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A review by huncamuncamouse
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.0
3.5 stars. Sheesh, it's incredible when you think about everything the Ingalls family survives. I can't help but read these and think about how I would have just . . . died if I'd been in even a fraction of the situations they faced.
The only real issue with this book is that it is indeed a long winter, which means very little happens. You do get a real sense of the desperation that sets in as the family slowly runs out of food and fuel. And we're introduced to Almanzo, who winds up helping out the town. The chapters that follow the Wilders are kind of weird in terms of POV and craft because we're not used to spending this much time with characters outside the Ingalls family, but I was willing to accept that because these are ultimately children's books and we know that Laura winds up learning these stories because she and Almanzo wind up together. Anyway, this feels kind of like a transitional book . . . probably my least favorite in the series but only because of the monotony, which was definitely the point.
The only real issue with this book is that it is indeed a long winter, which means very little happens. You do get a real sense of the desperation that sets in as the family slowly runs out of food and fuel. And we're introduced to Almanzo, who winds up helping out the town. The chapters that follow the Wilders are kind of weird in terms of POV and craft because we're not used to spending this much time with characters outside the Ingalls family, but I was willing to accept that because these are ultimately children's books and we know that Laura winds up learning these stories because she and Almanzo wind up together. Anyway, this feels kind of like a transitional book . . . probably my least favorite in the series but only because of the monotony, which was definitely the point.