I'm not sure i can do justice to how much I love this book, how
good and peaceful it makes me feel. I don't usually rate books, but
I'd put this at 4.5/5, with the first half at about 4.95/5. There
are a few things I take exception to, many of which are products of
the time (yet are still prevalent today), but other than that, I
think it's extraordinary!
I had actually forgotten how much I like it. I've had my copy for
16 years, and I haven't read it in about 10 years, but (esp.
judging by how well-loved the book is), I must have read it about 8
times in the 6 years before that:P I got it for Christmas when I
was 9, and it would've been a perfect book for me from
9-15ish:)
I love and really relate to the girls' innocence and good-ness.
Even the "preachy" bits are done in such a way that I don't get
offended or turned off, but can take what I feel are the important
bits and leave the rest:P The love and care among the sisters, the
rest of their family, their neighbours and the world in general, I
adore and aspire to. While I don't agree with everything and/or the
way it's presented, in LW, I find lessons, morals, themes, etc that
I think are lost in a lot of ways today, and that I think we should
strive to regain.
I can't adequately describe how good and ... whole this book makes
me feel.