613 reviews for:

The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

4.09 AVERAGE

cherjbb_55's review against another edition

5.0

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I'll never look at potatoes without thinking about this book...or complain about the cold!

jselliot's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

author_d_r_oestreicher's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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 When much of the country is celebrating the harvest, solstice, and new year and year-end, I am in Southern California wishing for colorful leaves and snow. Fortunately, I can vanquish my jealousy by reading The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The long winter lasted for seven months on the Dakota prairie in 1880-81. During this winter Laura’s family faced the risks of freezing or starving. Laura worried that her father would be lost in a snowstorm and grew tired of brown bread made from wheat milled in a coffee grinder and froze her hands twisting straw into fuel to heat their home. This book was enough for me to forgo autumn leaves and fields of sparkling white snow. 

bookthra's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

petrauusimaa's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

novelesque_life's review against another edition

3.0

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I will be rereading and will do a review then.

crystalmbookshelf83's review

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bibliomaniac33's review against another edition

5.0

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The Long Winter is still a resounding book

Even as an adult, this book resounds. Such fabulous writing. I am so glad to be able to share it with my kids and hopefully my grandchildren. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” is one of those songs I wish were still commonplace today. I think this is my favorite of the Little House series.

shncram's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous reflective tense slow-paced

annesofielovesliterature's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful tense medium-paced