Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott is a children’s
classic. We follow recently orphaned 13 year old Rose who goes to live with her
single Uncle and Aunts where she meets her seven cousins (all boys).
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. This was such a fun and
charming book. Rose was a lovely child to follow and see her learn and grow. We
don’t really get to know all the cousin’s especially well, but what little we
see of them is interesting. Uncle Alec was a wonderful parental figure with
many healthy ideas of raising girls.
The content is full of thought provoking ideas. Some purely in relation to the times it was written and others that are still
important today. One thing I would like to point out in the negative is one
brief moment of what we would consider racist content toward Chinese people,
but would not have been seen so in the day written.
Overall, a lovely story and I highly anticipate reading the
sequel.
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