Rtc

Okay. Here we go. Lets do this. (beware it's a little rambly and ranty)
There's spoilers in here somewhere, have fun.

Let me preface this by saying I don't think I'm very good at reading comic books and graphic novels. I'm not good at savoring the art and taking it slow. I feel like everything moves too fast and there's never time to dwell on anything, leaving me feeling unsatisfied.
However, I have only read very few comics (some ATLA and Marvel) and this singular graphic novel (and the Action Bible) so just know that I have no experience in this type of thing....

BUT

I will say it did contributed to my dislike of this book sorry not sorry.

But I have more reasons than that don't worry.

1) It felt cheap
That's the best way I can describe this book. Cheap. The first moment I really felt this was when they got an email from there dad in the army. They are all upset and cry but it doesn't feel genuine. I mean, it's an email. There's something about the impact of a letter that solidifies the reality of the situation. I can't describe how off it felt. Almost every other moment in the book feel like that too. The whole soup kitchen scene makes it look like a chore instead that they don't really learn from. Oh it's Christmas tradition to help out at the soup kitchen boo hoo. Versus giving their dinner to a family with less than them. Even though they are annoyed at first, they see the value in helping others and it makes their Christmas even better. But you don't feel moments like that in this book. It feels like Disney came in and sapped the life from the original.

2) It's woke, oh no
Here is a list of all the problems they try to address in this book.
-Rascim
-interracial marriage
-adoption (kinda)
-Lgbtq
- world peace/global warming/ you know what else goes in that box
- Bullying
-cancer
-being poor versus rich (but like in today's society)
- I think they mentioned politics
-I already returned it so I can't go look for more
-and more I'm forgetting
Most of which are fine topics really. But it is too much for this story to handle, considering most of these problems weren't really there in the original. None of it was really handled well.

3) The characters were annoying as hell
Every single character was a stereotype, and that bugged me A LOT. They were so copy pasted and they didn't feel real and nobody talked like a normal human being. uugh.

a) Meg
Wants to be rich/fashion snob.
She just didn't sit right with me. Idk. She was mean and not really the caring eldest sibling she is really meant to be. She just wants to be rich, but not in a realistic way. If you're goal in life is:✨be rich✨, then I don't have much respect for you sorry.

b) Jo
woohoo she woke
Your run of the mill protests everything everywhere like whyyyyyy. She's the one who makes a snarky woke comment in every situation and yeah. I get it fits her character but also no. I wish I could say I like her being gay, but I don't. I don't like the way it was executed (and don't get me started on grandma) and it cheapened her arc with Laurie a ton. The whole point of them is that they are a right people wrong time situation, not an, oh she actually not like other girls uwu (okay she's always been like that but yknow what I mean). I did however like why she cut her hair, and then everyone else did too. ~~it gave me feelz~~

c) Beth
Why did her family have to berate her music?
Beth was okay. I actually liked the cancer as her getting sick (and I forgot to mention, but this book was only the first half of Little Women, so you don't see them as adults). I think that was the only part of the book I genuinely enjoyed. I guess her music was okay too, but it felt weird not having her play piano for the family and very privately. No she sees a guitar and goes "uwu chiiiild things r gonna get easierrrr" and that's it. That was the moment I knew I was not gonna like this book (I mean I knew but now I REALLY knew). Not a bad song but, eh.

d) Amy
She was obnoxious, glad they didn't include the second half of the book wow (you don't deserve Laurie)
I get it little sister whiny blah blah blah but OH MY GOD. Why is she like five????? She doesn't shut up and always thinks she's the greatest (she wasn't that bad originally, right?). Her story arc revolves around her being bullied and then almost hit by a bus (in which Meg is the one who saves her, I'm confused). Also she's an artist obvz. I don't really know she got on my nerves and then I stopped caring, so that's great. (Amy has never been my favorite anyway so what can I say)

4) I'm on my period and it made me cry
~~dam cancer~~

5) Felt unreal and jumpy
As I said, nobody talked normal and it moved to quickly. Maybe I just love soaking up desciptions and inner dialogue bc just spoken word doesn't give me enough time to just bathe in the book (does that make sense?). I don't actually know what i was gonna say at this part when I worte down the outline for this days ago, but it's just repeating the same thing over again.

The art also wasn't really my style and it pulled me out of the book. But the art is still good.
This book doesn't really deserve a 1 star but honestly, I don't care and I'm going with my gut on rating it.

1.5 then. How does that sound?

(I think I said something offensive in here but I don't really care, I'm tired and not good at writing reviews.)

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