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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
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
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Anne’s House of Dreams begins with Anne’s happily-ever-after. This book is one of the many reasons that I still love this series. It seems like so many good romances end with engagement or a wedding. In this book, we actually get to see Anne move and adjust to married life. She misses Avonlea and her friends there but embraces her new life as well.
There are new characters again who become beloved parts of the Anne story. Captain Jim, Leslie, and Miss Cornelia among others. Anne deals with sorrow in this book and something is “added to her smile that was never there before, but it was never without after.” We get to see how Anne’s own experience with sadness enables her to relate to others pain, without so much imagination needed to fill the gap.
It’s been a fun week of reading about Anne. It’s wonderful to come back to a childhood favorite and find that I still love it. I think one of my favorite things about re-reading this series is how well Anne illustrates the way awesome people come in and out of our lives. There are different seasons, and some dear friends are present through all of them, but many friends are only there for a season. It is good to watch Anne embrace the people and places of each season, and miss them when she moves on, but embrace the next place and set of people as well.
There are new characters again who become beloved parts of the Anne story. Captain Jim, Leslie, and Miss Cornelia among others. Anne deals with sorrow in this book and something is “added to her smile that was never there before, but it was never without after.” We get to see how Anne’s own experience with sadness enables her to relate to others pain, without so much imagination needed to fill the gap.
It’s been a fun week of reading about Anne. It’s wonderful to come back to a childhood favorite and find that I still love it. I think one of my favorite things about re-reading this series is how well Anne illustrates the way awesome people come in and out of our lives. There are different seasons, and some dear friends are present through all of them, but many friends are only there for a season. It is good to watch Anne embrace the people and places of each season, and miss them when she moves on, but embrace the next place and set of people as well.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is in of my favourites in the Anne of Green Gables series so far. The characters are lovable, the writing is beautiful and more than the previous books, it deals with loss and grief. Great novel!
Anne ❤️❤️❤️. I’ve spent so much of my daily rituals with Anne, have been falling asleep with her for months - she now is one of my closest friends. At the same time, this has been the first character I’ve ever read about that thought and felt like I think and feel. Montgomery’s storytelling in this novel is also one of my favourites with compelling plots. She doesn’t sugarcoat life, she just writes about someone who challenges life with pure optimism. In another book Anne said, ‘shouldn’t you also be prepared for the best as that might happen too’. Anne’s never afraid to live. What a magnificent woman!!!!
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Anne's House of Dreams" was among my favourites of the Anne books. Montgomery gives the reader all the satisfaction of Gilbert and Anne finally building their life together after four books of building it up and waiting. Anne is still quirky Anne but suffers tragedy as well, which gives her character a little more depth.
I was particularly drawn to the setting and symbolism of the lighthouse. The sea is such an interesting setting to me. It invokes adventure, the ebb and flow of life, stagnancy as the water freezes over in winter, the lighthouse bringing lost souls home. I also LOVED Captain Jim. I wasn't a huge fan of a lot of the secondary characters in "Anne of the Island" and "Anne of Windy Poplars," but Montgomery really created a secondary character here that you can't help but fall in love with.
One thing I didn't like about the book, however, was how self-deprecating Anne was about the prospect of writing Captain Jim's Life-book. She immediately flitted away her writing as the stuff of fairytales and immediately didn't think she was capable. I would have much preferred seeing Anne write the Life-book than some stranger from out of town who didn't really know Captain Jim at all.
I hope to see Anne get back into her writing in the upcoming books and see that confidence in her that is so prevalent in her schoolgirl days.
I was particularly drawn to the setting and symbolism of the lighthouse. The sea is such an interesting setting to me. It invokes adventure, the ebb and flow of life, stagnancy as the water freezes over in winter, the lighthouse bringing lost souls home. I also LOVED Captain Jim. I wasn't a huge fan of a lot of the secondary characters in "Anne of the Island" and "Anne of Windy Poplars," but Montgomery really created a secondary character here that you can't help but fall in love with.
One thing I didn't like about the book, however, was how self-deprecating Anne was about the prospect of writing Captain Jim's Life-book. She immediately flitted away her writing as the stuff of fairytales and immediately didn't think she was capable. I would have much preferred seeing Anne write the Life-book than some stranger from out of town who didn't really know Captain Jim at all.
I hope to see Anne get back into her writing in the upcoming books and see that confidence in her that is so prevalent in her schoolgirl days.
Wir dürfen Anne weiterhin begleiten und ich bin immer noch fasziniert. Ich liebe diese Reihe wirklich sehr!
Ich glaube es ist eines meiner liebsten Bücher aus der Reihe.
Ich glaube es ist eines meiner liebsten Bücher aus der Reihe.