Reviews for Eight Cousins

The average rating for Eight Cousins based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-12-05 00:00:00 TImo Koepe "It may upset things a trifle, but half a child's pleasure consists in having their fun when they want it." I'm a big fan of Anne of Green Gables, Heidi and A Little Princes, so when I came across Eight Cousins, which appeared to be somewhat similar, couldn't help resisting reading the book. And without going in to much detail, this is a nice story - and a great one for children. However, I thought, it to be a bit less engaging compared to Anne and other books. Hadn't this book been intended for children, I'd have given 3 stars. Since that isn't the case, I believe a 4* ratings is not too generous. But, if the reader has already gone through books like Anne, this might become a bit dull (and a bit outdated too unfortunately). Story itself is good, though feels a little unrealistic or fairy-tale-like. "A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman."

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-01 00:00:00 Frank Greces This went from delightful to tedious in thirty pages. It's amazing to me that Jane Austen, who wrote some one hundred years before Alcott, could feel so incredibly modern and this novel so insufferably outdated. If you like regular lines such as "Oh, you little dear!" and scenes of the older man holding the chin of the thirteen-year-old girl and tenderly kissing her rose-bud lips and telling her to mind him and all of her dreams shall come true (did I mention it is her uncle--her dear, dear uncle?), then by all means, rip into this "classic," and, while you're at it, read Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, too! I actually couldn't even make it to the end, but I think she must marry the uncle. I honestly could not suffer through one more scene of the almost 14-year-old cuddling in dear uncle's lap. If someone misled you and you thought this was a brilliant classic. . . go read Anne of Green Gables or Jane Austen or anything Bronte instead.