Reviews

The First Four Years by Garth Williams, Laura Ingalls Wilder

wuchtorff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jessicatamm92's review against another edition

5.0

One of my favorite series as a kid! For a year I was even signed up with scholastic where I received the whole series in paperback and got to do little fun crafts and things. :) I've watched COUNTLESS episodes with my mother and had fun comparing the books to the show. This series will always hold a special place in my heart.

hstapp's review against another edition

2.0

wow Manly is really bad at managing money, though I guess they did alright.

mjreadings's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

joyshak's review against another edition

2.0

This read more like a rough draft than an actual novel. Very short. Repeated a lot of the same material that was in These Happy Golden Years.
Makes me wonder what the history of this novel is. Published after her death?? Found stuffed in a drawer somewhere??
Definitely something to Google later...

bosssnail123's review against another edition

3.0

don’t ask me to take an ar test on this one boys

mandi26's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

tamunra's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

 I found all of the other Little House books to be informative, and story-like. This book, in contrast, disappointed me. It felt like a bullet diary of wins and losses. I mainly came out of it with a vast impression of Almanzo's poor financial luck (some caused by his idealism; others, by circumstance).

Reading some of the other reviews, apparently this was published posthumously, and would not have been a bit different otherwise. I wish that was clear before we started it. It's certainly a lackluster finish to the series. 

siobhanmcb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

rebekah27's review against another edition

5.0

This was an amazing finale to the series. I loved every second of reading these books. Laura Ingalls Wilder is such a talented writer and I wanted to be her soo many times.