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Where to start? This book was beautiful I couldn’t help myself finishing it the way I did. Knowing the movie, I already knew the end, but the end of the book (being slightly different from the movie � I love the movie version though) was so overwhelming for me that I was grinning like a child at the outburst of romance that came out of the pages.

Contrary to Little Women, Good Wives' pace was easier to follow. Despite having a few chapters that you can skip without really missing anything that important, the story develops in a way which glues you to the characters and you don’t want to leave them. It’s like you can pat them on the back and tell them all will be alright. 

Each sister grew in a different way, becoming more mature and more independent in their own way. 

Meg soon became a wife and a mother, learning her duties and how not to fear being herself around her husband. Their romance was mature and solid in contrast to those around her such as Sally Moffat. 

Beth was the character that made me cry the most. Her death left a small hole in the story but her speech to her sister Jo about not leaving them and always being there made me realise that each character kept her within their hearts. Her presence after her death was not visible (readable, that’s more like it), but you could sense her nevertheless.

Amy’s journey through Europe did her good. She was the only sister I couldn’t help disliking until she left America and went abroad. The trip made her grow in a way she couldn’t at home. Plus the fact that love also helped her see the world with different eyes.

Jo is, and will always be, my favourite March sister. She is strong and with a loose tongue. I could relate with her a lot during the book and when she left home to go to New York and met Professor Bhaer, I was in heaven. Their romance was slowly shaping itself throughout the novel, and we knew before Jo that she was in love (not to mention the movie� we already knew it through it but the book was plain about it). Despite her lack of self-consciousness when it comes to such matters, we kept praying that she would see what was in front of her and that she deserved some happiness after losing her favourite sister and having a “trifle� with Laurie.

The bond between sisters and mother was still strong. Despite having a different point-of-view towards society and life itself, they kept together and fought together. In the end, even Beth was present at the end with small memories and small unconscious things from each character.

It was a romance I couldn’t stop myself from reading. Not only does it shows us, love, but it also shows us the depths of a sisterly and motherly relationship. It taught me to love my sister the way she is and to learn and see her flaws.