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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
The Great War. Perceived by Rilla and family who lived on Prince Edward Island, east coast of Canada. Beginning of the 1900s.
L.M. Montgomery put her characters through her own emotions and political attachments she had at the time.
A character in the book, who is a pacifist, is hated by the whole village. If he doesn’t cheer for the boys who cross the ocean in order to get killed, it means he’s cheering for the enemy. Well, the man is a condescending know-it-all. No one likes him anyway. But because he speaks against war, the town very nearly physically boots him out. Anne’s housekeeper Susan does chase him with a frying pan at one point, because he proposes marriage to Susan. (He began to notice his house was becoming dusty and untidy, he supposed it would be a good idea to procure a wife to do the housekeeping, unpaid labor hooray! The whole town seriously dislikes this man. Because he has a round face and a scraggly beard, everyone calls him by his nickname, “Whiskers on the Moon.”)
The book is only superficially about Rilla, who begins her coming out year with optimism and vanity and her eye is on one or two men/boys, one or two elaborate hats. She looks good in green.
All the boys put on khaki and take a train out of town, toward the ships leaving the continent.
Families begin to dread the arrival of telegrams.
Nonetheless, as in every other Anne novel, the plot revolves around marriages, and the pressure put upon everyone to find themselves a spouse—husbands marrying wives—THAT’s the only type of real marriage obviously. These Anne books are in the public domain now, the societal norms that shaped them are decaying grotesquely.
Here’s a quote that I swore to myself that I found in an Anne book, but naturally now I can’t find it. “Marriage for a woman brings half the amount of rights and twice the amount of duties.” But no one cares about that in this series. All you need to do, dearie, is find yourself a good husband. And if he turns out to be a bad one, no one cares, it’s still your fault, you must have mismanaged him somehow.
L.M. Montgomery put her characters through her own emotions and political attachments she had at the time.
A character in the book, who is a pacifist, is hated by the whole village. If he doesn’t cheer for the boys who cross the ocean in order to get killed, it means he’s cheering for the enemy. Well, the man is a condescending know-it-all. No one likes him anyway. But because he speaks against war, the town very nearly physically boots him out. Anne’s housekeeper Susan does chase him with a frying pan at one point, because he proposes marriage to Susan. (He began to notice his house was becoming dusty and untidy, he supposed it would be a good idea to procure a wife to do the housekeeping, unpaid labor hooray! The whole town seriously dislikes this man. Because he has a round face and a scraggly beard, everyone calls him by his nickname, “Whiskers on the Moon.”)
The book is only superficially about Rilla, who begins her coming out year with optimism and vanity and her eye is on one or two men/boys, one or two elaborate hats. She looks good in green.
All the boys put on khaki and take a train out of town, toward the ships leaving the continent.
Families begin to dread the arrival of telegrams.
Nonetheless, as in every other Anne novel, the plot revolves around marriages, and the pressure put upon everyone to find themselves a spouse—husbands marrying wives—THAT’s the only type of real marriage obviously. These Anne books are in the public domain now, the societal norms that shaped them are decaying grotesquely.
Here’s a quote that I swore to myself that I found in an Anne book, but naturally now I can’t find it. “Marriage for a woman brings half the amount of rights and twice the amount of duties.” But no one cares about that in this series. All you need to do, dearie, is find yourself a good husband. And if he turns out to be a bad one, no one cares, it’s still your fault, you must have mismanaged him somehow.
What an appropriate read during these uncertain times. Even though this book was written almost 100 years ago, I resonated with the words of fear, bravery, uncertainty, and steadfastness as they headed into war. Filled with laughter, tears, and sweet moments. One of my favorites of this series!
This is actually one of the best books I have read detailing World War I
I had previously read the other books in the series and when I got to this one I thought I might skip it.
Rilla wasn't a real draw for me in the previous books and the summary of the book didn't warm me up either but I figured it was the last one of the series and I wanted to know how it ended so I'd give it a shot.
I'm glad I did, I appreciated watching Anne's children grow into adults and I really started to appreciate and care for Rilla.
There were some unforgettable characters from Walter to Dog Monday and Susan.
I'm glad I read it and I'm really going to miss Anne and her family.
Rilla wasn't a real draw for me in the previous books and the summary of the book didn't warm me up either but I figured it was the last one of the series and I wanted to know how it ended so I'd give it a shot.
I'm glad I did, I appreciated watching Anne's children grow into adults and I really started to appreciate and care for Rilla.
There were some unforgettable characters from Walter to Dog Monday and Susan.
I'm glad I read it and I'm really going to miss Anne and her family.
2024: listened to the audiobook with my oldest. I teared up so many times!
First reading (2019): Rilla is so great. I love getting to see her growth and how she matured during WWI. It was interesting to view the war through her eyes and from a Canadian perspective. In this book we see Rilla grow from a teenager into a woman, and I loved it!
First reading (2019): Rilla is so great. I love getting to see her growth and how she matured during WWI. It was interesting to view the war through her eyes and from a Canadian perspective. In this book we see Rilla grow from a teenager into a woman, and I loved it!
*Audible*
I hate to finish this book, I want it to keep going! The end of this series always gets me. L.M. Montgomery is brilliant.
I hate to finish this book, I want it to keep going! The end of this series always gets me. L.M. Montgomery is brilliant.
2019
Just as wonderful as the first time I read it, and now I've completed reading the Anne series again. (I did skip two books, "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley", but still.) I love this series so much, Rilla of Ingleside being my favorite of the series. I love L.M. Montgomery's writing and I need to read more of her books.
There are so many things I love about this book alone. Rilla grows so much in this book. Heartbreaking and Wonderful, this is a book I will probably read over and over again for the rest of my life. I need to stop making reviews at 1am cause I'm so tired I feel like I'm typing gibberish.
Quote: Walter's letter to Rilla "And you will tell your children of the Idea we fought and died for-teach them it must be lived for as well as died for, else the price paid for it will have been given for nought."
2016
I know my reviews are very under detailed but I liked this one a lot. I think it would have been cute to be called "Rilla, My Rilla" and sounded more "romantic" titled that.
My Book Rating System
1 - No, It was Awful
2 - Didn't Like it :/
3 - it Was Okay...
4 - I Liked it, It was Good!
5 - Really Awesome & Great!
My Favorites of the Series were (in chronological order)
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of the Island
Anne's House of Dreams
Rilla of Ingleside
Just as wonderful as the first time I read it, and now I've completed reading the Anne series again. (I did skip two books, "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley", but still.) I love this series so much, Rilla of Ingleside being my favorite of the series. I love L.M. Montgomery's writing and I need to read more of her books.
There are so many things I love about this book alone. Rilla grows so much in this book. Heartbreaking and Wonderful, this is a book I will probably read over and over again for the rest of my life. I need to stop making reviews at 1am cause I'm so tired I feel like I'm typing gibberish.
Quote: Walter's letter to Rilla "And you will tell your children of the Idea we fought and died for-teach them it must be lived for as well as died for, else the price paid for it will have been given for nought."
2016
I know my reviews are very under detailed but I liked this one a lot. I think it would have been cute to be called "Rilla, My Rilla" and sounded more "romantic" titled that.
My Book Rating System
1 - No, It was Awful
2 - Didn't Like it :/
3 - it Was Okay...
4 - I Liked it, It was Good!
5 - Really Awesome & Great!
My Favorites of the Series were (in chronological order)
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of the Island
Anne's House of Dreams
Rilla of Ingleside
This book makes me cry like a baby every single time. This was the first book that I cried in public while reading and it still is heartbreaking and perfect everytime. Everyone needs to read this series and enjoy it's beautiful writing and wonderful characters and devastating plot because it makes me so happy and sad and feel all the feels.
All I have to say is Jem and Dog Monday, Walter, and the romance were enough to do me in.
All I have to say is Jem and Dog Monday, Walter, and the romance were enough to do me in.
emotional
sad
slow-paced