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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
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:
No
I loved Anne of Green Gables. However, this book was slow and filled with a lot of uninteresting details. It was a nice read and i really tried to like it more but it felt dragged out and boring to me. I will probably read the other books of the series but not for awhile.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
~4.25~
Llegit en castellà. M’ha agradat menys q el primer per alguns personatges nous q han aparegut i se m’ha fet més pesat però, tot i així, ha sigut molt bonic i té moments i frases molt maques.
Llegit en castellà. M’ha agradat menys q el primer per alguns personatges nous q han aparegut i se m’ha fet més pesat però, tot i així, ha sigut molt bonic i té moments i frases molt maques.
I just don't know... There's so many good things about these books, but then there's shit like this:
Anne's like a straw-man misfit. She doesn't fit in because she's different, but she's only different because, in the author's view, she's so much better than everyone else. Montgomery wants me to like Diana, but if I happened to like Diana more than Anne I suspect L. M. would think I was crazy - or that I am not intelligent or "fine" enough to appreciate Anne's obvious superiority. As if it's impossible for people's tastes to differ.
I tried to read Anne of the Island again to see if maybe my distaste for the series was something I'd outgrown with my teenage years, but I found the portrayal of Anne as off-putting as ever. It's a shame.
But Charlotta the Fourth thought them very beautiful, and after she had rustled into a white dress, so stiffly starched that it could stand alone, she surveyed herself in her glass with great satisfaction... a satisfaction which lasted until she went out in the hall and caught a glimpse through the spare room door of a tall girl in some softly clinging gown, pinning white, star-like flowers on the smooth ripples of her ruddy hair.This happens all the time in these books. If it were supposed to be a commentary on distorted self-image, or a depiction of the way envy can breed discontent, that'd be one thing, but nope: Anne's the best and you ought to envy her because if you weren't born perfect you have no hope. I adored the Anne novels when I was young; I'd finish Rilla of Ingleside and immediately pick up Anne of Green Gables again, but then the portrayal of Anne's perfectness started to grate, and eventually it rubbed me so raw I gave away my copies of the books.
"Oh, I'll NEVER be able to look like Miss Shirley," thought poor Charlotta despairingly. "You just have to be born so, I guess... don't seem's if any amount of practice could give you that AIR."
Anne's like a straw-man misfit. She doesn't fit in because she's different, but she's only different because, in the author's view, she's so much better than everyone else. Montgomery wants me to like Diana, but if I happened to like Diana more than Anne I suspect L. M. would think I was crazy - or that I am not intelligent or "fine" enough to appreciate Anne's obvious superiority. As if it's impossible for people's tastes to differ.
I tried to read Anne of the Island again to see if maybe my distaste for the series was something I'd outgrown with my teenage years, but I found the portrayal of Anne as off-putting as ever. It's a shame.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
I was a huge fan of the Anne of Green Gables series. I read this book when I was in middle school, and it was different compared to the fantasy books that I usually gravitated towards in middle school.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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