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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
3.5
On se retrouve de nouveau avec notre chère Anne mais cette fois-ci, le récit n'est pas centré sur elle. En effet, elle prend un peu la place d'un personnage secondaire dans ce livre. Anne d'Ingleside, c'est surtout l'histoire des cinq enfants Blythe - oui oui, j'ai bien dit CINQ enfants. Anne et Gilbert n'ont pas chômé - de leur amour pour leur mère et de leur apprentissage de la vie. Alors oui, Anne n'est plus au centre du récit, mais j'ai tout de même beaucoup aimé la voir dans son rôle de mère. J'ai également adoré retrouver un peu d'Anne et de sa personnalité flamboyante des premiers tomes, chez chacun de ses enfants. Je comprends pourquoi certains lecteurs peuvent être déçus de ne pas suivre autant Anne, cela me fait aussi un petit pincement au cœur, mais cela n'a pas gâché mon plaisir de lecture.
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Back to our dear Anne, but this time, the story isn't centered around her but on her five kids and how they're navigating and learning about life. Anne is indeed, not at the center of this book, but we can still see her in her maternal role. What I loved most was that we could find a little bit of Anne's personality in each of her kids, and that also means that it can bring a lot of tribulation for them.
While I understand why some reader don't like the fact that we don't follow Anne as much, and I must admit, I'm a little sad about that too, I still had a good time reading Anne of Ingleside, and that's what matters.
On se retrouve de nouveau avec notre chère Anne mais cette fois-ci, le récit n'est pas centré sur elle. En effet, elle prend un peu la place d'un personnage secondaire dans ce livre. Anne d'Ingleside, c'est surtout l'histoire des cinq enfants Blythe - oui oui, j'ai bien dit CINQ enfants. Anne et Gilbert n'ont pas chômé - de leur amour pour leur mère et de leur apprentissage de la vie. Alors oui, Anne n'est plus au centre du récit, mais j'ai tout de même beaucoup aimé la voir dans son rôle de mère. J'ai également adoré retrouver un peu d'Anne et de sa personnalité flamboyante des premiers tomes, chez chacun de ses enfants. Je comprends pourquoi certains lecteurs peuvent être déçus de ne pas suivre autant Anne, cela me fait aussi un petit pincement au cœur, mais cela n'a pas gâché mon plaisir de lecture.
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Back to our dear Anne, but this time, the story isn't centered around her but on her five kids and how they're navigating and learning about life. Anne is indeed, not at the center of this book, but we can still see her in her maternal role. What I loved most was that we could find a little bit of Anne's personality in each of her kids, and that also means that it can bring a lot of tribulation for them.
While I understand why some reader don't like the fact that we don't follow Anne as much, and I must admit, I'm a little sad about that too, I still had a good time reading Anne of Ingleside, and that's what matters.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
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:
No
Vignettes of the children rather than a story that focuses on Anne - I would have preferred the focus to have been Anne and Gilbert's marriage
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Zzzzzzzzz YAWN. A big giant yawn. Boring and empty and sometimes even mean spirited. It focuses mostly on Anne’s children and they’re all boring boring boring—too good, pious, innocent. They get into scrapes but mostly because every other children in this book are mean and manipulative and cruel and get the Blythe children into trouble because they’ve grown up so loved and never lied to that it doesn’t occur to them that others can be mean to them. We briefly see Green Gables at the beginning, and have a chapter between Anne and Diana which mostly revolves around Diana whining that she’s getting fat, and then the narration mocking her for her weight (155lbs!) and her inability to stop eating cake while she has tea with Anne (and Lucy Maud makes sure we all know how thin and delicate Anne still is even after 7 children!) In fact, many characters are said to be fat in the most disparaging way possible. I’ve always thought Montgomery has a weird obsession with beauty (especially her heroines beauty) and how it reflects on the person, but it’s cranked out to 11 in this one (the only one worse I think, was in Kilmeny of the Orchard).
I don’t know if Montgomery had a word quota to fill but we waste a whole long chapter reading about the quilting circle while the gossip without interruptions about character we’re never seen or heard of. And the last two or three chapters are about Anne fearing that Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore and getting jealous of another woman—cattily so (but it’s okay because that woman is not nice! And she has no children! Which we should all pity her for). In fact, Anne and other characters have always been a bit judgemental but this book takes the cake. It’s not just a character here or there, it’s very clearly the author as well. It’s judgy and unkind more often than not. And too religious. I think it’s one of the longest books in the series and perhaps among the ones I’ve listened to the quickest, but only because I wanted to get rid of it and move on to something else.
There’s almost no delight here.
I don’t know if Montgomery had a word quota to fill but we waste a whole long chapter reading about the quilting circle while the gossip without interruptions about character we’re never seen or heard of. And the last two or three chapters are about Anne fearing that Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore and getting jealous of another woman—cattily so (but it’s okay because that woman is not nice! And she has no children! Which we should all pity her for). In fact, Anne and other characters have always been a bit judgemental but this book takes the cake. It’s not just a character here or there, it’s very clearly the author as well. It’s judgy and unkind more often than not. And too religious. I think it’s one of the longest books in the series and perhaps among the ones I’ve listened to the quickest, but only because I wanted to get rid of it and move on to something else.
There’s almost no delight here.
inspiring
lighthearted
My least favorite one in the series so far. Didn’t hate it, but it felt like a very different Anne. It also wasn’t terribly engaging as it was mostly vignettes, instead of any kind of plot.