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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Okay, I didn't know that the series existed - I thought Anne of Green Gables was a stand-alone book. So I am reading EVERYTHING by Lucy Maud Montgomery!!
Another fabulous book!! This one was SO sweet!
Recommend!
Another fabulous book!! This one was SO sweet!
Recommend!
I did not enjoy this one near as much as the previous books. I didn’t like that the letters were once sided and the side characters seemed almost frivolous. Apart from Rebecca Dew, I almost couldn’t keep track of them.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
No
2021 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge-a book by an author with the same zodiac sign.
First of all, before I go off on a rant, I want to say that I love Anne Shirley. She's just so Anne Shirley. There's no other way to describe her.
But, I didn't love this book.
1. It seems to be just a bunch of incidents where she meets someone who hates her, they come to love her and she solves all their problems with some zany plot. Or they love her immediately. Either way.
2. She's so superficially judgmental in this book. Complaining about the way people dress. About their looks. She spends a whole church service "improving everyone's looks" in her mind. Ugh. But, I still love her. Nobody's perfect.
3. Why did LM Montgomery even create the character of Dora if she was just going to disdain her for being a nice, polite, well-behaved child. Oh, the horrors. Who could want that?
Which brings me to number 4. Anne goes to Green Gables every Christmas and summer and a few weekends. We only go with her once. But, the visit is all about Katherine. Dora doesn't even get a line (her cat does get to purr, though), they go to visit Diana and her new baby and Diana doesn't get any lines.
5. A good deal of the book is letters written to Gilbert. Yet we don't see a single letter written back (I'm not syaing he didn't write, I'm saying we didn't see them), and he also doesn't have any real mention during the Green Gables visit. The only reason we even know he was there was because he gave a gift to Katherine and took them to see Diana.
If they had stayed out of Green Gables altogether I wouldn't have minded the lack of our friends from other books. But, come on, give me something in those two or three chapters.
First of all, before I go off on a rant, I want to say that I love Anne Shirley. She's just so Anne Shirley. There's no other way to describe her.
But, I didn't love this book.
1. It seems to be just a bunch of incidents where she meets someone who hates her, they come to love her and she solves all their problems with some zany plot. Or they love her immediately. Either way.
2. She's so superficially judgmental in this book. Complaining about the way people dress. About their looks. She spends a whole church service "improving everyone's looks" in her mind. Ugh. But, I still love her. Nobody's perfect.
3. Why did LM Montgomery even create the character of Dora if she was just going to disdain her for being a nice, polite, well-behaved child. Oh, the horrors. Who could want that?
Which brings me to number 4. Anne goes to Green Gables every Christmas and summer and a few weekends. We only go with her once. But, the visit is all about Katherine. Dora doesn't even get a line (her cat does get to purr, though), they go to visit Diana and her new baby and Diana doesn't get any lines.
5. A good deal of the book is letters written to Gilbert. Yet we don't see a single letter written back (I'm not syaing he didn't write, I'm saying we didn't see them), and he also doesn't have any real mention during the Green Gables visit. The only reason we even know he was there was because he gave a gift to Katherine and took them to see Diana.
If they had stayed out of Green Gables altogether I wouldn't have minded the lack of our friends from other books. But, come on, give me something in those two or three chapters.
I missed Gilbert in this one. Although it was nice to see it all through Anne's correspondence to him, I enjoyed the earlier books more.
hopeful
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:
No
This is my least favorite book in this series so far - I was pretty disappointed by it. We spend three years with Anne as she teaches at a high school, reading both her experiences as they happen and her relaying them to letter to Gilbert. There is very little time spent at Green Gables, and there is no interaction between Anne and Gilbert other than the letter exchanges that indicate they had visited with each other.
There were many times throughout this book that I found myself second guessing who I thought Anne was as a character. While there were moments where she connected with students who reminded her of herself, overall this book was focused heavily on the social aspects of the school and local community. She is constantly visiting and conversing or gossiping, and we get to see very little of Anne's true self and her own adventures. She felt like a character plugged into a community to fulfill a social role instead of Anne of Green Gables tackling the exciting task of educating and getting to know a variety of unique students.
There were many times throughout this book that I found myself second guessing who I thought Anne was as a character. While there were moments where she connected with students who reminded her of herself, overall this book was focused heavily on the social aspects of the school and local community. She is constantly visiting and conversing or gossiping, and we get to see very little of Anne's true self and her own adventures. She felt like a character plugged into a community to fulfill a social role instead of Anne of Green Gables tackling the exciting task of educating and getting to know a variety of unique students.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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