A review by heyheybooks
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.0

Maybe 2.5 stars? This mostly read like a manual on how to live in a cabin in the middle of woods with no electricity, but from the perspective of little girl. Barely anything (like plot) distinguishes it from any other year living there and bad things only happen as a consequence of bad behavior, and her greatest worry is that she has brown hair. Her mom even slaps a bear and nothing exciting happens. I’m sure this would have been a better read when I was an early reader but this didn’t have anything to sink my teeth into. I had to put it down at times because I was bored. I’d still like to read the others, which I own in very pretty editions, and I’m hopeful some of them will have a bit more to offer. I know it’s based on the author’s real life, but I’m positive there were hardships left out of the narrative.