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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Mini Book Review: A truly sweet and adorable quirky love story. If you are a fan of her blog, you will enjoy this book as it is a summary of how she met, married and had kids with the Marlboro Man. You would have to be a horrible jaded cynic not to enjoy this honest, classy, yet rip roaring funny tale of how a city girl ends up on a ranch in the middle of nowhere with a cowboy. I really enjoyed her self deprecating way of telling the story -- being honest about the ups and downs without giving up too much personal information. As for the flaws - she obviously isn't a writer as some of the writing style -- well -- its sort of like the way I write and we all know that isn't a compliment LOL! That being said she is charming so you have to let her lack of ability go. Also way too much repetition about Marlboro Mans strong arms, etc -- yes we get it he`s an old fashioned cowboy and you are a city girl. Just a simple sweet story to pass a couple of hours, if you are in a foul mood this will put a smile on your face.
3.5 Dewey`s
Natasha lent this to me
3.5 Dewey`s
Natasha lent this to me
This was the perfect light and romantic summer read for me. I love her show and most of her recipes so I felt like we were just hanging out in her kitchen telling stories. It was fun to read.
I'm a little late to the Pioneer Woman party, but I'd heard good things about the book so I decided to pick it up. I enjoyed the book and read it in less than a week. I can't even begin to imagine giving up everything I'd known to begin a life of living on a ranch. I did have a few moments of wondering "don't they ever talk to each other - I mean really talk to each other?", but later in the book it became apparent that they actually did. There was also one chapter of the book that seemed so disjointed with the chapters surrounding it that I went back and reread the chapter before it thinking I'd missed something. I hadn't. It may have just been an editing oversight. But, overall I enjoyed the book, I'm glad I read it, and it left me wondering how she got from where she was at the end of the book to where she is now. Maybe there will be a part 2?
I originally tried to follow along on Ree's blog when she was posting the story in chunks - and hated it. For some reason it worked for me in book format, though, and I enjoyed it. No idea what that says about me. Anyway, it's a very light, sweet story.
Cute & light, but repetitious and lacking in storyline details. The part that bumped it from 2 stars to 1 star was when she was "deep in the throes of postpartum depression" but a 2 minute pep talk and a shower cured her. It's anecdotes like this that make it so hard for women who REALLY have postpartum depression to get the medical help that they need.
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Listen, for over 300 pages, Ree describes a life that I can in no way relate to. And she describes it in a repetitive, stuck-up, narrow fashion. Did you know that she grew up on a golf course, and that this aspect of her upbringing is the single distinguishing factor between her and Marlboro Man's "worlds" (two towns an hour away from each other in Oklahoma)? You won't forget, because she'll tell you 12 times in 12 pages. Did you know that she has a life-long childhood best friend named Becky? You won't until about page 250, when she's briefly mentioned as Ree's bridesmaid. You won't know anything about Becky or anyone in Ree's social circle except for the men that she's serially dated, including the poor bloke who she "slowly" though unclearly broke up with, to the degree that four months after their murky split she still has to uninvite him to a family wedding after she's casually dated three other men and things are now starting to heat up with a fourth, Ladd. Did you know that he has biceps, and that she finds them attractive? You will literally never forget. You will also learn next to nothing else about Ladd, not even his name. He remains the character of "Marlboro Man" all the way to the end, past their marriage and honeymoon and birth of their firstborn daughter.
The lack of context for both Marlboro Man and any other element of Ree's life (did she ever have a job? goals? hobbies? friends?) were not only annoying but left the story feeling incomplete. And then there were the insensitive comments - their "Indian house" (built by a Native American) and how she found the "seedy" parts of Los Angeles thrilling (she didn't have a lot of experience with poverty or strive growing up on the golf course). It may be a memoir of a love story, but the selfishness is almost astounding. She literally runs over their family dog with her car and it's strangely unemotional. It somehow becomes about Ladd and the date that she goes on with him that night after she didn't accompany her mom to the vet where the family dog dies. At one point she says "knowing my luck, I was probably sitting in a pile of manure" as if she hasn't described for an entire book how lucky she is? She, in case you missed it, lives on a golf course, had an idyllic childhood, went to college USC, lived in Los Angeles, never had an issue finding boyfriends, and has now landed a millionaire cowboy who treats her right and who she thinks is really, really hot. At what point has she not been lucky?
Then there's a truly delicious moment during their honeymoon in Australia where Ladd and Ree solemnly consider how "the markets are totally in the shitter," and they decide to cut their vacation short and flee home. Because of the markets. The millionaires were in trouble. God, I love rich people problems.
Anyways. Did I read it in three days and drink the whole book up like a nice easy breezy cocktail? Yup, absolutely.
The lack of context for both Marlboro Man and any other element of Ree's life (did she ever have a job? goals? hobbies? friends?) were not only annoying but left the story feeling incomplete. And then there were the insensitive comments - their "Indian house" (built by a Native American) and how she found the "seedy" parts of Los Angeles thrilling (she didn't have a lot of experience with poverty or strive growing up on the golf course). It may be a memoir of a love story, but the selfishness is almost astounding. She literally runs over their family dog with her car and it's strangely unemotional. It somehow becomes about Ladd and the date that she goes on with him that night after she didn't accompany her mom to the vet where the family dog dies. At one point she says "knowing my luck, I was probably sitting in a pile of manure" as if she hasn't described for an entire book how lucky she is? She, in case you missed it, lives on a golf course, had an idyllic childhood, went to college USC, lived in Los Angeles, never had an issue finding boyfriends, and has now landed a millionaire cowboy who treats her right and who she thinks is really, really hot. At what point has she not been lucky?
Then there's a truly delicious moment during their honeymoon in Australia where Ladd and Ree solemnly consider how "the markets are totally in the shitter," and they decide to cut their vacation short and flee home. Because of the markets. The millionaires were in trouble. God, I love rich people problems.
Anyways. Did I read it in three days and drink the whole book up like a nice easy breezy cocktail? Yup, absolutely.
I read this aloud to my brother. We chuckled our way through half a day off :D
Definitely a little flowery over-the-top kind of language but overall a fun read! I could've used a little bit less about how obsessed she is with her husband! we get it, you're in love!
The Pioneer Woman reads like a perfect romantic comedy , or perhaps a fairy tale with a good does of reality. This book is for those out there that think life no longer holds fairytale romances. Granted Ree's life was not all wonderful but even in the tragic moments , she showed that you have to find yourself again , and make yourself get up and go . Ree shows the very human side of the Pioneer Woman that we have all grown to love . Her book highlights all the insecurities a woman could ever feel and makes them bearable. I truly loved the way Ree described her husband Marlboro Man, after reading her description how could one not fall in love with a wonderfully dreamy cowboy. I gave " The Pioneer Woman: black Heels to Tractor Wheels" 5 stars and highly recommend it to all that need a bit of romance and a healthy dose of laughter. Thanks Ree for reminding us that sometimes you have to wade through the manure in order to smell the roses.
I only made it to about 60ish pages. I like her blog, but I could not get into this.