There's a certain sense of emptiness that only booklovers will know. Upon closing a dear book and saying goodbye to its variety of language and characters, it can often feel like some precious part of one's soul is left behind and lost forever. And here I am; with a bittersweet lump in my throat and a melancholic longing for something more."Jo's Boys" by Louisa May Alcott is different from the other books in this series. It is far more dramatic - even violent at times - in its plot, and is gener...

As I work on wedding stuff, I've been listening my way through Alcott's works. I liked this story better than Little Men. While still not on par with Little Woman, Rose in Bloom, Eight Cousins, or some of the other beloved works, it was still nice to see the beloved characters again.

Yes indeed, I do have to admit that while Little Women is both brilliant and will always remain a strong and magical personal reading favourite and that Little Men albeit unfortunately not quite as delightful as Little Women is still engagingly readable and as such also a solidly successful sequel, Jo's Boys (the third and also the final instalment of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series), while I guess that it does provide a decent enough conclusion in so far that it presents and features ho...

Preach it, Louisa May! Or, maybe stop preaching it. This book is preachy, y'all. Moralizing and sermons on every page. BlahhhhhhAlso, Meg grew up to be a bitch.Did not like. OK, there were some good characters (like Nan, the independent woman doctor) and some good messages (many of Alcott's views were progressive, such as women's rights etc), but for the most part... nah

Jo's Boys is my personal favourite in the Little Women series. The book really touched me on an emotional level, especially Dan's story line and I was a little sad that he did not get a conventional 'happy ending' like the other boys did.

The last sentence of this book had me in tears: " And now having endeavored to suit every one by many weddings, few deaths, and as much prosperity as the eternal fitness of things will permit, let the music stop, the lights die out, and the curtain fall forever on the March family."Its sad to say goodbye to a family that I've come to know and love in this past year... Jo has become somewhat of a mentor to me after reading Little Men and Jo's Boys... and so, yes, I'm somewhat emotional that I've

Better lose your life than your soulJo's Boys ~~ Louisa May Alcott3.5/5And thus, we come to the end of the March Family saga … Better known for Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott concluded the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of Jo’s boys. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jo's Boys is nevertheless darkened by a bittersweet tenor. Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, t...

Taking place ten years after Little Men, Jo’s Boys shows us the Plumfield clan—led by our aging friends from the original story--growing up. Alcott makes you care deeply about her boys and her girls, giving each dramas of their own. Dan becomes a rough and rugged anti-hero, Nat a tempted world-travelling musician, Nan a single-minded doctor. Josie and Ted are much like their namesakes Jo and Laurie: impulsive and fun and always in need of some moral lesson or other.It’s a book of racial and clas...

The book, ladies and gentlemen: (I very much tried to make everything chronological. Anything that isn't, such as Josie whining about acting or whenever the Professor decides to grace the world with his presence, is completely due to my lack of remembrance and also my utter lack of desire to go back through the entire book, rather than skimming for the important bits, as I am already doing.)Professor: *chortles*Plumfield: If everybody could just stop acting in plays here, that'd be great.Nan: ER...

In all honesty, this is a dreary book. Imagine the epilogue to the Harry Potter Series, which most people agree is somewhat hamfisted and not up to par, if not blatant fan service. Now imagine if J.K. Rowling had written it into a full eighth book, rather than a single chapter. That is what we have here. As the third (or fourth, depending on how you care to look at it) and final installment in the chronicle of the March sisters and their families, this draws much too heavily on the less-compelli...

Finally! I started reading this as soon as I finished Little Men, but didn't really get into so put it down for a few months. Around page 150 I suddenly got hooked on the stories within the book (because every chapter in an Alcott novel has its own individual plot) and read a few chapters every day until I finished it. It's obvious at the end that it's the last book she'll write about the March family as the last page lists what happens to every character - which is a bit sad, as Alcott's novels...

I cried, again, as I read the final sentence of this delightful little book. This was my third reading of the Jo March books but my first read through as a mother and homeschool teacher. While I think that Little Men is my absolute favorite of the books, this one is as dear to me as a trusted old friend. I did not want the music to stop or the lights to go out. I did not want the curtain to fall on this inspiring and tender family.

If you’ve read the previous books in the series, this is more of the same. Nothing spectacular but a perfectly pleasant lazy-day read. I’m glad I read these books but I very much doubt I’ll ever return to them.

Another great work by Louisa May Alcott! A must read for Little Women fans! I just love this book!

My A-Z challenge for the year with the lovely and vivacious Karly and Kristin has officially begun! A is for AlcottLet the games begin....I always find that reviewing an Alcott book is a bit difficult. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with her. I read Little Women only a few years ago at the request of my mother who loved it, but didn't like the other two books in the series. And honestly, I agree with her. Little Women though moralistic and preachy, is a very beautiful and tender story a...

I grew to love all the characters in Little Men, so one is bound to love this one just as much. There's plenty of laughter and fun in this book. The end bit has some emotional scenes with wandering Dan and I would have loved to see him happy. Ah, but that is life! A lovely read.

A long, sometimes tedious, but almost always charming epilogue to Little Women and Little Men. Alcott wrote it in 1886, eighteen years after Little Women and two years before her death. She must have known, feeling the effects of mercury poisoning from her time as a Civil War nurse, that the lights were really going out, the curtain about to fall.In this book Alcott continues to find a platform for her ideas, including women's suffrage, co-education, rehabilitation for criminals, and temperance,...

This was a great conclusion of the Little Women series by Louisa May Alcott. If you enjoyed Little Men, you will enjoy Jo's Boys as it tells what happens to the boys of Plumfield as they get older. Definitely check the whole Little Women series out as they are all a joy to read.

*opens book* Ah, I can’t wait to re-visit all the characters from Little Men.A few chapters later: It’s kind of boring, but all the boys are still awesome, especially Dan. But he has a beard. That’s weird. Oh, well, I’ll just ignore it.Later: Wow, this is really boring. Too much moralizing. Whole chapters of it. But at least the Josie-wanting-to-be-an-actress thing is interesting. I wish Alcott would focus more on Dan everyone else, though. And am I the only one who sees definite similarities be...

I just finished reading the entire series of the March family and their descendants. I homeschool and picked up Little Men for inspiration. I gleaned so many wonderful insights for educating young children, finding our personal missions and following your bliss. In reading the entire series, I get a vision of what I want our lives to look like as I raise my children and the kind of experiences I want them to have. It is easy to involve yourself in the lives of the people in these books because y...