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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
I feel like each Anne book is becoming more realistic, more "sad" along the way and it´s natural and okay, but it´s harder for me to read it when there are tough stuff going on in lives of characters I love so much. I feel like they are real people, described in such a lovely human-like way. They feel like your friends!
I did not enjoy this book as much as the previous ones, maybe because it´s all about adult stuff and not that much about dreams, and had harder times getting into the plot. Oh, and I miss Green Gables, I miss the old characters and Diana.
But don´t get me wrong, I still love Anne, I absolutely adore this series and it´s one of my most favorite books of all the time. It´s just the melancholy, the growing and being an adult, that made me a bit "sad".
I did not enjoy this book as much as the previous ones, maybe because it´s all about adult stuff and not that much about dreams, and had harder times getting into the plot. Oh, and I miss Green Gables, I miss the old characters and Diana.
But don´t get me wrong, I still love Anne, I absolutely adore this series and it´s one of my most favorite books of all the time. It´s just the melancholy, the growing and being an adult, that made me a bit "sad".
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I adore this book. You see Anne and Gilbert's relationship grow and mature. And the side characters are delightful. There are 2 spots that always make me tear up. It broke my heart as much as Anne's when they decide to move to a bigger house.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Really enjoyed this one better than the last one.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death
Anne's House of Dreams is the fifth book in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding at Green Gables, and chronicles the first few years of their lives together through happiness and hardship.
Despite the fact that Anne and Gilbert finally seem to get their happy ending in Anne's House of Dreams, some of the magic of the earlier books is lost in this novel. I can't really put my finger on any one thing and say, "that's it - that's where it went wrong," but something is definitely missing.
Anne, of course, is still Anne - a young woman with a enviable zest for life, who seems to touch the lives of everyone around her - but one thing has changed: she's forsaken her creative dreams for a set of different dreams. It was a switch from the Anne I've come to know and love, and I didn't really care for it. Montgomery has also created another fabulously eccentric cast of characters, but they don't seem as well-drawn as past characters.
Thankfully Montgomery's writing is still beautiful. She was a master of descriptive and lyrical fiction:
Although it is not my favorite, Anne's House of Dreams is still worth reading. This novel has lost a little of the "feel" of the earlier books, but still makes a good addition to Anne's story.
Despite the fact that Anne and Gilbert finally seem to get their happy ending in Anne's House of Dreams, some of the magic of the earlier books is lost in this novel. I can't really put my finger on any one thing and say, "that's it - that's where it went wrong," but something is definitely missing.
Anne, of course, is still Anne - a young woman with a enviable zest for life, who seems to touch the lives of everyone around her - but one thing has changed: she's forsaken her creative dreams for a set of different dreams. It was a switch from the Anne I've come to know and love, and I didn't really care for it. Montgomery has also created another fabulously eccentric cast of characters, but they don't seem as well-drawn as past characters.
Thankfully Montgomery's writing is still beautiful. She was a master of descriptive and lyrical fiction:
"The garret was a shadowy, suggestive, delightful place, as all garrets should be. Through the open window, by which Anne sat, blew the sweet, scented, sun-warm air of the August afternoon; outside, poplar boughs rustled and tossed in the wind; beyond them were the woods, where Lover's Lane wound it's enchanted path, and the old apple orchard, which still bore it's rosy harvests munificently."Can't you just picture it? The one thing that remains wonderful about this series is Montgomery's wonderful style of writing.
Although it is not my favorite, Anne's House of Dreams is still worth reading. This novel has lost a little of the "feel" of the earlier books, but still makes a good addition to Anne's story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No