stacikristine 's review for:

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2.25

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I wish we had stopped with These Happy Golden Years. I'd read multiple reviews saying to stop there, but my kids really wanted to finish the whole set. It felt like we were reading a first draft, which makes sense because it was published posthumously. It was lacking the details and tone that we'd come to love in the other books. It was also really, really sad throughout. It was all of our least favorite.