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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

184 reviews

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

I never had the patience for this when I was younger but I'm pleased that I really enjoyed it as an adult. I found it so charming and wholesome. All the characters were brilliant but I particularly loved Anne. I don't read many children's books anymore so I was surprised how much I liked the "one event per chapter" structure. I think part of what I enjoyed most was seeing Anne as a child so I probably won't keep reading the series but I'm glad I've now finally read this one.

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rory_john14's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

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baruchbarnes's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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

I read this a couple times years and years ago and found it more like a 3.5-4 star (I grew up with the Megan Follows film and the book didn't feel the same when I was younger) but this read hit the exact right spot at just the right time and I adored every bit of it. Anne and Marilla and Matthew feel like old friends and being back with them was exactly what I needed. The nature writing in this is also way more lush than I remembered and I loved it. There were so many points where I was laughing aloud and of course

Matthew dying had me literally in tears. When Marilla tells Anne "you mustn't think I don't love you just as much as he did"??? The 1985 film scene has been tattooed into my brain since childhood but it fucking wrecked me reading it this time.

I found myself really absorbed by Marilla this time around; it's practically as much about her as it is about Anne. They're both such rich characters and I'm so full of affection for them.

The 1985 version is on DVD at my local library so I will definitely be picking that up and I am definitely going to actually continue the series! Somehow I never felt the motivation to do so before but right now all I want is to stay with Anne.

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marylinaris's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

‘Anne of Green Gables’ was the first piece of media that made me cry when I first read it about 15 years ago. Besides that and the broad stroke of the story I couldn’t remember much of the book though. So when I put my reading goals for the year together I thought it would be great to re-read old favorites and see how I feel now about them - and Anne obviously ended up as one of my first choices on my re-read list.

So many parts of this book were deeply lovely and I can see how young me just ate it up. What me, older now, bothers is mainly the way the story is at times told. We get so many long rambling paragraphs of Anne telling what happened and it get’s tired real quick. Mainly because I enjoyed the way the story gets narrated when we actually see it unfold through the narrative, dialog and actions we follow. I found myself tempted to just skip Anne’s ramblings and that is not a great way to read a book or get the full story it tries to tell.

The ending did however wreck me just as badly as it did when I first read it, maybe even worse because I picked up on Matthews declining health throughout the story this time.

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imrereads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny 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: Yes

What a joy to read about Anne and the people in her life. I didn't expect to love this as much as I did, even shedding tears at a point.

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jueves's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

there was no reason for what happened near the end. no reason at all.

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imogen_0's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rory1387's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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maystorms's review against another edition

4.0

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lucyselim's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

Anne of Green Gables is about a young girl named Anne (spelled with an E), who is selected from an orphan asylum to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at Green Gables. However, once she arrives, it seems that the Cuthbert's had wished for a boy to help with their farm, and not a small little girl after all. This book follows the next few years of Anne's life as she slowly falls into place in Avonlea and within the hearts of Matthew and Marilla.

I have read this book once before, but could not remember any of it, and so had the wonderful experience of feeling like I was reading it for the first time. These characters and this small corner of the world have wrapped me up in a big autumn-like hug. There are none of the characters that I felt I disliked (except perhaps that male teacher), and I felt truly sorry for Anne as she learnt some painful mistakes while growing up. LMM's writing style is incredible. I know there are many other authors who can make you feel 'as if you were there' but she truly makes me feel that I am living it. That I can reach out and touch the Lake of Shining Waters and even Green Gables itself.

At the end, when Matthew dies, I felt Anne's hollow grief with her. No one could argue that he was the kindest and truest of those in Avonlea, and LMM is really toying with us for killing him off in only the first book of the series!

This book reminds us that we could all stand to stop, look at nature, and imagine up something wonderful from time to time, while the busy world moves all around us.

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