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Little Women is a book that has always been on my bookshelves. I've read it more than once because of its homey feeling and its emphasis on family loyalty. I love all the characters and the way they are so closely knit. It's been my favourite since I was a bookworm teenager.
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Sarah_McGregor810 wrote: 07 Apr 2020, 14:12 I recently finished reading this book. Whenever I see a movie coming out that I know is adapted from a novel, I try and read the book before seeing the movie. With the new Little Women movie coming out, I decided to read this book for the first time ever.

I had extremely high expectations. It seems like everyone I know had read the book at one point or another and they all loved the story. I was not blown away, though I still enjoyed the story. I was most impressed with Amy's character development and there were several other parts of the book that I never saw coming, which I thought was great!

I have yet to see the movie, but it is on my list and I can't wait to compare the book to the movie.
I watched the movie last night and wasn't thrilled with it. It tells the story by jumping back and forth in time, which to need took away from the whole of the book. I'll be curious to see what you think. Send need a message if you are able.
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I heard about that! I'll try to watch it this weekend and get back to you with my thoughts. I went out a while back and purchased the 1994 movie. Maybe I can do a compare and contrast between the two.
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My literature class led me to reading the book and I have loved it ever since.
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The new movie is so great worth how they picture Jo. It’s really brought into light the ending and whether to question it or not.
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I finally watched the newest movie! I can see both sides of the coin for liking and not liking how they jumped back and forth between future and past. But I think they did that based on the premise they eluded to with the ending. I don't want to give anything away, but those who have watched it will know what I'm referring to. With that said, the ending has stuck with me. They ask the question that I asked myself while reading the book. I struggle with accepting the ending as they portrayed it.

Next step for me: I found that there is a Little Women series on Amazon. I think I'll give those a try. Seems like they will be much more detailed as they have several episodes that tackle every event that happens in the book. I'm looking forward to it!
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I adore this book but the way it was split into two halfs has always annoyed me because I spent my whole childhood reading what I thought was the whole book but turned out to just be half, I had to buy a new copy
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This was my great grandma's favourite book and because I had three sisters (making us a family of four girls) she used to call us her little women.
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This book is an allegorical book that talks about living a Christian life, contemplating about poverty, climbing dreams and working on them, essence of family's togetherness and fighting battles both alone and together. They are sisters with different personalities, different dreams and different perspectives. I like Jo personally, she is straight-forward and brave. But her being like that would gain her companies. the book showcased not just what a family faces everyday in those times, but it is still going on up to this day, children being punished in school, children withdrawing from school, it all happens today. Sisters fighting over sister stuffs, like love and affection and little things. Sacrificing for one another and letting go of what make s both happy. There is so much in this book, but one thing i like is how they chased their dreams to the point that they forgot what family is. But when disaster strikes their family, they were all ready to leave everything behind to get home.
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I loved the book, but I was a bit disappointed with the new movie. It was really non-linear and psychological, which was very different from how the novel progressed. The older film with Winona Ryder did a better job following the storyline.
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I've seen enough of it to know that there is indeed a reason for it to be a classic, that's for sure.
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Little Women is my all time favorite classic. I can't help but relate myself to Jo March, even named one my social profile after her. :mrgreen:
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I identified with different little women over the course of my childhood. Beth first, Amy a bit later because of our similar appearances, and then for some reason I thought I was more Jo than Meg even though it was clearly not the case. (Wait, maybe because we both wrote? And I planned to be a teacher? More relevant to Little Men than Little Women, but aight, Baby Bri.)

I always liked that the book was split into halves because the second half was sadder, so after the first few read-throughs, I decided to pretend like the second half wasn't canon/didn't exist. (Nevermind that it was rather important to set up Little Men, my other favorite book at the time... I was an excessively sensitive child.) It also made a good breaking point for the book as a read-aloud. The entire book was just too long for a read-aloud, although possibly it being my seventh read-through didn't help. Huh, maybe it's time for another reread. It's been at least 4 years due to college...
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One good discussion question might be asking everyone which character they relate to the most and why?
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Loved this book! Read it after my mom did growing up so I ended up falling in love with reading with this book. Great plot!
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