Second thought: ain't she sweet

You k ow, I enjoyed reading this book, but after the fact, it kind of annoyed me-- to many romance conventions, too many broad strokes, too many southern cliches... And when we studied it in class, that kind of made me not ever want to read it again. J couldn't get over the horrible Geography, but what bothered me most was the end-- how after she reached that required point, what got her to the happy ending was manipulation. And we won't even get into the magical baby.

But I did like the metafictional feel of that end, even if it did feel a little like little women.