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Holy shit, I actually finished my second reading of Good Wives. It was a very hearty read, despite my own laziness to finish reading it. I think that because of that I enjoyed reading it all the more. Review to follow.

JO AND FRIEDRICH FOREVER!!!!!!! RAAAAAHHH!!!! 👊🏽

THISSSS!! THIS IS WHY JO AND FREDERICK BELONG TOGETHER!! Not only are they well-suited, but he's one of the few people who can stand up to Jo and keep up with her. Also, he's everything Jo admires and respects and that's VERY important in a relationship lasting. Not only that but her whole family agrees including Laurie who also loves Frederick.

JOOOOOOO YOU'LL FIND LOVE TOO 😭

Kinda hard to feel bad for Jo while she's mourning the loss of Beth when she's constantly comparing herself to talking about how much harder she works than Amy. She's literally forgetting that Beth and Amy are sisters too, and Amy literally had to grieve ALONE just so she wouldn't jeopardise her and her family's future. Ik that Jo is a flawed character, but I hate how people deny that & keep defending her bad traits.

I sometimes enjoy reading the Little Women book series so much that when I do, Louisa May Alcott manages to bring me back down to Earth and break my heart. It's always the ever so loving and gentle ones plucked too early from this garden called Life, and Miss Alcott will break your heart so gently to remind you so. 🥺

All the subtext regarding Laurie and Amy in this book is so cute. Especially the fact that it's hinted that Laurie would have been best friends with Amy or the closest to her first had they been the same age. This is why I love rereading! There's so much to unpack in books that one read just can't do thoroughly or with justice.

Reading a little today, and I'm obsessing over how beautiful the writing is in the chapter where they reunite in France. How they're practically gushing about each other is written so well that you can really picture it and feel how much love they hold for each other. 🥹

Laurie's proposal to Jo hurts regardless of the fact that he falls in love even harder with Amy. I do think he was in love with her in the sense that comes with childhood. Laurie was right when he said that Jo would fall in love with Frederick and live and die by him. It is after all, her. Laurie would know, and it's why Jo knew he would do the same, to live and die by Amy (though unknown to both in the present).

I find it kinda cute how Jo was basically spying on Professor Bhaer and was basically crushing hard on him. She literally finds his accent nice, and is attracted to how kind and patient he is. I really love how Alcott set up their relationship. Very much like Laurie and Amy's as Jo is a lot like Laurie while Amy is much like Bhaer in demeanor.