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I received the book EIGHT COUSINS as a Christmas gift from a classmate when I was 11 years old. It was my first true novel and a turning point in my life. From the very first page, I fell in love with Rose, Phoebe and the entire Campbell Clan, and over the years I have lost count of how many times I've read and re-read this wonderful story - always regretting coming to the last page. I craved to know what became of Rose and her kinsmen after the book was finished and spend many an idle hour daydreaming of how their lives progressed in the years that followed Rose's 14th birthday.

I actually didn't know that there was a sequel until I was 21 years old and a newlywed living in a new and strange city with no friends or family close by. I stumbled across this engaging story in the local library and was elated to find that I no longer had to wonder! I devoured ROSE IN BLOOM and it didn't disappoint me. Everything that was foreshadowed in the first book came to full fruition in the second, leaving me with a sense of closure and satisfaction. Predictable? Yes, but oh, so much fun!

Now, at 60 years old, I still read these two books almost every year of my life and never get tired of these stories. Strangely, I didn't branch out into LMA's other novels until I was in my 50's and only discovered such classics as LITTLE WOMEN in middle age.

The only reason I don't give this story 5 stars is because the Victorian culture from which LMA's books came out of is a bit overly sentimental. This wasn't a problem for me when I was a child, but I do find that as an adult reader I have to suspend my critical sensitivities of an outdated mode of expression. The writing style is a bit syrupy, but that is a trademark of the age in which the book was written. Many, many things produced in this time frame were full of flourishes - from ornate Victorian furniture to art to poetry to sentimental music as well as literature. I find that I can easily get past the dated prose because I love the characters and story so much. As long as I read the books instead of listening to some of the poorly done audios, my irritation level with the writing style is minimal. However, some of the narration on versions of the audio books is very difficult to get past.

I never really understood why I couldn't get my own daughters interested in EIGHT COUSINS and ROSE IN BLOOM. Maybe it's because I am just barely old enough to have been acquainted with people who lived in that sentimental age - between 1850 to 1920, and so the old-fashioned mentality of these books seems real and believable to me - whereas in this 21st century age very few people can relate to the ideas expressed or in the flowery way they are written. If you are a person from this "modern" generation, let me be a firsthand witness to you that the people in the late 19th - early 20th century really, REALLY did talk this way, think this way, and act this way. Even though LMA herself wasn't particularly fond of this genre of literature, she did write what was popular in her time and she gave her fans what they wanted and what was likely to sell. It is a way of life that is lost, but certainly worth keeping in touch with through the literature and art that is left behind.


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Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott 9780316030892 Books Reviews

The sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose In Blue follows the cousins as they grow up. Written as cleanly and delicately as Alcott's other works, we follow Rose, Mac, Charlie, Phoebe and the rest of the family on Aunt Hill through adolescence to their adult success, and it's every bit as engaging and heart-warming as Eight Cousins was.

Even after decades of life, and a half dozen reads or so, this book still makes me tear up in places, and I am not ashamed to admit that in the least. The book recalls a time and culture that were cleaner and simpler in many ways than what we have now, and turning the pages is like going back in time--I have so many happy memories tied up with this book, and others I enjoyed as a young girl.

You won't find all the tools modern authors use to hold attention here--violence, sex, bad language or unnatural, ridiculous plots and sub-plots. What you will find is simple, clear language, a smooth presentation of the values and morals of the authoress' times, and very simple, human characters that worry about the only things that are really important in life, when you come right down to it.

Louisa May Alcott's books should be the first books you introduce your child to--because the world (and the people in it) still need the values she writes about so naturally, and you'd be hard pressed to find those values in any of the "modern" children's books on the market. And for adults--why not take a trip back into your childhood and enjoy a simple, well written book again?
Most YA books of a modern turn would have had Rose rush about flirting like mad and knocking down walls with her fists in her ardor to be independent and find love. But, the lost art of writing a pleasant character whose only wish is to be worth something and to love someone worth loving is not found in most modern fiction. LM Alcott writes with firm, frank beliefs that are openly expressed and understood Women should be independent but not harsh; Men should be driven and not dissipate; Children should be loved and not neglected; And, life should be lived uprightly to the best extent of your gifts and not lazily to the disparaging of your talents. Most of all, she wants her readers to know that love isn't always the grand illusion that we build for ourselves, and the handsome hopes we have don't always happen, much to our betterment in some cases, that the ordinary and good is surprisingly the best option. All in all, this is what every young person should read, for good character and honesty is overlooked in today's society for quick wit mixed with malice and originality to the great chagrin of us all.

My only criticism is the treatment of Fun See. However, for the time period it was VERY progressive for Alcott to marry him to a well-to-do American girl, she showed great ignorance in her writing of the character, which, to be fair, was the common treatment of anyone Asian.
I received the book EIGHT COUSINS as a Christmas gift from a classmate when I was 11 years old. It was my first true novel and a turning point in my life. From the very first page, I fell in love with Rose, Phoebe and the entire Campbell Clan, and over the years I have lost count of how many times I've read and re-read this wonderful story - always regretting coming to the last page. I craved to know what became of Rose and her kinsmen after the book was finished and spend many an idle hour daydreaming of how their lives progressed in the years that followed Rose's 14th birthday.

I actually didn't know that there was a sequel until I was 21 years old and a newlywed living in a new and strange city with no friends or family close by. I stumbled across this engaging story in the local library and was elated to find that I no longer had to wonder! I devoured ROSE IN BLOOM and it didn't disappoint me. Everything that was foreshadowed in the first book came to full fruition in the second, leaving me with a sense of closure and satisfaction. Predictable? Yes, but oh, so much fun!

Now, at 60 years old, I still read these two books almost every year of my life and never get tired of these stories. Strangely, I didn't branch out into LMA's other novels until I was in my 50's and only discovered such classics as LITTLE WOMEN in middle age.

The only reason I don't give this story 5 stars is because the Victorian culture from which LMA's books came out of is a bit overly sentimental. This wasn't a problem for me when I was a child, but I do find that as an adult reader I have to suspend my critical sensitivities of an outdated mode of expression. The writing style is a bit syrupy, but that is a trademark of the age in which the book was written. Many, many things produced in this time frame were full of flourishes - from ornate Victorian furniture to art to poetry to sentimental music as well as literature. I find that I can easily get past the dated prose because I love the characters and story so much. As long as I read the books instead of listening to some of the poorly done audios, my irritation level with the writing style is minimal. However, some of the narration on versions of the audio books is very difficult to get past.

I never really understood why I couldn't get my own daughters interested in EIGHT COUSINS and ROSE IN BLOOM. Maybe it's because I am just barely old enough to have been acquainted with people who lived in that sentimental age - between 1850 to 1920, and so the old-fashioned mentality of these books seems real and believable to me - whereas in this 21st century age very few people can relate to the ideas expressed or in the flowery way they are written. If you are a person from this "modern" generation, let me be a firsthand witness to you that the people in the late 19th - early 20th century really, REALLY did talk this way, think this way, and act this way. Even though LMA herself wasn't particularly fond of this genre of literature, she did write what was popular in her time and she gave her fans what they wanted and what was likely to sell. It is a way of life that is lost, but certainly worth keeping in touch with through the literature and art that is left behind.