Have I read this before: I think I started to read this way back in high school or something, but I never got past the first few chapters for some reason.

Review: This was a really good book. I love that the four sisters all have such strong, distinct personalities and how Laurie complements all of them. Jo was definitely my favorite, and though I was pretty disappointed that she did end up having children at the end even when she expressed no desire to for the majority of the book, I suspect that ending was more of a product of the time the book was written as opposed to Alcott’s desired outcome for Jo.  

Favorite Part: Jo’s mother talking to her about anger:

“I’ve been trying to cure it [the anger/temper] for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it, and I still hope to learn not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do so.”

I think a woman expressing that she feels anger is a big deal in this type of book.

Rating: 7/10