The strengths of Little Women, even though it's not for me

Gave it another day's reading and have decided for sure that I'm not the intended readership for Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, so I'm dropping it - though recognizing that this is a really important book for many women readers, many of whom cite LW as their favorite book from childhood. In some ways it may parallel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a novel that many readers, including this one, cite as a childhood favorite; I think I was in 6th grade when I read it and loved every moment, but I don't think too many girls read that book in youth or cared for it. Nothing wrong w/ that. I will note that I was surprised the LW consists almost entirely of dialogue, with very little scene-setting or attention to milieu other than some boilerplate description of various drawing-room interiors. Similarly, there's almost no mention a broader social context - the father is away serving as s Civil War chaplain, so we do get a sense of the hardship and loneliness that many, particularly spouses left behind to raise families and survive on limited income (if any), had to endure: those are the social conditions of the novel, but it's not a novel about the civil war or about broader intellectual and social movements, such as abolition, in the 19th century. That's OK, too; LMA knew what she was trying to accomplish, didn't over-reach, and wrote fantastic novel for a specific readership. In the first quarter of the novel there are enough good, dramatic scenes and confrontations to keep readers engaged - notably Amy's plunge into the near-frozen Concord River and the guilt and remorse Jo feels about her role in letting this happen. In fact, there are enough good scenes and pliable dialogue that any contemporary reader can see that this was a work crying out for cinema - and I think there have been several adaptations, most or all of them successful. So, tip of the hat, definitely worth re-reading for those who loved LW in youth, and I'm moving on.