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15 reviews for:
The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels - Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest
L.M. Montgomery
4.4 AVERAGE
15 reviews for:
The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels - Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest
L.M. Montgomery
4.4 AVERAGE
I really wanted to like Emily. I loved Anne Shirley, but I found Emily annoying and worse than that all the secondary characters are annoying too. There is no bosom kindred friend. The guys interested in Emily are creepy and worse of all is the older cousin. The last book in the trilogy is the worse. I know I am not the intended audience for this book but at age 12 I would have rather spent my time reading about Anne Shirley or Francie Nolan or even Nancy Drew.
This is a bind up of all the three Emily of New Moon books and I will forever love this exact copy of this because it gave me so much comfort first time I picked it up years ago. I will also have a soft, yearning spot for this series forever. Controversial opinion but I do love Emily even more than Anne. I love the passion both Emily and Anne have for life and beauty of it but I will always relate to Emily in special way. There is a lot more melancholic and sad undertones in this and in many ways, it feels truer to life to me. I agree that the last book can be a pain in the ass but I wouldn't love it in any other way; Emily needed to go through all those things to get her happy ending. This reread was very sentimental but I ended up equally loving it as much as I did in the past.
Ihana nuoren tytön kasvutarina, jonka ensimmäisen kerran olen lukenut 11-vuotiaana ja nyt uudelleen 21-vuotiaana. Tarina piti otteessaan loppuun asti yhtä lumoavana kuin lapsena. Ainoa ero tässä lukukerrassa oli Dean Priestin hahmon näkeminen omistavana, kyynisenä ja karmivana, eikä ollenkaan niin romanttisena kuin hän tuntui olevan 10 vuotta sitten.
I loved the first two books in this series; I read them so fast! It took me a while to begin the third because I figured it'd be quite predictable and Emily would marry Teddy and live HEA. I was SO wrong and the reality was so much worse. If it wasn't for the rollercoaster of behaviors in the third book, I would give this five stars.
Emily's engagement to Dean was awful, I understood it but I didn't want it so badly that I was hoping he would die. And all the warnings- from everyone!- about how she could only ever be his because of his jealousy were so dire. Then, she broke the engagement and literally spent years all alone. Eventually, Ilse and Teddy go and get engaged and I freaked the fuck out. Then, Montgomery waited until the very last moment to break them up and even a little longer for Emily and Teddy to get together.
I just couldn't stand that Emily wasn't the hero of her own story. If it wasn't for Perry's crash, she would have been miserable for the rest of her life! She lost all of her spunk and spirit as she grew up. The third book was basically about her spirit breaking. I would have been glad to have a predictable third book if that meant keeping Emily true to herself and not being jerked around by the author.
Emily's engagement to Dean was awful, I understood it but I didn't want it so badly that I was hoping he would die. And all the warnings- from everyone!- about how she could only ever be his because of his jealousy were so dire. Then, she broke the engagement and literally spent years all alone. Eventually, Ilse and Teddy go and get engaged and I freaked the fuck out. Then, Montgomery waited until the very last moment to break them up and even a little longer for Emily and Teddy to get together.
I just couldn't stand that Emily wasn't the hero of her own story. If it wasn't for Perry's crash, she would have been miserable for the rest of her life! She lost all of her spunk and spirit as she grew up. The third book was basically about her spirit breaking. I would have been glad to have a predictable third book if that meant keeping Emily true to herself and not being jerked around by the author.
Read Emily of New Moon 11/5/18 to 11/15/18 [four stars]
Read Emily Climbs 12/3/18 to 12/7/18 [four stars]
Read Emily's Quest 1/2/19 to 1/3/19 [three stars]
Review for Emily's Quest:
Emily's ambition and drive is great. There are some beautiful phrases and ideas that Montgomery explores. Some favorites:
"Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul."
"I know that into everybody's life must come some days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savor. The sunniest day has its clouds; but one must not forget that the sun is there all the time. How easy it is to be a philosopher--on paper! (Item:--If you are out in a cold, pouring rain, does it keep you dry to remember that the sun is there just the same?)"
That said, Emily drove me absolutely nuts for most of this book. And I was feeling physically ill for at least half of the novel. Apparently I cannot handle the wrong people being paired together. Such a lack of communication too! And overwrought pride. Argh. Absolutely maddening. I think I was quite possibly hate-reading for the last fourth of the book, because I just needed things to be resolved. Thank God it all resolves nicely with Emily and Teddy in the last chapter or I would've hurled the book at my wall.
Read Emily Climbs 12/3/18 to 12/7/18 [four stars]
Read Emily's Quest 1/2/19 to 1/3/19 [three stars]
Review for Emily's Quest:
Emily's ambition and drive is great. There are some beautiful phrases and ideas that Montgomery explores. Some favorites:
"Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul."
"I know that into everybody's life must come some days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savor. The sunniest day has its clouds; but one must not forget that the sun is there all the time. How easy it is to be a philosopher--on paper! (Item:--If you are out in a cold, pouring rain, does it keep you dry to remember that the sun is there just the same?)"
That said, Emily drove me absolutely nuts for most of this book. And I was feeling physically ill for at least half of the novel. Apparently I cannot handle the wrong people being paired together. Such a lack of communication too! And overwrought pride. Argh. Absolutely maddening. I think I was quite possibly hate-reading for the last fourth of the book, because I just needed things to be resolved.