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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
I've always loved this one. I love how happy Anne & Gil are, their sweet little home, Anne's growing friendship with Leslie and, of course, Captain Jim. Beautifully written and a lovely, moving complete story.
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
SI Cornélia n'existait pas, ce serait un 5 étoiles
I didn't remember this book very well and couldn't recall how I liked it. Re-reading...I found myself pleasantly surprised by how much this one swept me away!! This "honeymoon" book, as I like to call it, describes the first couple years or so of Anne and Gilbert's marriage. They indeed find their own "house o' dreams" and it is utterly delightful, as one would expect! But apart from Anne and Gilbert (one confession, I never really get a good read on Gilbert's character. So many of Montgomery's other characters are so well drawn, but Gilbert's kind of fluctuates and I don't feel I ever really understand him...except in his love for Anne, of course!), there are so many beautifully realized characters here. Captain Jim and Miss Cornelia and Leslie Moore...I felt a bit like I'd just moved in myself and found myself entranced at meeting so many vivid personalities! There is much beauty and love and joy in this book, but there is also profound tragedy. I appreciate the fact that Montgomery does not try and tell a story where everything is happy all the time, but acknowledges the fact of pain and sorrow and loss. Through these tears the beauty shines through all the more. And as always, Montgomery's descriptive powers rise to the occasion in a grand way. Reading of the billowing trees and the lovely flowers and the salt tang of the sea...I breathe in deep and I almost imagine myself on the shores myself. A truly wonderful book.
This and Anne of the Island are my favorite Anne books I've read so far (1-5)!! Anne goes through a very happy time in her life, but it's also filled with perhaps the saddest thing that happens to Anne so far (yes, it competes with Matthew's death in the first book!)
There is so much to love about this, as there is about all of the Anne books. How lovingly Anne impacts everyone in her life, her friendship with old and young people, the life stories of elders, death and graveyards, finding beauty in nature...such a good, wholesome read.
I really hated Leslie though, and I honestly think Anne shouldn't have been so kind to befriend her as she did.
I loved Captain Jim bc he reminded me so much of my own grandfather! Filled with stories and emotional and gentle and kindhearted and hardworking <3
I listened to the audiobook--I must say that Tara Ward (whose narration I used for books 2,3,4) was a WAY better narrator than Barbara Barnes (who I listened to for this narration). Barnes often pauses as though she's reading it for the first time and all the characters more or less sound the same, whereas Ward has a distinct tone for each of the characters and clearly spent more time preparing. Nevertheless it was good company as I went on walks or did chores :)
There is so much to love about this, as there is about all of the Anne books. How lovingly Anne impacts everyone in her life, her friendship with old and young people, the life stories of elders, death and graveyards, finding beauty in nature...such a good, wholesome read.
I really hated Leslie though, and I honestly think Anne shouldn't have been so kind to befriend her as she did.
Spoiler
she literally put hasad/nazar on Anne and her happiness and her baby!!!! and she admitted to being envious!!! but I guess envy/jealousy/evil eye is not as strong a belief in Anne's culture...if only she knew better. sigh.I loved Captain Jim bc he reminded me so much of my own grandfather! Filled with stories and emotional and gentle and kindhearted and hardworking <3
I listened to the audiobook--I must say that Tara Ward (whose narration I used for books 2,3,4) was a WAY better narrator than Barbara Barnes (who I listened to for this narration). Barnes often pauses as though she's reading it for the first time and all the characters more or less sound the same, whereas Ward has a distinct tone for each of the characters and clearly spent more time preparing. Nevertheless it was good company as I went on walks or did chores :)
medium-paced
Anne's being married doesn't even barf things up. The third Anne movie should never have been made, especially since it just completely skipped this part of her life.
I miss the spark of young Anne but I love this character so much that I cannot help but enjoy this book.
What a joyful, lovely book. Pure comfort reading! It’s also been fun re reading these now that I am a mom, and having had so many life experiences now that I didn’t have when I first read these in elementary school and middle school has completely changed my appreciation for and connection to them. This part is the series is so hopeful and yet filled with such real tragedy, in a way that none of the books have replicated since the first in the series. I definitely think this and the first book are my favorites so far.
Just finished listening to this on the way home from work today. My daughter & I loved it! It's our 2nd favorite Anne book so far, after the original Anne of Green Gables. It has some fabulous new characters along with a few fantastic plot twists. This series is certainly making our commute go a lot faster!