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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
hopeful
informative
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Cather's writing is beautiful and she clearly loves the people and land of the prairie, but, like other regional fiction, there is a nostalgia that borders on dishonesty. Cather's prairie is empty (the only mention of a Native American is the accusation that a baby looks too dark to be white) and it's people conceitedly modest.
I really liked this book. It was refreshing in perspective and voice.
Alexandra as a main character is just sooo fascinating. She is poised and self-assured and so rational and unflappable. I really like her. I also am a HUGE fan of Willa Cather's writing. The descriptions are so beautiful they might as well be poetry.
At no point did I know where the story was going so it was a fun, yet leisurely ride.
At no point did I know where the story was going so it was a fun, yet leisurely ride.
Willa Cather has a way of drawing you into a longing that you didn’t realize was sleeping in you. A longing for the wilderness of the prairie or the past juxtaposed to a longing for luxury and city. Longing for a love that can never be realized. Longing for a youth that can never be reclaimed. Longing for home, for the old country. Longing, longing, longing...
Set on the Nebraska plains, O Pioneers! follows the early settlers that were made up of Swedes, bohemians, French, Norwegians, and Germans. Their struggle to survive, and the quick ones who has the imagination to establish their enterprise. She is explores the complexity of these relationships- the bonds that form from struggle to wealth, and also the resentments. You feel keenly the trapped feeling of the characters, but also their pride and tiredness. She helps you feel and resonate with the exquisiteness of living.
A beautiful ode to people who working incredibly hard, make uncertain choices, and must live with themselves and the consequences.
“As she lay alone in the dark, it occurred to her for the first time that perhaps she was actually tired of life. All the physical operations of life seemed difficult and painful.”
Set on the Nebraska plains, O Pioneers! follows the early settlers that were made up of Swedes, bohemians, French, Norwegians, and Germans. Their struggle to survive, and the quick ones who has the imagination to establish their enterprise. She is explores the complexity of these relationships- the bonds that form from struggle to wealth, and also the resentments. You feel keenly the trapped feeling of the characters, but also their pride and tiredness. She helps you feel and resonate with the exquisiteness of living.
A beautiful ode to people who working incredibly hard, make uncertain choices, and must live with themselves and the consequences.
“As she lay alone in the dark, it occurred to her for the first time that perhaps she was actually tired of life. All the physical operations of life seemed difficult and painful.”
i remember liking this more when i first read it, but i think it was because i could romanticize it more then. i appreciated cather's description of the prairie and its personified wild spirit, but i needed a bit more in terms of characterization and plot for me to continue that romanticization
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated