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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Het begin vond ik warrig, omdat het op een andere manier (en volgorde) gebeurtenissen beschrijft die ook in het vorige boek voorkomen.
Ik heb het boek jaren geleden ook al eens in mijn handen gehad, maar het toen om die reden niet geleend van de bieb.
Na dat eerste stuk is het interessant om te lezen hoe het verder gaat met Laura, hoewel ze wel heel veel pech hebben.
Ik heb het boek jaren geleden ook al eens in mijn handen gehad, maar het toen om die reden niet geleend van de bieb.
Na dat eerste stuk is het interessant om te lezen hoe het verder gaat met Laura, hoewel ze wel heel veel pech hebben.
What a joy it has been watching Laura grow up again. I love the raw reality in this one and love getting to reread this series.
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This wasn't my least favorite of the series, but mostly because nothing much happened, so there wasn't anything to dislike. Each year was about 30 pages. I didn't have to line-edit out the racism for my 7-yo. Did have to talk about infant mortality.
Almanzo becomes "Manly" without much intro, so don't be too confused by that.
Almanzo becomes "Manly" without much intro, so don't be too confused by that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Xenophobia
This is more of a 3.5 situation...
It is very apparent that this book was put together differently from the rest of the series. Almanzo is only called Manly, which I don't think was a nicknamed used at all in the previous book. If it was, it was barely mentioned... Also, the beginning has an overview of the last chapter. In it, the summation has a completely different tone. It threw me completely off. In These Happy Golden Years, Laura didn't seem to give one hoot about Almanzo being a farmer. But apparently she cared deeply. After all, that's what this book is all about.
As such, the book is all about Almanzo trying to prove that they can make a go of being farmers. He had four years to prove that. In that time, there was a lot of misfortune (health and weather related). By the end of it, I just felt like they were lying to themselves.
I am now more curious than ever to read Rose's stories. She seems like a delight - an even wilder Laura.
It is very apparent that this book was put together differently from the rest of the series. Almanzo is only called Manly, which I don't think was a nicknamed used at all in the previous book. If it was, it was barely mentioned... Also, the beginning has an overview of the last chapter. In it, the summation has a completely different tone. It threw me completely off. In These Happy Golden Years, Laura didn't seem to give one hoot about Almanzo being a farmer. But apparently she cared deeply. After all, that's what this book is all about.
As such, the book is all about Almanzo trying to prove that they can make a go of being farmers. He had four years to prove that. In that time, there was a lot of misfortune (health and weather related). By the end of it, I just felt like they were lying to themselves.
I am now more curious than ever to read Rose's stories. She seems like a delight - an even wilder Laura.
emotional
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It has a different feeling than all the previous books. Reading the introduction and realizing that Laura had never sought publication for this and that it was found, handwritten on paper, after her death, makes that easier to understand. You can still tell it's Laura writing, but it does have a more unfinished, unedited feel.
Relating to Laura's feelings of growing up and then reading about her young motherhood was very special.
Thinking of this less like another novel and more like I'm reading notes that Laura was remembering to flesh out later, made it easily as enjoyable to me as the other books. It felt like I had the honor of reading her novel as it was still in progress. Aside from all the complicated stuff involved with its publishing... I'm glad I was able to read it.
(Read aloud with all the kids, ages 8 and under.)
Relating to Laura's feelings of growing up and then reading about her young motherhood was very special.
Thinking of this less like another novel and more like I'm reading notes that Laura was remembering to flesh out later, made it easily as enjoyable to me as the other books. It felt like I had the honor of reading her novel as it was still in progress. Aside from all the complicated stuff involved with its publishing... I'm glad I was able to read it.
(Read aloud with all the kids, ages 8 and under.)
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not the best Little House book. Published posthumously, it is still in diary form with no editing. The story telling is just not the same.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes