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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Give this girl a break, let her write her stories!!!
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had always heard that you were either a fan of Anne or a fan of Emily. After having read countless short stories and her other books, I wasn't sure that Montgomery could write a character so different that I wouldn't adore her. She apparently can. I like Emily but it seems to me that the tone and type of story this is, is quite different. If I'd read this when I was younger, before I'd read all the theory and the biographies and how Emily fits into Montgomery's canon, I might have had space for Emily. As it was, her story is slower, quieter; I kept waiting for those moments like a slate breaking, a boat sinking, jumping on someone sleeping in a spare room. Don't get me wrong, Emily has plenty of moments. But they are more...melodramatic than Anne's. And fewer in between. Montgomery is at her best in her natural descriptions in this book and Emily's inner life is described much more vividly than Anne's which is saying something. However, Anne always seems approachable in her daydreaming. Emily has been driven to this fate of poetess from the start and come hell or high water, she'll get there. The entire last chapter is her teacher ripping apart her world and then telling her for ten good lines, she can be great and so she's on that path for good now. Emily is burdened by destiny and it's only the first book. I knew where Anne was going and wanted to see how she'd get there. I fear I know where Emily's story is leading and I'm not sure I'm up for that much drama ahead with so little light. Maybe that it is it; Emily's story is so much darker than Anne's. As a kid, I would have reveled in that sort of melancholy destiny storyline. Being older, I think I will stick with Anne.
I never read any LM Montgomery as a child. I read her Anne books in my early twenties and loved them, and then I was inspired to pick this up when it was referenced in Russian Doll. It was so lovely! I loved the mixture of narrative and Emily's letters of her father. She's such a wonderful character, and the house at New Moon and the family are so beautifully drawn. Extremely enjoyable.
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
Oh Emily! She is such a delight. The prose I loved so much in the early Anne books is back in this one. I was transported and transfixed. I love everything about it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing