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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Back in February (of 2023), while walking in the attic, I accidentally stepped through floor (ie. living room ceiling) and caused an enormous mess. While cleaning it up and repairing the ceiling, I listened to this book. It was delightful! And felt much more like a modern book than it is. The story never dragged; the characters had depth. It was just what you look for in a good book. I listened to it (on audiobook) straight through.
Always love re-reading this one. A wonderful picture of life on the open plains -- almost makes me miss the great wide open of SW North Dakota. In the end, though, it will also always be on e of the saddest stories I know.
Well this is just a really great book. And it’s one of my favorite kinds because it’s a classic I had never heard of! How exciting to be reminded there is treasure still out there to be found - and it’s not always on the “New Releases” shelf! If you love: Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, genuine characters or just simply a good story - you might really enjoy this one!
it was fine. the beginning was a bit boring, the drama towards the end got wild.
"You belong to the land," Carl murmured, "As you have always said. Now more than ever." p179
Life is hard. It always has been. And it is all the more so difficult for those pioneers in each age, cutting into new territory all by themselves and making the best of it - and I believe that for the literal pioneers, as this story portrays, as well as those of new social eras and cultural movements.
Beginning when Alexandra is a teen, O Pioneers! follows her journey from a scratching-life-from-dust homesteader to comfortable landowner. Life isn't easier then, just different. This book doesn't press a heavy message, just a glimpse of deep humanity in this hard life. It catches you up and carries you along with the stories of people you're sure could be your neighbors. Hurt and hope, struggle and joy, picking up and trying once again to make a life out of where you find yourself.
Life is hard. It always has been. And it is all the more so difficult for those pioneers in each age, cutting into new territory all by themselves and making the best of it - and I believe that for the literal pioneers, as this story portrays, as well as those of new social eras and cultural movements.
Beginning when Alexandra is a teen, O Pioneers! follows her journey from a scratching-life-from-dust homesteader to comfortable landowner. Life isn't easier then, just different. This book doesn't press a heavy message, just a glimpse of deep humanity in this hard life. It catches you up and carries you along with the stories of people you're sure could be your neighbors. Hurt and hope, struggle and joy, picking up and trying once again to make a life out of where you find yourself.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a book assigned for my Literature of Nature class. This book was a 3.5-3.75 read up until the end. (The writing was lovely, the story engaging, but the subject material was inherently dry). The ending
Spoiler
I know is a product of the age when this book was written, but the main character's attitude toward her friend and brother's murders was gross. The only way Marie's death would have been her fault was if she took her husband's gun and shot herself. This ending just made me so angry and ruined the book as a whole for me, unfortunately.Spoiler
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Imagine living by the sea shore and going to a normal job. Then moving to a new land and start framing. This happened to Alexander, who is is very head strong. Sometimes life choices are really hard. I have learned that life is not all ways easy. Life is packed with hard choices.
The books started out in the town. The main charter Alexandra Bergson and her younger brother Emil Bergson where getting a doctor for her dying dad. It skips forward 16 years. Alexandra is not marred and run in to childhood sweetheart. Her brother leaves her.
This book tells an ingesting story about a head-strong woman. It was a good book about successful women. If I could change one thing it would be that it had more deluge and least explaining. This is a good book for people that have a bigger imagination. It’s a different time and thing in this book won’t happen today. She wrote this book to inspire women.
In this book there are two teams women can be just as strong head. The second is life has hard choices. Alexandra brother are try to tell her what to do. There is lots of talk in this book on what people want. I think your mind can change really fast.
This book slow but, it keeps you interested. Its least interested cause I am in middle school so, this might be batter in a couple years. It was a good book over all.
The books started out in the town. The main charter Alexandra Bergson and her younger brother Emil Bergson where getting a doctor for her dying dad. It skips forward 16 years. Alexandra is not marred and run in to childhood sweetheart. Her brother leaves her.
This book tells an ingesting story about a head-strong woman. It was a good book about successful women. If I could change one thing it would be that it had more deluge and least explaining. This is a good book for people that have a bigger imagination. It’s a different time and thing in this book won’t happen today. She wrote this book to inspire women.
In this book there are two teams women can be just as strong head. The second is life has hard choices. Alexandra brother are try to tell her what to do. There is lots of talk in this book on what people want. I think your mind can change really fast.
This book slow but, it keeps you interested. Its least interested cause I am in middle school so, this might be batter in a couple years. It was a good book over all.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
I love Willa Cather’s writing with all my heart. She has such an incredible way of perfectly capturing a mood or a landscape, or both by linking them intrinsically to each other. I wept my little eyes out at the end of part four and for most of part five. I especially liked that the protagonist was an older woman when most popular novels of the time (and ours!) seem to be about young people. The characters were so tangible and lovable, I couldn’t stop reading for fear of what would happen to them.