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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Sammy Lane is unrealistically perfect, but yes, I still want to be her.
A wonderfully written story that has held up since 1907. Its always great to read books that take place where I have been. Although I've only been to the Ozarks a handful of times, I can see it clearly in my mind while I read the story.
3.25 stars. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I found the views on manhood and womanhood to be a bit conflicting at times. sometimes it seemed more progressive than I expected, and other times extremely archaic. The mystery and intrigue kept me interested, and it was nice to read a piece of literature that is such an important part of the Ozarks.
Surely a must-read! Great storyline and well-developed characters. Fast-paced and hard to put down. Always just enough hints at some mysteries that kept me curious. There are several versions of this title. I believe I read the original text that included the regional dialect which did require abit of deciphering but also added to the charm. It astounds me that THIS is the story that eventually landed Branson Missouri on the map as a tourist destination with the outdoor drama depiction of it. It really is a wonderful story! I am jealous of those who GET to read this for the first time yet. lol!
This book has some of the best imagery I've read in a long while.
"Below and far away he saw the low hills, rolling ridge on ridge like the waves of a great sea, until in the blue distance they were so lost in the sky that he could not say which was mountain and which was cloud."
"In silence the men on the porch watched the moon as she slowly pushed her way up through the leafy screen on the mountain wall. Higher and higher she climbed until her rays fell into the valley below, and the drifting mists from ridge to ridge became a sea of ghostly light. It was a weird scene, almost supernatural in its beauty."
"All day the sunlight laid its wealth in bars of gold at his feet, and at night the moonlight things and the shadow things came out to play."
"Below and far away he saw the low hills, rolling ridge on ridge like the waves of a great sea, until in the blue distance they were so lost in the sky that he could not say which was mountain and which was cloud."
"In silence the men on the porch watched the moon as she slowly pushed her way up through the leafy screen on the mountain wall. Higher and higher she climbed until her rays fell into the valley below, and the drifting mists from ridge to ridge became a sea of ghostly light. It was a weird scene, almost supernatural in its beauty."
"All day the sunlight laid its wealth in bars of gold at his feet, and at night the moonlight things and the shadow things came out to play."
A friend of mine loaned me this book because she knows I am fimilar with the area where it is based. She also said it was one of the greatest books she's ever read. A timeless "feel good" book that enables the reader to really gain somehing after they read it.
I've always known about it but have never actually read it, so I am looking forward to finishing it. The dialect is a little tricky at first but you get used to it eventually.
I've always known about it but have never actually read it, so I am looking forward to finishing it. The dialect is a little tricky at first but you get used to it eventually.
Pastoral cliches about the vague wisdoms of rural life, and the vices of worldliness and education. Women are depicted as invalids whose highest value is becoming domestic servants.
It's reasonably well written and has a good plot structure.
If you aren't an evangelical or luddite, you will probably shrug about this book.
It's reasonably well written and has a good plot structure.
If you aren't an evangelical or luddite, you will probably shrug about this book.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-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:
Yes