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LibrarybelleI‘ve always wondered about this pairing too. It never quite fit my imagination for a viable possibility. 🤷🏻♀️4mo
BookwormjillkYeah this was always weird to me too, and shocked me the first time I read it. This time it seemed okay.4mo
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Clare-DragonflyI think I was pretty shocked by this pairing the first time I read it, but I love it now. I think he does love her, and that‘s why he gets over Jo so quickly—but he sure justifies it to himself strangely!4mo
TheAromaofBooksI've actually always shipped them. Partially because I think he and Jo are a terrible match. Maybe partially because I was SO convinced that my best friend in high school was going to be my husband & was heartbroken when he didn't agree 😂 But like Laurie I realized that a lot of my feelings were romanticizing him/glossing over reasons we weren't a good match. I think that's a lot of what this chapter reflects - Laurie realizing that he was more ⬇4mo
TheAromaofBooks(cont'd) in love with an idea of Jo than her as a real person who would be his life-partner. Alcott also glosses over the correspondence and deepening relationship between Laurie and Amy, so I think that adds to making their romance feel more abrupt than it was. But I think they are so well-matched and complement each other well.4mo
quietjennI think that Amy and Laurie are a much better match, so I'm good with it. He and Jo always felt like Just Friends to me. 🤷♀️4mo
IndoorDameI hated it when I was really young, but on subsequent readings Ive always really seen it4mo
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