Little Women have now become grandmother's and the lives surrounding them (mostly Jo). ( )

For some reason I put this book off for a good fifteen years after first reading and loving Little Women. I think that is just as well - it seems to me that there may be less here to interest a child than in the first two. But it really was sweet, and featured more of the March family than Little Men did, which I loved - and I think it was less preachy than Little Men, although that lecture to George and Dolly did seem to go on forever. All in all I liked it and I think anyone who loves Little Women will enjoy this on some level. I am happy to have finally experienced it. ( )

Readers see the boys and girls from Plumfield facing life as young men and women.

Loved being privy to the lives of the boys as they grew. Since I was the age of the boys in Little Men when I first read the book it left a lasting impression on me at the freedom young men appeared to have with the reminder that all may not be as it appears. The challenges, tribulations and victories of the young men and of Jo too may appear simpler than our challenges today but the lessons are still timely. ( )

I remember trying to tackle this book in fourth or fifth grade for the first time. I had read Little Women and Little Men with no problem, but for some reason Jo's Boys bored me so much that I never got past the first few chapters.

I wonder if the intense moralizing turned me off the story. The morals and "little sermons" were certainly present in the first two books, but I don't remember them being so frequent or so blatant. Mother Bhaer, or Jo as we fondly remember her, seems to do nothing but lecture her young charges. Feisty Jo of old isn't playful anymore!

It was nice to know what happened to Nat and Dan and Daisy and Tom and Nan. But only hardcore fans will see this book through to completion. ( )