Abby’s Reviews > Little Women > Status Update

Jo is so clueless to Laurie! I agree with Marmee: let children be children for as long as they may.

It’s quite awful. At age 15, one feels so grown, but is looked upon as a child. Many decades later, one longs for the childish nature of 15.

Even though the language is different, I feel like the girls are very relatable. I see a little of myself in each of them: Amy’s vanity, Meg’s yearning for the luxuries she once knew as a child, Jo’s stubbornness and wish for freedom, and Beth’s tranquility.

It’s also cool to see the historical influences of the 1860s and the civil war on an “insignificant” family in the North.

It’s great that the author has already set a moral for the book. Be the best you can while having authenticity.

I loved the sentiment that Marmee isn’t all that beautiful. She’s quite ordinary, but ordinary in a sense of loveliness.

It does make me realize that I find my own mom to be quite beautiful, no matter how anyone else should perceive her. She is possibly the utmost beautiful woman I’ve ever met.