Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim

4.13 AVERAGE

gigismiles2023's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced
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kc257's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny reflective fast-paced
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violentdelights's review

4.0
dark funny hopeful fast-paced
Arngrim manages to expertly blend humour and emotion, relaying a dark childhood with the same voice she uses to narrate a folksy family show. As someone who has never seen or read Little House (or even knew much about it), I still enjoyed this book because of Arngrim’s writing style. Save for a few particularly dark chapters, much of this book is laugh-out-loud funny and tells the story of a young girl all alone who grows up to be a brave woman with a strong support system, all thanks to this Nellie character.
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marin5610's review against another edition

5.0
Again didn’t expect much but this made me laugh so many times! Touches on some real issues and make me love this prairie bitch so much more! Such a strong women.

amyfortin's review against another edition

5.0
Started reading this because of the title, but ended up loving it way more than I expected. I figured this would have some fun stories about the making of Little House on the Prairie, which it certainly does (the wheelchair scene has an entire chapter!!!), but Alison Arngrim's story is so much more than that. After everything she has been through in her life, she is somehow such a positive, inspiring, insanely funny, and overall good person. I want to be her friend.

miri3ll3's review against another edition

5.0
Excellent.
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crasscat's review against another edition

5.0
I absolutely loved this book and how Alison wrote the whole story.
The pictures were super cool too.

drkappitan's review

4.0
funny inspiring medium-paced
I don't often go in for memoires, but I'm glad I followed a friend's recommendation on this one. Arngrim knows how to tell a good story, so even if you've never watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie (though I might fix this issue at some point), this is a (mostly)* fun listen. *See content warnings
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jellokites's review against another edition

4.0
Interesting read as I grew up watching Little House as a kid. Gave background info on Alison (Nellie) growing up, how she landed the Little House part and her life beyond.

mmc0402's review

4.0
emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced