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kierarenee's review
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I'm really surprised I never read these as a kid, it was such an awesome show. This book is so refreshing and takes you back to a simpler time that doesn't have all the noise and self-interest of today. A time when people looked out for one another. God and family were number 1 in life. People actually appreciated what they had because they worked extremely hard for all of it. It's a beautiful escape that I think we all could learn from.
angielina's review against another edition
5.0
I remember this book very well.
My fourth-grade teacher wanted everyone in my class to pick one of the books she had selected for us for our IR book. There were so many different books I was interested in, but everyone took them. Then, this book was the last one on the table. I honestly didn't want anything to do with this book, but my teacher said, "I think you'll like this one a lot. I liked this when I was little, too." She gave me the book, and I didn't object. I didn't really want to read it very much, but I listened to her word.
When I began to delve deeper, I feel deeply in love with it. I remember it being quite easy and Laura and Mary were quite memorable characters. I finished it quite quickly, loving every aspect of it. I told my teacher I loved it so much that she bought all the other books in the series for me.
I didn't finish the whole series that year, but when I moved onto my upper-elementary school, I asked the librarians if they had any Laura Ingalls Wilder books, and they told me that they had thrown them away.
My heart broke into literal pieces. I still read more of these books from my local library (not my school library). I still love them today.
A library isn't a real library without this book.
My fourth-grade teacher wanted everyone in my class to pick one of the books she had selected for us for our IR book. There were so many different books I was interested in, but everyone took them. Then, this book was the last one on the table. I honestly didn't want anything to do with this book, but my teacher said, "I think you'll like this one a lot. I liked this when I was little, too." She gave me the book, and I didn't object. I didn't really want to read it very much, but I listened to her word.
When I began to delve deeper, I feel deeply in love with it. I remember it being quite easy and Laura and Mary were quite memorable characters. I finished it quite quickly, loving every aspect of it. I told my teacher I loved it so much that she bought all the other books in the series for me.
I didn't finish the whole series that year, but when I moved onto my upper-elementary school, I asked the librarians if they had any Laura Ingalls Wilder books, and they told me that they had thrown them away.
My heart broke into literal pieces. I still read more of these books from my local library (not my school library). I still love them today.
A library isn't a real library without this book.
bomc's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
eponineeurydice's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, what a simple, beautiful story! I was read this by my sister when I was little, and I remember being so fascinated by it. But it was so cool to read it on my own and have that more experienced outlook. I think I was getting tired of action-packed books, and it was so good to read a sweet, simple memoir to take a break from that.
mdevlin923's review against another edition
4.0
Some negative descriptions of African-Americans and American Indians. Be ready to explain to children why those descriptions are included; and introduce them to books such as:
-Birchbark House / Louise Erdrich
-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred D. Taylor
-Birchbark House / Louise Erdrich
-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry / Mildred D. Taylor
meganreads5's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
emmabuttsworth's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-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
3.0
jessikkaha's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
3.75
butterfly_bombshell's review against another edition
5.0
Read this for the second time and I love it even more.
chloejen's review against another edition
4.0
if you want to know what book brings me back to long car rides and trips to the public library with my mom, it’s this one.
6 year old chloe with her walkman and little house on the prairie cds has probably listened to this entire series via audiobook ten times. besides maybe harry potter, this is the most nostalgic over a book i could possibly be. if you want to know how obsessed i was, 8 year old me dressed up as laura ingalls wilder for halloween.(looking back, that’s a little weird but whatever i guess)
there’s something so damn cozy about literally everything in this book. it also makes me unreasonably hungry.
yes it has problems, yes it romanticizes a lot of stuff but at least this book doesn’t have questionable race based comments. yet. that comes in later...
i have such an odd relationship with these books because i read them again two years ago as a (slightly) more competent person than i was in elementary school and i, for the first time, noticed all of the lines that haven’t aged well. whether that be the interactions with indigenous people or laura straight up saying she doesn’t care about or care for the suffragist movement in ‘these happy golden years.’ if you’ve ever had to come to terms with the fact that some things that you remember having a golden shroud around them are not perfect- you know what i’m talking about.
this book and its respective series make me so happy and so sad at the same time. it both reminds me of sitting in the back of the car with my headphones on listening to cherry jones narrate and how those times are long gone, nor were they as perfect as i might have thought they were.
dang... i’m tearing up now. what the heck.
tldr: love this book and am terribly sad that it has flaws but it does
6 year old chloe with her walkman and little house on the prairie cds has probably listened to this entire series via audiobook ten times. besides maybe harry potter, this is the most nostalgic over a book i could possibly be. if you want to know how obsessed i was, 8 year old me dressed up as laura ingalls wilder for halloween.(looking back, that’s a little weird but whatever i guess)
there’s something so damn cozy about literally everything in this book. it also makes me unreasonably hungry.
yes it has problems, yes it romanticizes a lot of stuff but at least this book doesn’t have questionable race based comments. yet. that comes in later...
i have such an odd relationship with these books because i read them again two years ago as a (slightly) more competent person than i was in elementary school and i, for the first time, noticed all of the lines that haven’t aged well. whether that be the interactions with indigenous people or laura straight up saying she doesn’t care about or care for the suffragist movement in ‘these happy golden years.’ if you’ve ever had to come to terms with the fact that some things that you remember having a golden shroud around them are not perfect- you know what i’m talking about.
this book and its respective series make me so happy and so sad at the same time. it both reminds me of sitting in the back of the car with my headphones on listening to cherry jones narrate and how those times are long gone, nor were they as perfect as i might have thought they were.
dang... i’m tearing up now. what the heck.
tldr: love this book and am terribly sad that it has flaws but it does