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A review by mindy_m
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4.0
This is more of a 3.5 situation...
It is very apparent that this book was put together differently from the rest of the series. Almanzo is only called Manly, which I don't think was a nicknamed used at all in the previous book. If it was, it was barely mentioned... Also, the beginning has an overview of the last chapter. In it, the summation has a completely different tone. It threw me completely off. In These Happy Golden Years, Laura didn't seem to give one hoot about Almanzo being a farmer. But apparently she cared deeply. After all, that's what this book is all about.
As such, the book is all about Almanzo trying to prove that they can make a go of being farmers. He had four years to prove that. In that time, there was a lot of misfortune (health and weather related). By the end of it, I just felt like they were lying to themselves.
I am now more curious than ever to read Rose's stories. She seems like a delight - an even wilder Laura.
It is very apparent that this book was put together differently from the rest of the series. Almanzo is only called Manly, which I don't think was a nicknamed used at all in the previous book. If it was, it was barely mentioned... Also, the beginning has an overview of the last chapter. In it, the summation has a completely different tone. It threw me completely off. In These Happy Golden Years, Laura didn't seem to give one hoot about Almanzo being a farmer. But apparently she cared deeply. After all, that's what this book is all about.
As such, the book is all about Almanzo trying to prove that they can make a go of being farmers. He had four years to prove that. In that time, there was a lot of misfortune (health and weather related). By the end of it, I just felt like they were lying to themselves.
I am now more curious than ever to read Rose's stories. She seems like a delight - an even wilder Laura.