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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
medium-paced
i liked the plot and the characters. the contrast of the attitudes from then versus now is wild! never have i ever read a book where they talked about drowning cats so much. aunt elizabeth is a bit too much and aunt laura is annoying cause she's such a pushover. her having her own little friend group was so cute. the only thing that was annoying is how much lucy maud montgomery describes things. i get so exhausted with over describing things that i can hardly handle it. for this reason I don't think i will continue this series but am glad i read the first one.
Ultimate nostalgic comfort reading - left my heart feeling full
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked it a lot (but can those perverted grown men leave Emily alone?)
I read a review somewhere saying this book is even better than Anne of Green Gables, so I felt compelled to give it a shot. In my opinion, the two books are too similar in both plot and tone to really compare, and I suspect the nostalgia of whichever you read first would be the reason you prefer one over the other.
I'll go ahead and say I prefer Anne, and can admit it's nostalgia driven, but will say I found really off putting. It was a different time, to be sure, but It doesn't age well.
One notable difference, this book is darker than Anne. I legitimately, embarassingly, wept through most of the first 50 pages of this book. Just like, tears streaming, stomach hurting from the sadness of it all. This book deals with death and loss and challenging relationships in a way and at a depth that Anne does not.
Filled with the purple (wink wink) language we expect from Montgomery, the book delivers in escapism and lovely visualizations of flowers and meadows and lakes and ponds and charming stories of children navigating the drama of their young lives. I don't think it was compelling enough for me to want to continue the series, but would recommend to fans of L.M. Montgomery or to young readers who love writing poetry, have a flair for the dramatic, and are into historical fiction.
I'll go ahead and say I prefer Anne, and can admit it's nostalgia driven, but will say I found
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a 36 year old telling a 12 year old he will wait for her? Has designs on their first kiss, and she owes her life to him?One notable difference, this book is darker than Anne. I legitimately, embarassingly, wept through most of the first 50 pages of this book. Just like, tears streaming, stomach hurting from the sadness of it all. This book deals with death and loss and challenging relationships in a way and at a depth that Anne does not.
Filled with the purple (wink wink) language we expect from Montgomery, the book delivers in escapism and lovely visualizations of flowers and meadows and lakes and ponds and charming stories of children navigating the drama of their young lives. I don't think it was compelling enough for me to want to continue the series, but would recommend to fans of L.M. Montgomery or to young readers who love writing poetry, have a flair for the dramatic, and are into historical fiction.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
4/5
Excellent childhood nostalgia read.
Also Emily is such an angsty ten year old I love it:
"I felt so insulted that I came up to the garret and wrote a deskription of myself being drowned on a letter-bill and then I felt better"
Excellent childhood nostalgia read.
Also Emily is such an angsty ten year old I love it:
"I felt so insulted that I came up to the garret and wrote a deskription of myself being drowned on a letter-bill and then I felt better"
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can't believe I hadn't already rated this book - I must've read it upward of 10 times as a kid. Emily solidarity.
For lovers of Anne of Green Gables, this is a must read. The novels are, in many ways, similar: spunky orphan girl is shipped off to a foreign place with people she has never met before, and she slowly falls in love with the physical environment and the people around her. The principal difference between them lies in the tone of the novels. Emily of New Moon is far more melancholy, slower and darker and less optimistic. There is something more of the heart in it, as vague as that may seem.
I won't dissect the novel too much. It is part-adult, part-children's fiction, and so I find it odd to explain everything with which I found fault. Broadly, I will say: the background characters and sub-plots are a little weaker than those in Anne, but I found Emily a much more compelling heroine (yes, in spite of all Anne's charms). I found Emily's childhood much more relatable; she faces some of the same challenges I did as a little girl, and some of the same victories, and it was comforting to see a little girl from a hundred years ago share my experiences.
I felt transported to my own childhood while reading this novel, and it was not purely the nostalgia of having read Anne at that time of my life. I felt transported, too, to small-town PEI, Canada, a region I will forever find fascinating.
I will definitely continue with the series.
I won't dissect the novel too much. It is part-adult, part-children's fiction, and so I find it odd to explain everything with which I found fault. Broadly, I will say: the background characters and sub-plots are a little weaker than those in Anne, but I found Emily a much more compelling heroine (yes, in spite of all Anne's charms). I found Emily's childhood much more relatable; she faces some of the same challenges I did as a little girl, and some of the same victories, and it was comforting to see a little girl from a hundred years ago share my experiences.
I felt transported to my own childhood while reading this novel, and it was not purely the nostalgia of having read Anne at that time of my life. I felt transported, too, to small-town PEI, Canada, a region I will forever find fascinating.
I will definitely continue with the series.