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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-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
I love Jane better than Anne. Anne’s head-in-the-clouds personality, while delightful to read about, is completely foreign to me. Jane is practical and has her feet firmly planted on the ground, I can identify with her. She is also brave and true, and I love how she grows in self-confidence over the course of the book. Also, while I adore The Blue Castle, I think this is the better book...more plausible, less dramatic somehow. (Although...why did practical Jane not just pick up the telephone and call her father? Hmmm... Good thing, though.)
I read this aloud to my 12, 10, 7 and 5-year-old boys, and they all loved it too.
I read this aloud to my 12, 10, 7 and 5-year-old boys, and they all loved it too.
I have fallen in love with another of LM Montgomery's books...not shocking! Jane of Lantern Hill was absolutely charming from start to finish. Just delightful!
Ahoy there mateys! Once I started reading this, I realized that I had read it before but all I remembered at first was the atmosphere in the Toronto house. All other details were gone and didn’t really come back until midway through the book when I abruptly had the ending rush back into me noggin. This story follows Jane who lives in her grandmother’s house. Jane’s grandmother sucks and is overbearing. Jane loves her mother but the whole household is under grandma’s thumb. Jane believes her father is dead. Then she turns 11 and is told the truth from others. Her father is alive and living in PEI. She is invited to visit her father on the island for the summer and her whole life changes. I loved Jane even if she is a tiny bit of a Mary Sue who can do whatever she puts her mind to and whom everyone loves. The relationship Jane has with her dad is awesome and endearing. This book deals with not being able to get a divorce in Canada. This book flew by and showcased Montgomery’s writing talents. The only issue was the too nicely wrapped up ending but as I loved Jane that be okay. Arrrr!
“You won’t forget to send for me next spring, will you, dad?”
“No,” was all dad said.
No is sometimes a horrible word, but there are times when it is beautiful.
چقدر کتاب دوستداشتنیای بود:((((((
با این کتاب یاد foster از کلیر کیگن افتادم، و با اینکه اونو خیلی بیشتر دوست داشتم و داستانش هم به نظرم واقعیتر بود، ولی بازم از خوندن ماجراجوییهای جین لذت بردم.
“No,” was all dad said.
No is sometimes a horrible word, but there are times when it is beautiful.
چقدر کتاب دوستداشتنیای بود:((((((
با این کتاب یاد foster از کلیر کیگن افتادم، و با اینکه اونو خیلی بیشتر دوست داشتم و داستانش هم به نظرم واقعیتر بود، ولی بازم از خوندن ماجراجوییهای جین لذت بردم.
Well it's no Anne or Emily series. Jane of Lantern Hill is sweet but shallow and an utterly predictable plot filled with tons of filler. Of course, much of that filler is in quintessential L.M. Montgomery style, with lots of chats with indomitable old ladies and grumpy men and insightful younguns. It was an easy enjoyable read, but did not quite live up to my expectations.
I had never read this one before, and I love finding new L.M.M books that I've not enjoyed. She has such a nice, cozy, home-y way of writing. What a sweet story!
I received this book in exchange for an honest review from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer's program.
Jane seemed too perfect with some flaws thrown in so she wouldn't be too perfect. I didn't care about most of the characters at all, really.
I enjoyed that Jane lives in an emotionally abusive household and learned to stand up for herself. The plot has a fair bit of focus on that as well as the whole ''mystery'' of her parents' split.
And this didn't have the same style of writing I have come to expect from Montgomery, I think.
Overall it's an enjoyable read, and I think great just for a relaxing summer read, but I don't think it was as good as the Anne or Emily books.
I also noticed some errors in the text (in this edition at least)
Pg. 89: Missed period ''...delighter her Everything''
Pg. 118: ''Snow beam'' instead of ''Snowbeam''
Pg. 138: ''neve'' instead of ''never''
Pg. 160: ''For away'' instead of ''far away''
Pg. 276: ''Shed'' instead of ''she'd''
Jane seemed too perfect with some flaws thrown in so she wouldn't be too perfect. I didn't care about most of the characters at all, really.
I enjoyed that Jane lives in an emotionally abusive household and learned to stand up for herself. The plot has a fair bit of focus on that as well as the whole ''mystery'' of her parents' split.
And this didn't have the same style of writing I have come to expect from Montgomery, I think.
Overall it's an enjoyable read, and I think great just for a relaxing summer read, but I don't think it was as good as the Anne or Emily books.
