Reviews - The First Four Years

366 reviews for:

The First Four Years

Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.65 AVERAGE

mandi26's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tamunra's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

I found all of the other Little House books to be informative, and story-like. This book, in contrast, disappointed me. It felt like a bullet diary of wins and losses. I mainly came out of it with a vast impression of Almanzo's poor financial luck (some caused by his idealism; others, by circumstance).

Reading some of the other reviews, apparently this was published posthumously, and would not have been a bit different otherwise. I wish that was clear before we started it. It's certainly a lackluster finish to the series.

siobhanmcb's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

rebekah27's review against another edition

5.0

This was an amazing finale to the series. I loved every second of reading these books. Laura Ingalls Wilder is such a talented writer and I wanted to be her soo many times.

zenithharpink's review against another edition

2.0

I know this book was published posthumously (per the introduction), so I feel like I should cut this book a bit of slack-it didn't go through the same editing process as Laura's other books (again, per the introduction). Mostly, this book was depressing. When it wasn't depressing, it was sad. As much as I wanted to see Almanzo and Laura's marriage, I ALMOST wish I hadn't.

I'd only recommend this book to those who want closure after reading the series. Otherwise, skip it.

rocina's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful

kricketa's review against another edition

3.0

This last installment is definitely different than the rest in the series, being an unfinished manuscript that is rather unflinching in its descriptions of hardship. it starts out very hopefully, with laura & almanzo marrying and moving into a new house with its fancy pantry and silverware.

i really liked it when laura talks about being sick while she's pregnant and reading to escape how crappy she feels.

and then a lot of terrible things happen in short succession and the book ends abruptly. the terrible things happen in such short succession that i was almost desensitized to it.

i'm looking forward to reading "pioneer girl" now to see what happens to laura and almanzo after the events of this book. i really hope they have at least one successful wheat crop someday.