March in Overdue Podcast

Jun 13, 2013 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: race, literary-fiction, historical-fiction

For the most part I really enjoyed this but I had my qualms (of course I did, it's Brooks and I always do...). My biggest issues were with how she wrote Marmee, and then in the afterword I read this-
"As with so many things in my life, this book owes its being to my mother, Gloria Brooks. I was about 10 years old when I read Little Women for the first time, at her suggestion. Though she recommended the book, she also counseled that I take it with a grain of salt. 'Nobody in real life is such a go ...more

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May 12, 2017 Thorn rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction

I am not an audience for this book, so take the review with a grain of salt.

I really disliked both POV characters of this book. It is clear that we are supposed to dislike them, but we are also supposed to sympathize with them, and I could not manage that with Mr. March. I still want to smother him with a pillow.

Meanwhile the POV change was very unexpectedly jarring. I've read an explanation as to why the author chose to do it that way, but it did not change my feelings about it.

There is a lot a ...more

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Feb 03, 2009 Liesl rated it really liked it

Shelves: well-fed-head, 2007, pulitzer, overdue

A fantastic companion piece to Little Women. Harrowing at times, but very well written.

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Mar 01, 2014 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: nook-simple-touch, tear-stained, nook-mobile-app, sisters, read-harder-challenge-2015, 2015, litfic, overly-selfless-servant-characters, 00s, civil-war

Completes the retelling of a classic story task for the Read Harder challenge 2015.

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