kathoulhu 's review for:

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.0

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My least favorite of the little house books -- the story is so bleak. It's hard to have gone through so much and to have so little at the end with these characters (I'm sure it was hard in real life, too). This book had such a different feeling from the rest, and I'm not surprised that it is typically left out of the boxed sets as it is not really appropriate for the same age child as those who would appreciate the earlier books. At the end, you'll feel compelled to check out a biography to find out more about LIW -- and you'll likely find out her life was harder than she let on.