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innipinni's review against another edition
3.0
Alku, Montgomeryn itsensä kirjoittama osa oli viihdyttävä ja kiinnostava vaikkakin valitettavan lyhyt. Jälkimmäinen osa taasen toisti Montgomeryn omaa kirjoitusta välistä sanatarkasti, ja vaikka analyysi oli hyvää oli sanatarkka toisto puuduttavaa
lanternhillbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
emilyfawley's review against another edition
4.0
Charming! Absolutely charming. The absolute best part of this book was the thrill I got out of her description of her Uncle John’s house in Park Corner, as I was on the very rooms about which she spoke. The forest as well. And reading about her and the way she describes herself, I found that there is much of Anne in her. Or much of her in Anne.
jdromsky's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
jcubifer's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
goose_friends's review against another edition
3.5
This was so beautiful to read. It's so clear how much Anne was born in the heart of Lucy Maud. It was also so lovely to read about how she grew up and moved through her life, considering she was a woman in a time that it was not that easy to be a woman, especially one with career goals. Of course, she was incredibly privileged in many ways, which can't go unsaid. The sprinkles of Canadian patriotism were a little much, and also some of the naivety-driven comments about people of colour were pretty cringey.
All that being said, I really enjoyed the parts where she talks about her experiences writing and dreaming up Anne, of her time living in Halifax and working on the newspaper, and also her childhood and how her experiences growing up fed the stories she later dreamed of. I feel like a lot of Lucy Maud's experiences were pulled from in the writing of Anne with an E which was really cool to see. It seems like the writers really blended fact and fiction in the liberties they took when re-writing Anne's story, in ways that would very much compliment Lucy Maud if she lived today.
All that being said, I really enjoyed the parts where she talks about her experiences writing and dreaming up Anne, of her time living in Halifax and working on the newspaper, and also her childhood and how her experiences growing up fed the stories she later dreamed of. I feel like a lot of Lucy Maud's experiences were pulled from in the writing of Anne with an E which was really cool to see. It seems like the writers really blended fact and fiction in the liberties they took when re-writing Anne's story, in ways that would very much compliment Lucy Maud if she lived today.
thatokiebird's review against another edition
3.0
I purchased this book back in 2013, and it has sadly sat on my shelf unread since that time. In the midst of my apparent Lucy Maud Montgomery book marathon this spring/summer, I finally picked this book up to learn a little more of the life and career of one of my favorite authors.
It was quite short, just under 100 pages, and made for a quick and simple read. Maud originally wrote these short chapters as autobiographical essays published in a Canadian magazine in the early 1900's. Therefore it doesn't quite translate into the most captivating book ever published, but I still enjoyed learning more about her in her own words.
It was quite short, just under 100 pages, and made for a quick and simple read. Maud originally wrote these short chapters as autobiographical essays published in a Canadian magazine in the early 1900's. Therefore it doesn't quite translate into the most captivating book ever published, but I still enjoyed learning more about her in her own words.
unusualsnowunicorn's review against another edition
2.0
This publication did not feel like a story of her career, or a story of her life, but an attempt to do a little bit of both but never fully committing to either. She does cover her struggles with publishing her first novel, but quickly glazes over publishing others in passing; in a similar way as she describes having to care for her grandmother and glazing over ending it; or focusing too much on honeymoon diary entries, while barely mentioning having met the man before marriage (while with a little research post-reading I easily learned she had been engaged for the five years leading up).
I'm not sure why she did it this way; if it was a self-bias, editing, trying to prevent and limiting gossiping, what she or editors thought would be interesting, I could only begin to guess, but was simply a let down to what I had hoped would be a grand look into a great authors life.
I'm not sure why she did it this way; if it was a self-bias, editing, trying to prevent and limiting gossiping, what she or editors thought would be interesting, I could only begin to guess, but was simply a let down to what I had hoped would be a grand look into a great authors life.
belinda31's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this book would detail more of her history to become a writer so I was a bit disappointed. It was more about her childhood and contained diary excerpts.