Roger Lea MacBride
Hardcover | Pages: 243 pages Rating: 3.9 | 2527 Users | 84 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Bachelor Girl (Little House) |
| ISBN: | 0780798228 (ISBN13: 9780780798229) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Little House: The Rose Years #8 |
| Characters: | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, Almanzo Wilder |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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*Ranting below...and I do spoil a few things as well!*As my family knows, I rant about this book all the time. It really does deserve one star. Shame on Rose. Shame on her! Seriously....Book six showed her attitude a little, then a bit more in book seven, and by this one it is full blown. I can't believe her attitude. She cares nothing for Paul's feeling or for how her parents brought her up. Poor, poor Laura and Almonzo.
And then on top of that, I found out that the real Rose Wilder Lane had no romantic interest in Paul Cooley. So the author raises our hopes for no reason whatsoever and then brings them crashing down because, well, it isn't historically correct.
Still...poor Paul!
If I gave this more stars it would be merely for Paul. He needs his own story. I can't believe how shamefully Rose treated him, and she even had the audacity to think how PLAIN he is!!!
Sorry, I don't like to rant like this. I really don't. The first half of the book is better than the last half, but once Rose goes off to do her own thing, my opinion of her fell dramatically. There....now, who else thinks Paul deserves his own book??
Details Based On Books Bachelor Girl (Little House: The Rose Years #8)
| Title | : | Bachelor Girl (Little House: The Rose Years #8) |
| Author | : | Roger Lea MacBride |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 243 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1999 by Perfection Learning (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Childrens. Classics |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 2527 Users | 84 ReviewsWeigh Up Based On Books Bachelor Girl (Little House: The Rose Years #8)
This is probably my favourite book in the Rose years but it's a little hard to explain why because I really hate the ending. Perhaps its just because there is so much that happens in it. It is eventful and exciting. Or perhaps its because when the book starts Rose is someone easy to relate to - her restless spirit, her eagerness to find her own place in the world, her longing for a home and love of her own, her wide-eyed optimism.Having graduated high school, Rose thought all she wanted was toRose is definitely her own person. She makes some questionable choices, and doesn't always follow the path her parents laid out for her, but she isn't meek and obedient, either. She pays back the money her parents lent her, often by going hungry. She wants to make her own way, fight for her own living... and fight for the rights of others, like the working class and suffragettes.She loves the idea of being in love, but slowly realizes that Paul wants her to be a happy, pretty homemaker while he
This was never my favorite book in the series; thats pretty clear given how unbent and unblemished the spine is. Yet, in the many years and many changes to my own life since reading this book, Ive come to realize that Rose should be admired rather than derided for her choices.Here is a young woman who moves across the country to chase her dreams, who elevates her economic standing through hard work and her own street smarts, and who realizes that marriage to the man she loves would stifle her
This was a very disappointing book and series. I still like Paul; he's still a sweet man. I like Rose less than I did in the previous book. She was likeable in the first couple of books, but she became less likeable in each of the subsequent books. She made a lot of bad decisions throughout the series, but I think she made the worst decisions in this book.
This book itself was pretty good. When it comes down to saying this is a children's book, I don't know if I would go that far. Some of the content seems mature; I.E. staying out all night speeding and drinking.If Rose was truly like the book describes her, I don't know if I would like to meet her. She seems not small-minded, but yet when Paul stated facts where I could see what he was saying, she overreacted. She was a person that did many things and made a difference in our nation, but I think
This is my least favorite of the Rose Wilder Lane books. I've decided that I'm disappointed in Rose, period. I've read enough about her now from other sources to know that Mr. MacBride did a very good job writing about her, and he stayed true to the Little House on the prairie format, but I just didn't enjoy her life choices. This is the final book in the Rose series, and she pretty much throws her old life out and chooses a wild new life as a swinging single girl.Finished the series as a
This is by far my least favorite of the Rose series. Rose moves to San Fran to become a telegraph operator, makes poor friends, and becomes selfish and shallow. I'm pretty sure the whole Paul Cooley character is fictional...it better be. Or else Rose is an idiot. Overall, Bachelor Girl provides a poor ending to the series. (Although, Rose Wilder Lane's real life does not have a happy ending...so I guess it's fitting.) I wouldn't recommend reading this one with kids.
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