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angek98's review against another edition
4.0
You know when there's been a book in your childhood that you want everyone in your life to read because this is the book that you internalised so much that once you re-read it when your older you actually realise you don't know how much of your personality is your own and how much is a fictional character's?
There's something about Anne Shirley, her ideas and her personality that makes her a modern character even years after the novel was written.
L.M Montgomery wrote Anne with ample enough imagination and romantic idealism. She is a character that is timeless, relatable and engaging, in the beginning, her numerous mistakes and her tendency to have her head in the clouds was literally everything to me as a child who was often daydreaming so often during school that I never really had any idea what my teachers were talking about half of the time.
Something I love about Anne is the value she places on friendship. Her friendship with Diana is one of the most iconic friendships in literature, and the reason is because of how much they love one another, that even trancends romantic relationships.
With an amazing supporting cast, heartwrenching, funny and wholesome moments, Anne of Green Gables is a series that will forever have a place in my heart as one of my favourite books of all time.
There's something about Anne Shirley, her ideas and her personality that makes her a modern character even years after the novel was written.
L.M Montgomery wrote Anne with ample enough imagination and romantic idealism. She is a character that is timeless, relatable and engaging, in the beginning, her numerous mistakes and her tendency to have her head in the clouds was literally everything to me as a child who was often daydreaming so often during school that I never really had any idea what my teachers were talking about half of the time.
Something I love about Anne is the value she places on friendship. Her friendship with Diana is one of the most iconic friendships in literature, and the reason is because of how much they love one another, that even trancends romantic relationships.
With an amazing supporting cast, heartwrenching, funny and wholesome moments, Anne of Green Gables is a series that will forever have a place in my heart as one of my favourite books of all time.
sidse's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
prebeartobemoosified's review
5.0
(mild spoilers but not enough to mark it so) Anne is who I want to be. I love her optimism, her sunny disposition, and the way she makes her life around her a dream. I love the opportunity readers are given to watch her grow. One of my favourite lines is when Marissa asks why she stopped using big words, and Anne says something like she doesn't feel like she needs them anymore. What a big, inconsequential, yet massive character development! (For full context, you'll have to read the book.) I love the second book, and the deep, meaningful relationships she cultivates with her children. I love the first book, adn her crazy misadventures. I love the "bosom friendship" she shares with Diana; my best friend and I compare ourselves to them, and I use "bosom friend" among my closest compatriots. I love how honest the books are, how lovely the descriptions of Lover's Lane are, or the flower fields in the woman's house in the second book. I love the development of her romantic relationship, and how wonderful everything is. I love the books incredibly much.
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