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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I was very sorry to read the last book in this series. It tells about Laura and Almonzo's first four years of marriage. They endured many hardships. I've thoroughly enjoyed this series.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
CW: animal butchering, racist caricature, genital slur, death, animal death, illness, chronic illness, fire, child death
Ends on such a sad note. The writing is not as good as her previous books, but it was published posthumously. She certainly had some strange events happen in this book and so many misfortunes.
Ends on such a sad note. The writing is not as good as her previous books, but it was published posthumously. She certainly had some strange events happen in this book and so many misfortunes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
This book was a draft and lacks the details and tone of the first eight volumes in the "Little House" series. From her biography, I understand that Laura had wanted to write this story for the adult market, but her daughter, Rose, had co-opted much of the material for her own book, "Free Land."
My least favorite of the Little House books, for the reason others say the same - this doesn't truly feel like one in the same series, due to it having been an unfinished manuscript. Looking forward to reading Pioneer Girl next to read more of what happened to Laura and Almanzo after the start of their marriage.
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Early marriage and a steep learning curve on stubborn husbands, capricious weather & farming as a price-taker. Much less idyllic than the prior books.
this one is by far the most poorly written & constructed of the nine books (unsurprising, since it was published very posthumously from a pretty rough draft). this one also illustrates repeatedly and starkly how fucked up ridiculous the colonial settler way of life is/was to impose on the prairies: like yes you stupid motherfuckers, your crops keep failing & you keep dying in blizzards and cyclones because the way this land was meant to be lived on & tended was migratory. all the books illustrate this point, but because this one has so much less romanticization of holidays and learning, and so much more repetitive descriptions of failing at farming, it really hits the point home.
also the moments when laura has her babies are seriously disturbing: devoid of embodiment and emotion, even when the second baby dies. when rose is born, laura has been fully drugged unconscious with no warning, but it's presented in this matter-of-fact way that is so upsetting.
also the moments when laura has her babies are seriously disturbing: devoid of embodiment and emotion, even when the second baby dies. when rose is born, laura has been fully drugged unconscious with no warning, but it's presented in this matter-of-fact way that is so upsetting.