A review by xeni
Little House in Brookfield by Maria D. Wilkes, Dan Andreasen
5.0
Sadly, this was the only Caroline book that I managed to read. I always wanted to buy the others, but by the time I had enough allowance, I had already moved on to greater books.
One of these days I will buy the whole entire series (from Martha all the way down to Rose!)
As I recall the novel, though, Caroline was a bit boring. The most interesting thing was that she lived in Boston (all the other girls I'd read about lived in frontier towns, or something similar), so we got a bit of city life (before it was the huge, traffic ridden mess it is these days).
I think she'd be more interesting once she grew up a little and developed some more personality, but as I remember it, she didn't really stand out in my mind. Large family (like all but Rose had), school life like anyone in that era, and same old problems.
Still, I'm glad that I had the chance to read it! It was most interesting to see what sort of traits Caroline already had as a young girl that would later be exhibited in her as a mother (as we got to know her from the start via Laura.)
One of these days I will buy the whole entire series (from Martha all the way down to Rose!)
As I recall the novel, though, Caroline was a bit boring. The most interesting thing was that she lived in Boston (all the other girls I'd read about lived in frontier towns, or something similar), so we got a bit of city life (before it was the huge, traffic ridden mess it is these days).
I think she'd be more interesting once she grew up a little and developed some more personality, but as I remember it, she didn't really stand out in my mind. Large family (like all but Rose had), school life like anyone in that era, and same old problems.
Still, I'm glad that I had the chance to read it! It was most interesting to see what sort of traits Caroline already had as a young girl that would later be exhibited in her as a mother (as we got to know her from the start via Laura.)