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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.0 Stars.
Another audiobook I enjoyed while working in a New Zealand backpackers. I once again really adored the new characters we got to meet (and dearly missed some of the previous books!), but the stories and snippets of Anne’s life we got to read about (or in my case listen to) were not all too captivating. Especially the huge time jumps throughout the book really irked me somehow. Also, lots of the themes and topics of the books begin to get really repetitive - there is always a complicated love story that turns out good in the end, always the death of a loved one. And I just don’t enjoy grownup wife and mother Anne as I enjoyed young, adventurous, spirited Anne. So, I guess all books from this point on are probably less likely to entertain me. Still cherish Anne of Green Gables above all!
Another audiobook I enjoyed while working in a New Zealand backpackers. I once again really adored the new characters we got to meet (and dearly missed some of the previous books!), but the stories and snippets of Anne’s life we got to read about (or in my case listen to) were not all too captivating. Especially the huge time jumps throughout the book really irked me somehow. Also, lots of the themes and topics of the books begin to get really repetitive - there is always a complicated love story that turns out good in the end, always the death of a loved one. And I just don’t enjoy grownup wife and mother Anne as I enjoyed young, adventurous, spirited Anne. So, I guess all books from this point on are probably less likely to entertain me. Still cherish Anne of Green Gables above all!
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
relaxing
sad
slow-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
Definitely a slower paced novel, very reflective but still enjoyable. Shows a very important part of Anne's life in her first home with her husband.
Content Warnings
Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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:
No
This book is a masterclass in showing but not telling. I listen to this series in audiobook format instead of reading it, and I almost missed the ques that Anne was having a baby the first time because they are so subtle. As a book series that is aimed at young adults, I could see that if I was an actual young adult I would have probably missed them completely. But I digress...
We meet an entirely new cast of characters in this book, as Anne moves with Gilbert away from Avonlea. While I miss the characters I've come to love, I did really enjoy this new cast. They were lovely in all of the right ways and gave this book a very "authentic Anne" feel. The most upsetting part was that by the end of the book most of the new characters are leaving Four Winds, so I'm not sure how the next book will go.
As I'm now 5 books in, the thing that I find the most interesting about Montgomery's books is the writing. Montgomery goes into painstaking detail about the sunsets, or the way a bloom on a tree dances in the wind. She gives play-by-plays of basic conversations about pie between Anne and characters we never see again. But, the big things in Anne's life (her relationship with Gilbert, having her babies, etc) she just hints at. These are the things I long for more of, but I know I simply will not get it at this point. These books aren't about romance or motherhood. They are about Anne finding her way and the relationships she builds as she grows. But man, I think more about Anne and Gilbert sure would be interesting.
We meet an entirely new cast of characters in this book, as Anne moves with Gilbert away from Avonlea. While I miss the characters I've come to love, I did really enjoy this new cast. They were lovely in all of the right ways and gave this book a very "authentic Anne" feel. The most upsetting part was that by the end of the book most of the new characters are leaving Four Winds, so I'm not sure how the next book will go.
As I'm now 5 books in, the thing that I find the most interesting about Montgomery's books is the writing. Montgomery goes into painstaking detail about the sunsets, or the way a bloom on a tree dances in the wind. She gives play-by-plays of basic conversations about pie between Anne and characters we never see again. But, the big things in Anne's life (her relationship with Gilbert, having her babies, etc) she just hints at. These are the things I long for more of, but I know I simply will not get it at this point. These books aren't about romance or motherhood. They are about Anne finding her way and the relationships she builds as she grows. But man, I think more about Anne and Gilbert sure would be interesting.
Though it has some fun new characters, this book has Anne entering motherhood and focuses a lot on family life and matchmaking. Not my cup of tea.
While I enjoy Anne's (mis)adventures(?) but the focus slowly goes away from Anne. Nice while it lasted, but it seems like Anne, growing up, her fancies slowly grew dim as well.
I'm slowly enjoying less and less of the series as it goes on...
I'm slowly enjoying less and less of the series as it goes on...
Strange how nature looks out for us, ain't it, and lets us know what we should know when the time comes?
But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great, unshareable sorrow, which shuts it up into itself for all eternity. We can never pierce its infinite mystery, only wander, awed and spellbound, on the outer fringe of it.
Probably the saddest book so far. It started out happily as Gilbert and Anne lived in their house of dreams and we got to meet some incredible, layered and complex characters (Leslie, Captain Jim, Miss Cornelia), while exploring the new home of our beloved characters.
And then all of a sudden Anne felt true, real, raw, adult sorrow. When Matthew died she was still young and she suffered but this pain was all new, all too powerful. And even though Montgomery does such great job both in announcing the pregnancy and informing us that all is over, it still hurts us so much. Because the images are vivid, almost cruel in their reality.
But there was something in the smile that had never been in Anne's smile before and would never be absent from it again.
It's a sentence that split my heart in tiny pieces. It's simple, it's nothing original, but WE KNOW Anne's smile. That's why these words haunt us.
But life goes on and Anne will find happiness again. With Gilbert, with James, with all the people she loves. Yes, Green Gables is still absent and I'm not too happy about but it, but this novel was different from the other cause it took us deeply into the new scenery, the new characters and turning of events.
And since adulthood immediately meant change and sorrow, we leave Anne's House of Dreams. They move home, full of heartbreak and I'm not ashamed to say I felt a pang in my heart, similar to when Anne left Green Gables. We're going forward and it's natural but also sad. Life just revolves and surprises and we surely cannot stop it.
Anne of Ingleside is next and I'm afraid. Anne is gonna be gone soon and I don't want to. I dread the moment I'll never be able to read new stories and thoughts and new characters.
But as in every Anne novel, we must deal with it and smile.
But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great, unshareable sorrow, which shuts it up into itself for all eternity. We can never pierce its infinite mystery, only wander, awed and spellbound, on the outer fringe of it.
Probably the saddest book so far. It started out happily as Gilbert and Anne lived in their house of dreams and we got to meet some incredible, layered and complex characters (Leslie, Captain Jim, Miss Cornelia), while exploring the new home of our beloved characters.
And then all of a sudden Anne felt true, real, raw, adult sorrow. When Matthew died she was still young and she suffered but this pain was all new, all too powerful. And even though Montgomery does such great job both in announcing the pregnancy and informing us that all is over, it still hurts us so much. Because the images are vivid, almost cruel in their reality.
But there was something in the smile that had never been in Anne's smile before and would never be absent from it again.
It's a sentence that split my heart in tiny pieces. It's simple, it's nothing original, but WE KNOW Anne's smile. That's why these words haunt us.
But life goes on and Anne will find happiness again. With Gilbert, with James, with all the people she loves. Yes, Green Gables is still absent and I'm not too happy about but it, but this novel was different from the other cause it took us deeply into the new scenery, the new characters and turning of events.
And since adulthood immediately meant change and sorrow, we leave Anne's House of Dreams. They move home, full of heartbreak and I'm not ashamed to say I felt a pang in my heart, similar to when Anne left Green Gables. We're going forward and it's natural but also sad. Life just revolves and surprises and we surely cannot stop it.
Anne of Ingleside is next and I'm afraid. Anne is gonna be gone soon and I don't want to. I dread the moment I'll never be able to read new stories and thoughts and new characters.
But as in every Anne novel, we must deal with it and smile.