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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
This book made me to think why we never should loose our inner children and how we should remember to enjoy life.
I liked Pollyanna and her positive attitude. She was so naive but sweet and this being MG characters were what you could wait for.
This was extremely heartwarming book to read, this made me to feel good. This was a book about seeing always the bright side of everything. I loved how Pollyanna changed the lives of everyone she met.
I liked Pollyanna and her positive attitude. She was so naive but sweet and this being MG characters were what you could wait for.
This was extremely heartwarming book to read, this made me to feel good. This was a book about seeing always the bright side of everything. I loved how Pollyanna changed the lives of everyone she met.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I am so glad I've finally read this! For a children's book, it's incredibly powerful
this is an [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390789015l/8127._SY75_.jpg|3464264] remake and no one can tell me otherwise. and a poor remake, for that matter.
→1.75 stars
→1.75 stars
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
I picked this up at the library because I was looking for an interesting audiobook to listen to while going on a few 3-4 hour runs. I've seen the movie many times over the years and was curious to see how different it was from the book (very little changed).
I have to say that I loved this book. Great characters that moved along at a nice clip. A plot that is engaging and is well flushed out.
The ending was predictable but I didn't really care - every once in a while I like a feel good "family" book and this hit the spot.
I have to say that I loved this book. Great characters that moved along at a nice clip. A plot that is engaging and is well flushed out.
The ending was predictable but I didn't really care - every once in a while I like a feel good "family" book and this hit the spot.
I remember my first grade teacher reading this to us, many years ago, but somehow managed to not read this delightful book for myself until just now.
Pollyanna is a little orphaned girl whose favorite game is to find something to be glad about, in every situation. (No doubt her father's invention comes from the exhortation in 1 Thessalonians to "give thanks in all circumstances" and his faith in Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him...)
Her optimistic view on life and her babbling may remind you a little of [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1390789015s/8127.jpg|3464264] without all the accidental escapades, but she has managed to retain her childish innocence, giving adults a unique view of their actions as seen through the eyes of a child.
Pollyanna is a little orphaned girl whose favorite game is to find something to be glad about, in every situation. (No doubt her father's invention comes from the exhortation in 1 Thessalonians to "give thanks in all circumstances" and his faith in Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him...)
Her optimistic view on life and her babbling may remind you a little of [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1390789015s/8127.jpg|3464264] without all the accidental escapades, but she has managed to retain her childish innocence, giving adults a unique view of their actions as seen through the eyes of a child.
Spoiler
Her impressions of the Ladies' Aid meeting about Jimmy Bean and other adults' actions filters out all adult ulterior motives, leaving just the shameful surface truth to remain. Later on I also noted that there was no blame attached to the driver, nor was the driver even mentioned!
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one snuck up on me, and possibly because of the skill of the audiobooks' reader. After finishing, I watched the Disney film, and I much prefer this Pollyanna, the original one.
Pollyanna is one of the rare characters that has entered our vocabulary (Scrooge is another one), so I knew what I was getting, roughly, but didn't know I'd enjoy it so much. At first it's the typical (for the period) young orphan copes with life in an uncaring environment, but it so swiftly moves past that. It's almost as if Porter is mocking those similar-but-different books, much like Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm took a swipe at the tragedy-laden rural novels popular in the early 20th century. Where most literary orphans thrust in a gloomy attic bedroom would bemoan their fate, Pollyanna instead could delight in the privacy, the view, the joy of ownership, and so on. Punished with a horrible dinner? Why, that's just the thing she actually likes to eat best.
And (perhaps it helps that I'm a bit of a Pollyanna myself) I fell for her, hook, line, and sinker.
The Glad Game is something I've learned to play myself (I invented it on my own, as I suppose many of us optimists do, without knowing it is famously represented here). Although I'm normally cheerful, I learned to play the game during Hurrican Sandy. My flight was cancelled, the highways were closed, and I was trapped in an airport Holiday Inn with nothing to do but read, watch TV, and surf the internet ... if only I'd been in Manhattan I could have gone to restaurants, visited museums, seen Broadway shows! And then the hurricane hit, and we lost power, and I realised what I wouldn't have given to be able to read (can't read in the dark), watch TV, get on the web ... or have a hot shower, or phone my parents (can't recharge the phone), or eat (no restaurant in the hotel) ... so now, instead of complaining about my circumstances, I do realise it could always be much worse, and I am genuinely grateful it isn't. It's easy to play, and it really does help.
So others can be derogatory about Pollyanna, but not me. I feel like I've met her, and she's lovely and reminds me of me. And there's a sequel, it turns out! So I'm glad of that.
(Note: I'm a writer, so I suffer when I offer fewer than five stars. But these aren't ratings of quality, they're a subjective account of how much I liked the book: 5* = an unalloyed pleasure from start to finish, 4* = enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = disappointing, and 1* = hated it.)
Pollyanna is one of the rare characters that has entered our vocabulary (Scrooge is another one), so I knew what I was getting, roughly, but didn't know I'd enjoy it so much. At first it's the typical (for the period) young orphan copes with life in an uncaring environment, but it so swiftly moves past that. It's almost as if Porter is mocking those similar-but-different books, much like Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm took a swipe at the tragedy-laden rural novels popular in the early 20th century. Where most literary orphans thrust in a gloomy attic bedroom would bemoan their fate, Pollyanna instead could delight in the privacy, the view, the joy of ownership, and so on. Punished with a horrible dinner? Why, that's just the thing she actually likes to eat best.
And (perhaps it helps that I'm a bit of a Pollyanna myself) I fell for her, hook, line, and sinker.
The Glad Game is something I've learned to play myself (I invented it on my own, as I suppose many of us optimists do, without knowing it is famously represented here). Although I'm normally cheerful, I learned to play the game during Hurrican Sandy. My flight was cancelled, the highways were closed, and I was trapped in an airport Holiday Inn with nothing to do but read, watch TV, and surf the internet ... if only I'd been in Manhattan I could have gone to restaurants, visited museums, seen Broadway shows! And then the hurricane hit, and we lost power, and I realised what I wouldn't have given to be able to read (can't read in the dark), watch TV, get on the web ... or have a hot shower, or phone my parents (can't recharge the phone), or eat (no restaurant in the hotel) ... so now, instead of complaining about my circumstances, I do realise it could always be much worse, and I am genuinely grateful it isn't. It's easy to play, and it really does help.
So others can be derogatory about Pollyanna, but not me. I feel like I've met her, and she's lovely and reminds me of me. And there's a sequel, it turns out! So I'm glad of that.
(Note: I'm a writer, so I suffer when I offer fewer than five stars. But these aren't ratings of quality, they're a subjective account of how much I liked the book: 5* = an unalloyed pleasure from start to finish, 4* = enjoyed it, 3* = readable but not thrilling, 2* = disappointing, and 1* = hated it.)