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Dragostea mea pentru Anne of Green Gables a început cu serialul Anne with an E, pe care l-am descoperit în liceu. Nu pot să cred nici acum că a fost anulat sezonul 4 și da, știu că mă plâng mult din cauza asta. :))

"But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?"

Dar povestea acestei fetițe orfane care a fost adoptată de un frate și o soră, amândoi bătrâni, mi-a plăcut așa de mult. Chiar dacă prefer serialul în ciuda cărții, prin roman am resimțit pasiunea cu care mă uitam prima dată la sezonul întâi și foarte multe personaje oferă farmec poveștii și aventurilor lui Anne. Însă aici, pentru că am citit și Anne of Avonlea, am văzut-o pe Anne evoluând mai mult, am văzut-o trecând peste adolescență și la sfârșitul celui de al doilea volum fiind transformată într-o tânără femeie.

"Dear old world, you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you."

Povestea lui Anne îți oferă nostalgie după copilărie, îți arată puterea imaginației și a bucuriei. Dacă vă simțiți triști, vă recomand cu drag să citiți această carte (e tradusă și în română în mai multe ediții), un clasic pentru tineri, dacă treceți printr-o stare deprimantă probabil Anne vă va arăta calea spre a vedea lumea cu ochi plini de lumină.

elaviv's review against another edition

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5.0

Gilbert Blythe... that's all I have to say.

octavia_cade's review against another edition

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4.0

I read and reviewed each of the two books collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The rating is an average of the ratings I gave the individual books, rounded up because Goodreads doesn't do half stars. Green Gables earned four stars from me, while Avonlea earned three. While I like Anne a lot, she's rather over-dramatic, with a tendency to purple prose, and needs to be surrounded by more practical types who make her shine by contrast. Marilla is a particularly effective foil, but Avonlea seems to me to be slightly unbalanced, with too many Anne-like characters for that contrast to work as effectively. It also has the execrable Davy, a truly horrible little boy who Montgomery (and Anne!) seem to have an inexplicable fondness for. Personally, I think he needed to be thrown down a well.

werra's review

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

blissful_day's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

m_grnt's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ashleighm11's review against another edition

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4.0

I've been in a childish mood as of late, and I have all these unread children's books so I decided to crack in to them in between chapters of a very long book.

Anne (with an E) Shirley is a very interesting character, or as she describes herself a 'Kindred Spirit', she's clearly affected with ADHD, she has a beautiful imagination, brimming with dreams and most of all ready to enjoy life, not in a jaded fashion, but how it should be enjoyed, she loves every tiny fern, every little flower, even puffed sleeves! Her capacity to enjoy life is amazing. That is what Matthew must have seen when he was taking a skinny, redhead girl 'home' A tempest had entered his life and he never, ever regretted it. The best that happened to Anne, was Marilla, the strict disciplinarian, for someone had to dampen some of that spirit, but not all of it like Matthew tells her!

Initially, I found Anne a little too heavy. She was very "in your face", quite annoying but then her freshness - her enthusiasm just pulled me in and I loved her, her change into a sweet teenager was very, very convincing and realistic.

I don't understand how I went through my childhood without having read this. I think it is going to be one of those comfort books that I turn to on cold nights!

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