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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
"isn't that like a man?!" 4.5 stars to this FAB fifth book in anne's story. it's incredible how my enjoyment of these books vary so much.
Re-reading 2020
Oh... the surprises are not that surprising any longer, but still as emotional. I cried.
I had forgotten half of them. Oddly enough. :-D I have read this several times, and I don't usually forget what I read :-D
Everyone wanting to marry is irritating, though. I have been only recently wondering if these books shouldn't be called romance novels after all.
I don't think Dick and Leslie's marriage was ever consummated... she got pregnant soon enough with her second husband. But maybe Maud entertained the idea of that when you don't want to be married to someone, you won't get pregnant either. A child would have complicated things, though. But it would have made good literature. Maybe she couldn't handle it. Maybe she didn't want to handle it. Maybe we couldn't have ignored that he probably raped her every damned night. (But, that's so ugly. Let's not spoil the effect, and let's assume he was just unpleasant to her, and occasionally hit her, or something. *sigh*)
Oh... the surprises are not that surprising any longer, but still as emotional. I cried.
I had forgotten half of them. Oddly enough. :-D I have read this several times, and I don't usually forget what I read :-D
Everyone wanting to marry is irritating, though. I have been only recently wondering if these books shouldn't be called romance novels after all.
I don't think Dick and Leslie's marriage was ever consummated... she got pregnant soon enough with her second husband. But maybe Maud entertained the idea of that when you don't want to be married to someone, you won't get pregnant either. A child would have complicated things, though. But it would have made good literature. Maybe she couldn't handle it. Maybe she didn't want to handle it. Maybe we couldn't have ignored that he probably raped her every damned night. (But, that's so ugly. Let's not spoil the effect, and let's assume he was just unpleasant to her, and occasionally hit her, or something. *sigh*)
I enjoyed reading this one, the characters introduced were interesting, captain Jim was so sweet, and Leslie story gave me hope, it has some good quotes, but I thought it was kind of out of character for anne to just stop working and investing in her carreer because she married Gilbert, as if his carreer was more important than hers. I also missed seeing their life as a married couple, we berrely see the two of them alone. I also was completly sure that when Cornelia said she was getting married it was with Captain Jim.
I laughed and cried reading it, and am happy that the series recovered after Anne Of Windy Poplars. Not that Anne of windy poplars its a bad book, but I thought it was a little boring.
I laughed and cried reading it, and am happy that the series recovered after Anne Of Windy Poplars. Not that Anne of windy poplars its a bad book, but I thought it was a little boring.
Had trouble adjusting to married Anne. Still loved her. Won me over in the end :D
The second half took it from 3 stars to 4. I miss the mischievous Anne.
I quite liked this book! There was so much development between the characters and we got to see a lot more of Anne and Gilbert's life. There were so many joyous and sorrowful moments. I'm glad I have continued on with the series, that is for sure.
I suddenly see things that I've never noticed when I was 12.
What happened here? Who is this person and why is she so different to the Anne I loved? Anne Shirley was a strong woman, she was always striving for a success, first at school, then working hard to be able to go to the university and finish it as one of the best students and finally to be a head teacher. And now suddenly she's just "Doctor Blythe's wife". Happy housewife. I don't know but I always saw her as a feminist, but now it looks like she believes that women exist only to be mothers...
And... I loved the new characters but what happened to the old squad? Her best friend forever Diana (that I don't think has been mentioned once), Marilla (okay, she appeared for a short second), twins or her friends from University? I feel like every time Anne starts new chapter in her life she immediately forgets about people that were once very important to her.
What happened here? Who is this person and why is she so different to the Anne I loved? Anne Shirley was a strong woman, she was always striving for a success, first at school, then working hard to be able to go to the university and finish it as one of the best students and finally to be a head teacher. And now suddenly she's just "Doctor Blythe's wife". Happy housewife. I don't know but I always saw her as a feminist, but now it looks like she believes that women exist only to be mothers...
And... I loved the new characters but what happened to the old squad? Her best friend forever Diana (that I don't think has been mentioned once), Marilla (okay, she appeared for a short second), twins or her friends from University? I feel like every time Anne starts new chapter in her life she immediately forgets about people that were once very important to her.
I'm always slightly afraid when I re-read my favorite stories (especially ones that I read when I was a child) that they will lose their magic and I will no longer love them. But the Anne books have had no such fate and I love them just as much as ever. Re-reading this one has been a real treat.
A much more tragic tale than usual in this series, but still full of wonder and joy, with a mixutre of sorrow
First off, I LOVED captain Jim! I was seriously impressed with his character, and how life-like the author was able to depict him. He just jumps off the page with charm and authenticity. He stole the show for me.
This book deals with Anne’s first years of marriage and life in a new town, Four Winds, where she meets many interesting individuals and neighbours. Leslie Moore is particularly fascinating with a mysterious and tragic past. I’m happy everything worked out for her in the end, but the rather convenient string of coincidences are a little far fetched.
I’ve noticed a pattern with these Anne stories. The author is a genius for concocting tragic and realistic family situations, but things always somehow “magically” work out for the absolute best in the end. Not in every little case, but always in the overall conflicts which make up the main story. It’s all sunshine and roses by the end, usually due to coincidence instead of any real grit and struggle by the characters involved. Which to me, is just too good to be true or authentic. It gives her stories an element of fairytale instead of realism which takes away from the experience.
Everyone loves a happy ending, but not when it’s just too easy. The stars align instead of the characters having to go through personal growth or changes to make them stronger.
I enjoyed this book, but am starting to tire of the convenient happy endings.
This book deals with Anne’s first years of marriage and life in a new town, Four Winds, where she meets many interesting individuals and neighbours. Leslie Moore is particularly fascinating with a mysterious and tragic past. I’m happy everything worked out for her in the end, but the rather convenient string of coincidences are a little far fetched.
I’ve noticed a pattern with these Anne stories. The author is a genius for concocting tragic and realistic family situations, but things always somehow “magically” work out for the absolute best in the end. Not in every little case, but always in the overall conflicts which make up the main story. It’s all sunshine and roses by the end, usually due to coincidence instead of any real grit and struggle by the characters involved. Which to me, is just too good to be true or authentic. It gives her stories an element of fairytale instead of realism which takes away from the experience.
Everyone loves a happy ending, but not when it’s just too easy. The stars align instead of the characters having to go through personal growth or changes to make them stronger.
I enjoyed this book, but am starting to tire of the convenient happy endings.