Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

26 reviews

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, and War

s3ag0at's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

justinenoon82's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

“Little Women” is a timeless classic that offers a comforting escape into the lives of the March sisters. It’s a story of growth, love, and resilience that continues to resonate with readers of all ages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief

Minor: Death, War, and Classism

Beth’s illness with scarlet fever is a significant event that deeply affects the family and highlights themes of care and recovery.

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Grief

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Alcohol, and War

ariajb's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Medical content and War

katie0528's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A tale of four sisters growing through their teens and early married lives. I attempted this book once as a kid ane gave up pretty quickly in, and while I did make it all the way through this time, it was mostly because I listened to it as an audiobook. While the girls and their relationship with the neighbor boy Laurie is charming, this book is one long morality tale. Nobody can do a single thing without Alcott turning it into a lecture on what proper young men and women should and should not do and how they do or do not think. It became quite tedious, and she even makes comments in the book about how the reader must have fallen asleep during her sermons. Lord knows I tuned out during many of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny and War

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.75

There's a reason this book is a classic. Personally, I found the writing a bit of a slog to get through and some of the chapters just fully unnecessary.

An entire chapter of the little newsletter the girls put together for their "gentleman's club", for example. It's a nice world builder, but to me felt far longer than it should have been. We're reading the story from Jo's perspective, I don't feel I need pages and pages of her poetry.

The characters feel very real, and the conflicts that arise feel organic to the characters and their environment. Even as old as this book is, some aspects of life don't ever change. Siblings that love each other fiercely, and challenge each other even more so. The changes we all encounter entering our 20's and facing down adulthood-marriage, parenting, job prospects. And of course, the consistency of loss. It gives a nice window into what life was like for a working class, white family in the 1870's. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Classism

Minor: War

camoo3032's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It's a sweet book but feels a bit like a sermon at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and War

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

swisner's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, and Classism

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and War