3.65 AVERAGE

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Sad :(
hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It is much better to stop at these happy Golden years. You can tell the writing is unfinished and does not read like the ones before hand. Very few conversations at all. Just events occurring one right after another. With a few words said here and there by Laura or manly.

amerynth's review

2.0

The final book in the series follows the first four years of Laura and Almanzo's marriage and the birth of their daughter Rose, as they try to make a living as farmers on the prairie. Published long after both Laura and Rose had died, it lacked the polish of a finished book (and possibly the editing that Rose helped out with in the earlier books.)

Emma, Max, and I just finished listening to ALL of the Little House books! We enjoyed them very, very much! Although this last one was hard to listen to --- I was SO frustrated on their behalf!
Cherry Jones was excellent throughout the series --- I first heard her narration on Because of Winn Dixie, which was also well done! :-)

This was a nice conclusion, I suppose, but I definitely didn't like it as well as the other books. I suppose because it was so brief and zoomed thru four years, not like her other books with such attention to detail. I was heart broken for her, though, to learn her son died and about the house fire. Heavens, she was younger than I when it happened...22 or so.