I don't really have any rational reason for disliking this, but I do. I just can't help thinking how much Louisa May Alcott would have objected to it. Maybe it's just because I am adamantly anti-Jo/Laurie, but I don't really think this book had anything interesting to say about Little Women beyond "Laurie and Jo should have gotten together". Also, I really disliked the liberties taken with Jo's "real" life intermingling with Alcott's. Despite this, though, the writing style emulated Alcott's fairly well, and it wasn't entirely unenjoyable to read.