edamamebean 's review for:

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

5.0

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

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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.