Little Women book review:

As you all know, I love classics and this has got to be one of the most famous classics. This was a present to me from my sister for my birthday and I only just got round to reading it. 

   At first I thought it was going to be really slow with not much happening however I was proven wrong. You get to know the characters and really start to care for them. My favourite character has to be Jo because she is what I pictured myself to be when I was older. it's strange how relatable the characters are even though it was written so long ago in a extremely different circumstances. To me that's what makes this book so good. You can still relate to it in one way or another. Also, a character I think everyone will love is Teddy. He's so funny at time which isn't what I expected from such an old book. 

   I usually show you the cover however it was ruined. However the back is not as bad as the front so just so you can see the pattern on it here's the back of the book. Which is weird to type when I'm used to the saying the cover.

   I would fully recommend this book to anyone who likes classics however if you don't then this won't be for you. It is focused on the problems of their day which are (of course) different to ours. For example it has problems to do with the war which thankfully not many people can related to in the modern day. On a lighter note, this book had one of those built in bookmarks which i love sooo much. Also, the pattern was really nice. I know they say don't judge a book by it's cove but it was a bonus.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you in the next post.

xxx

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Money-Pig:

This story so far has been the only one I didn't like out of all the Hans Christian Andersen stories that I've read. I couldn't really tell what the plot was which is rare for his stories. The plot is usually easy to get a grip on even with the use of the old fashioned language. Also, there wasn't really a meaning or morale behind it like the others had. The only morale I could get from the story is that you can be replaced which is not a good morale at all.  I'm surprised that I didn't like this story because I've loved all of them so far and if you read my blog often I don't give many negative reviews. Other people might love this story however I just didn't like it. Especially compared to the other stories. 

   The one thing I love in each story is the little picture at the start of them. They give you a small bit to picture in your head. Most of the time I like to picture things for myself however because these are short stories it's good to get something to picture as you're not with the characters long. 

I hope the stories get better again and they haven't put all the good ones at the start and left the rest. This has been a shorter post than usual but I didn't have many things to say about this story so sorry.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next post. 

xxx

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: Thumbelina:

I think everyone know this story like the Princess and the Pea from when they were little however the original story is so different to the story I was told as a kid. As always it's about a small person who's called Thumbelina. However there isn't a whole group of them there's just here. Also, she was born because of a woman who couldn't have a child. This woman went to an old witch and asked her how she could get a child. The witch gave her a barleycorn and told her to plant it in a flower pot. A pretty flower grew and when it opened up there was a small person inside. This is completely different to the other stories which never actually told me how she came into existence. I like to think that when this story first came out that lots of children planted barleycorn just to see if it was true. There are so many things that happen in this story and the way Thumbelina was born was just the first few paragraphs. I still don't understand how Andersen gets so much information into such small paragraphs without making the reader confused. To me that shows a lot of skill which I love.
   For once I don't think there is a strong moral to this story however the one I think of is that it doesn't matter how pretty you are you must be kind as well.
   Here are the images at the start of this story and the colour plate:

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next post.

xxx