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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Our protagonist takes her first reluctant steps into womanhood in Anne of Avonlea. As she visits her girlish daydreams less often and adopts a more pragmatic and mature mindset, readers can’t help but feel the way a parent does as their children grow up: with a sense of nostalgia and a longing for things to remain as they were. I loved this book for its romance, Anne’s humorous mishaps, and beautiful life lessons. This is undoubtedly a recommended sequel to Anne of Green Gables!
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
sadly i probably won't br able to go on listening to these audiobooks, because the mary sarah's narration was simply devine and i don't think i could bare listening to someone else telling this story.
however, i didn't like this installment at all. while anne is still in someways a very progressive heroine, she didn't seem the same as in the first book. i did like many of her ideas on education, but i hated what the story implied: the one boy's spirit which had to be broken by corporal punishment, her favouritism of this ghastly child davy (poor dora, really, what ever does the author try to tell us there?)... also, the way this book implied that much of anne's goodness is mirrored in her looks and that she's somehow better than other (another reviewer put it as "not like other girls") was infuriating.
all in all, i think this is a very interesting perspective on gender roles, which must have been very liberal for the 1900s, but also strangely resembles some cringe christian instagram page's stance: not as terrible as it could be, but certainly not great.
all in all, i probably will go on reading these because the first one was so perfect, but i was really very disappointed. nothing memorable, much to dislike
however, i didn't like this installment at all. while anne is still in someways a very progressive heroine, she didn't seem the same as in the first book. i did like many of her ideas on education, but i hated what the story implied: the one boy's spirit which had to be broken by corporal punishment, her favouritism of this ghastly child davy (poor dora, really, what ever does the author try to tell us there?)... also, the way this book implied that much of anne's goodness is mirrored in her looks and that she's somehow better than other (another reviewer put it as "not like other girls") was infuriating.
all in all, i think this is a very interesting perspective on gender roles, which must have been very liberal for the 1900s, but also strangely resembles some cringe christian instagram page's stance: not as terrible as it could be, but certainly not great.
all in all, i probably will go on reading these because the first one was so perfect, but i was really very disappointed. nothing memorable, much to dislike
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I gave Anne of Green Gables 5 stars. This one perhaps isn't quite as good, (and as someone who is in the next decade, it's quite disconcerting to read that Lavender Lewis is old at 45!), but it's still a great read. Following straight on from the first book, our heroine is now a school teacher in Avonlea. She and her Aunt, Marilla, take in a set of twins - Davy and Dora - who are seven. Davy is, to use common parlance, a little sod, and some criticism is (justifiably, I guess) made of him by other reviewers, as he gets away with so much. Dora is a good girl, and so we don't get to know anything about what makes her the little girl she is, which is a shame. Despite Davy's 'sodness', I must confess to having a soft spot for him! Anne is as enchanting as ever - still managing to be clumsy and to get into her own sort of trouble (none malicious, and most accidental) so it was a pleasure to see her again. I'm looking forward to more of Anne's journey from childhood to adulthood.
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced