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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This is my second favorite Little House book (On The Shores of Silver Lake being the first). I always loved the idea of living in a sod house back in a creek bank, just hiding out from the world. It's honestly still really appealing. I love these stories so much, and I default to them for comfort a lot. Laura Ingalls forever!
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I need a good old fashioned comfort ready today.
This hit the spot!
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I need a good old fashioned comfort ready today.
This hit the spot!
Many of the scenes I remember most from reading the Little House stories are in this book. The grasshoppers & crossing the farmyard in the blizzard in particular. As an adult, though, I spent a lot of the book wondering if that dugout wouldn't have been warmer than an uninsulated pine board house with single-glazed windows??
adventurous
hopeful
informative
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
medium-paced
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
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:
No
Finally a Little House book that didn’t upset me politically and had plenty of story and good writing! The Ingalls family have moved on to Minnesota, buying land from a Mr Hanson who wants to travel out west. Initially, they live in Hanson’s small dugout home, quite literally built into the banks of the creek, but Pa is certain that once he grows a good crop of wheat they can afford to build themselves a proper house and have all the treats they could dream of.
It’s clear from early on that Pa is setting himself up for a fall, especially when he borrows money in anticipation of the wheat crop, but I think that just shows how Wilder had developed as a writer by this point.
This really did have the best qualities of the previous two books. There are lovely descriptions of the landscape, both in good times and bad, there are interesting details about farming and housebuilding, there are Laura’s moments of naughtiness...
My full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/?p=2964
It’s clear from early on that Pa is setting himself up for a fall, especially when he borrows money in anticipation of the wheat crop, but I think that just shows how Wilder had developed as a writer by this point.
This really did have the best qualities of the previous two books. There are lovely descriptions of the landscape, both in good times and bad, there are interesting details about farming and housebuilding, there are Laura’s moments of naughtiness...
My full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/?p=2964