1.02k reviews for:

Rilla of Ingleside

L.M. Montgomery

4.18 AVERAGE

actual_goose's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

arodplatypus's review against another edition

2.0

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Anne is all but gone from the Green Gables books (which haven't taken place in Avonlea for quite some time). She has fully disappeared in the role of mother. This Rilla book is also very different in tone because it chronicles all of WWI. It isn't the joyous, beautiful type of book anymore that provides scope for the imagination. It's packed with pro-war, patriotic nonsense throughout.

beth_sterling_abela's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

so_darling's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

j_lei's review against another edition

5.0

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One of my favourite "Anne" books. This novel is often overlooked, but provides some fantastic details about life on the homefront during World War I.

booksbydorothea's review against another edition

5.0

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Probably the hardest book in the series to read.

Recommend!

atropos87's review against another edition

5.0

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This is a simply lovely book that gives some sense of the lives of those who stayed at home during WW1 as well as continuing the story of Anne and Gilbert's family. It blends comic moments with more serious events in true LMM fashion, and contains one of the best literary dogs I have yet met - little Dog Monday. A good read, even if you have been flagging a bit in Anne's chronicles with the later books.

karen_unabridged's review against another edition

5.0

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A beloved classic, read aloud to my girls for the first time in 2020.

katymvt's review against another edition

5.0

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Pop Sugar Reading Challenge-the shortest book on your tbr list.

After Green Gables this was my favorite of the series. It was so heart-wrenching.

ljpalmer's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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military propaganda is one hell of a drug, but this is one of the best books in the series and a great read.