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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
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:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
O Pioneers is a contemplative and compassionate story of an agricultural Swedish family in Nebraska at the turn of the 20th century. Willa Cather writes her characters with great empathy and heart, and her descriptions of landscape are so integral to the novel that the plains are elevated to the same importance as its human protagonists. I loved descriptions of the hills folding characters into its bosom, and the regard in which the earth is held. My first time reading something set in this time and place.
I loved My Antonia by Willa Cather but I just couldn't get into this one even with almost half of it read, so I didn't finish it.
Tough one to rate because I switched back and forth between traditional book with text and audio book format, one of the two I enjoyed a lot more than the other. I enjoyed reading it more than I enjoyed listening to it as the reader sounded cartoony all too often when doing the voices of the Scandinavian characters. It sounded like the Swedish Chef on the Muppets had settled down as a farmer in Nebraska! Needless to say, that wasn't good.
Simple, direct, short book that does take you into the rural settings at end of 19th century, in particular Alexandra's family and her chaste relationship with a local guy who comes in and out of her world. Captures the serious, no nonsense quality that people from this region and this time had. God, family and work were the three most important elements in their lives and the struggle to make a living from the land is interjected in the story throughout.
Four stars for novel, three stars for the reader's interpretation via the audio book. I am going to read parts two and three of Cather's "Prairie" trilogy if I can get around to it soon.
Simple, direct, short book that does take you into the rural settings at end of 19th century, in particular Alexandra's family and her chaste relationship with a local guy who comes in and out of her world. Captures the serious, no nonsense quality that people from this region and this time had. God, family and work were the three most important elements in their lives and the struggle to make a living from the land is interjected in the story throughout.
Four stars for novel, three stars for the reader's interpretation via the audio book. I am going to read parts two and three of Cather's "Prairie" trilogy if I can get around to it soon.
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Loved this book! I didn't realize it was the author of so many classic books. I simply picked it up because it was about pioneers. I loved the author's way of writing. She is quite gifted in writing words that cause the mind to wander to different places. Her descriptions were superb. She also created very distinct characters. I felt the plot was rather loose... I wasn't sure where it was going. It ended very differently than I would have liked or expected. Still, I am definitely picking up her other books!