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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars rounded up
I am a huge Shirley Temple fan and LOVED her in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, so when I saw this tour I knew I had to jump on it! Well, besides the characters names Rebecca, and Miranda, nothing from the book made its way to the movie. After the initial shock, I realized that I got to experience a whole new story.
Listening to this classic was very interesting. It was almost as if I was shuttled back in time and in that quaint little town right there with everyone. There were many references to religion and social status that I was more aware of as an adult; even the writing style was so different from what we are used to nowadays (providing an informal history lesson).
Listening to this audiobook was like opening a time capsule buried a hundred years ago! It may be a good audiobook option for those long family car rides or as a bed time story.
Note: if you are like me and listen to audiobooks at 1.25x, beware. It takes a bit getting used too, as the narrator already speaks rather swiftly and increasing the speed made her sound a bit like the Micro-Machine guy. 😉
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Post Hypnotic Press. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
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I loved Rebecca as a child, although I'm not sure I ever read it all the way through. I like it now, too--Rebecca is kind of an L.M.M.-type heroine, although American rather than Canadian.
It's been a trip re-reading as an adult. I'm a little disturbed by how much I related to Rebecca when I was a kid. May elaborate when I'm not on a phone.
3.5 stars. Published before Anne of Green Gables and extremely similar, but damn. I'm American and the American nationalism was straight up annoying to me so people from other countries probably want to stab themselves with an ice pick in a couple of these chapters. That small thing aside, it is a charming, cute little book that actually came off slightly more depressing than Anne of Green Gables. Maybe I just connected more with Anne and had more confidence in her abilities to grow into an amazing woman, but I feel like Rebecca's future is super uncertain at the end of the book and it makes me low key anxious.
Or maybe I just feel like this because I'm reading L.M. Montgomery's "Emily" series at the same time and they're also super similar and also better written, in my opinion.
Or maybe I just feel like this because I'm reading L.M. Montgomery's "Emily" series at the same time and they're also super similar and also better written, in my opinion.
A cute little story with very strong "Anne of Green Gables" vibes.
Remarkably similar to Anne of Green Gables in story, Kate Wiggins published this year's before LM Montgomery published Anne. My only regret is that the story had no visible ending not to mention that Kate Wiggins left the potential romance between Rebecca Randall and Adam Ladd hanging helplessly in the air.
Rating: 3.5 stars
(Listened to as an audiobook)
Sweet, but bore many a resemblance to Anne of Green Gables, and I think I preferred Anne.
(Listened to as an audiobook)
Sweet, but bore many a resemblance to Anne of Green Gables, and I think I preferred Anne.
uhhh I guess this is a product of its time? A lot of questionable lines about skin colour, and it was teetering on the edge of pedo territory every time adam rocked up. Pacing was also a bit off, but that's inevitable when you span the time of 3 Anne of GG books in only one with not nearly the same quality character development.