming.
What I found interesting was that while Polly and her morals and manners would be still called "old-fashioned" today, I still see remnants of the fashionable Shaws' behavior in contemporary society. Sure, on the surface they may have become as antiquated and quaint as the book they appear in, but I still see children being presented as adults before their time; party culture in colleges; impractical and immodest fashions; a desperate and sad pressure to keep up with your peers at the expense of your own character.
Maybe Polly wasn't "old fashioned", just better educated by loving parents.
Sweet, and shows Alcott's worldview perhaps even more clearly than "Little Women" does: an embrace of truth and simplicity over pomp and circumstance. The occasional break in the fourth wall is charming.
What I found interesting was that while Polly and her morals and manners would be still called "old-fashioned" today, I still see remnants of the fashionable Shaws' behavior in contemporary society. Sure, on the surface they may have become as antiquated and quaint as the book they appear in, but I still see children being presented as adults before their time; party culture in colleges; impractical and immodest fashions; a desperate and sad pressure to keep up with your peers at the expense of your own character.
Maybe Polly wasn't "old fashioned", just better educated by loving parents.
lmorgen's review against another edition
5.0
This is my absolute favorite book by Louisa May Alcott. As much as I love Little Women, this is simply the best. Such a heartwarming story of country girl Polly who visits her uptown cousin Fanny. Fanny is a young lady who dresses fabulously and puts on airs. Polly and Fanny are the same age, yet Polly is a girl, free spirited and old fashioned. I adored the ending, and I loved Polly. She is such a cheerful girl who doesn't put on airs like Fanny, she just acts like herself.
elisakissa's review against another edition
3.0
I think Little Women does the moral and social commentary much better, this book comes off preachy a lot of times. But it's got a place in my heart, for the childhood nostalgia mostly.