I also noticed some errors in the text (in this edition at least)
Pg. 89: Missed period ''...delighter her Everything''
Pg. 118: ''Snow beam'' instead of ''Snowbeam''
Pg. 138: ''neve'' instead of ''never''
Pg. 160: ''For away'' instead of ''far away''
Pg. 276: ''Shed'' instead of ''she'd''
Jane Stuart, or Victoria as she is called, lives with her mother and grandmother in an old mansion in an old part of Toronto. Though her mother loves her the same can't be said for Grandmother who has a hate-on for Jane. Grandmother has no room in her heart for anyone other than her daughter; she keeps tight rein on her. Jane and her mother walk on eggshells in fear of Grandmother's wrath.
Quite by accident, Jane learns that her father is alive and living on Prince Edward Island. When he sends for her, Jane is devastated. She can't imagine being away from her mother and living with a stranger for a whole summer, even though she'll be away from Grandmother. Jane is surprised to find that her father is a warmhearted man with a big imagination. They buy a house in Lantern Hill and Jane set about making their house a home, the home she always imagined she would have. Jane makes friends with the neighbours and gains a reputation for being able to do anything. When she returns to Toronto, Grandmother learns that Jane is a force to be reckoned with and things will never be the same again.
What an excellent little book Jane of Lantern Hill is! In a way, it reminded me of The Secret Garden. A precocious little girl moves away from the place she has always lived, meets new people and tries new things becoming a better person by the end of the book. The difference is Jane is lovable right from the beginning. She has loyalty to her mother even though the woman is completely spineless. Jane becomes so wise and strong, much wiser than the adults. And that Grandmother...yikes! Icy cold nasty lady. I kept imagining the step-mother in Cinderella.
The differences between her life in Toronto and Prince Edward Island are so completely opposed that I wondered if this was a comment on Montgomery's own life. At the time this was written, Lucy Maude was near the end of her life. She had been married to a minister with mental problems not to mention her own depression. The weight of keeping up appearances must have been smothering, much like Jane's life with Grandmother. She must have had fond memories of herself as a young woman in PEI. Jane is set free to be herself on the island. The island is as much a character as Jane is.
Although Montgomery's writing is prone to unbelievable coincidences and unlikely situations, it's full of quirky characters and sparks of insight that even adults can appreciate like the following:
Jane, the most awful as well as the most beautiful things in the world can be said in three words or less… I love you…he is gone…he is come…she is dead…too late…and life is illumined or ruined.
Though Montgomery is known for Anne Shirley and her adventures, I hope readers will give Jane Stuart a chance.
Highly recommended though difficult to get if you don't live in Canada.
Quite by accident, Jane learns that her father is alive and living on Prince Edward Island. When he sends for her, Jane is devastated. She can't imagine being away from her mother and living with a stranger for a whole summer, even though she'll be away from Grandmother. Jane is surprised to find that her father is a warmhearted man with a big imagination. They buy a house in Lantern Hill and Jane set about making their house a home, the home she always imagined she would have. Jane makes friends with the neighbours and gains a reputation for being able to do anything. When she returns to Toronto, Grandmother learns that Jane is a force to be reckoned with and things will never be the same again.
What an excellent little book Jane of Lantern Hill is! In a way, it reminded me of The Secret Garden. A precocious little girl moves away from the place she has always lived, meets new people and tries new things becoming a better person by the end of the book. The difference is Jane is lovable right from the beginning. She has loyalty to her mother even though the woman is completely spineless. Jane becomes so wise and strong, much wiser than the adults. And that Grandmother...yikes! Icy cold nasty lady. I kept imagining the step-mother in Cinderella.
The differences between her life in Toronto and Prince Edward Island are so completely opposed that I wondered if this was a comment on Montgomery's own life. At the time this was written, Lucy Maude was near the end of her life. She had been married to a minister with mental problems not to mention her own depression. The weight of keeping up appearances must have been smothering, much like Jane's life with Grandmother. She must have had fond memories of herself as a young woman in PEI. Jane is set free to be herself on the island. The island is as much a character as Jane is.
Although Montgomery's writing is prone to unbelievable coincidences and unlikely situations, it's full of quirky characters and sparks of insight that even adults can appreciate like the following:
Jane, the most awful as well as the most beautiful things in the world can be said in three words or less… I love you…he is gone…he is come…she is dead…too late…and life is illumined or ruined.
Though Montgomery is known for Anne Shirley and her adventures, I hope readers will give Jane Stuart a chance.
Highly recommended though difficult to get if you don't live in Canada.
Lovely and dear. It reminded me thematically of my beloved [b:The Blue Castle|95693|The Blue Castle|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442108651l/95693._SY75_.jpg|1298683], only with a child heroine instead of an adult one. I enjoyed it a lot. And after spending the weekend reading L.M. Montgomery, it's starting to feel like a tragedy that I don't live on Prince Edward Island! Nobody could've loved that place as much as she did.