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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I think this will end up being my favorite book of the series! Montgomery did such a great job of weaving the romance and heartbreak of existence together. It's a book that sparkles with life and I found myself laughing and crying at so many instances. Especially to be remembered are chapter 19 and chapter 39! And the twist with Dick Moore
The fifth book of Anne of Green Gables series follows Anne’s story during her first years of marriage to Gilbert Blythe. after marriage, Gilbert rents a house in Prince Edward Island, so he can be close to his uncle, how is a doctor himself and wants to turn over his practice to his nephew. As usual, Anne makes friends as quickly as we all know. One of her fast friends, Leslie, is tough and doesn’t want to be friends with Anne at first place. But, with Anne’s wisdom and patience, they get along eventually. But then, things start to get bad. I won’t spoil it, but it’s tragic and Anne will never be the same again. She will always have a pain in her heart. The most good thing for Anne is that, at the end, she has a baby.
I was impressed by the way the writer handled Leslie’s family predicament problem. I also liked Owen and Cornelia a lot. Although I must say that Marilla and Diana bearly appears at all.
I was impressed by the way the writer handled Leslie’s family predicament problem. I also liked Owen and Cornelia a lot. Although I must say that Marilla and Diana bearly appears at all.
3.75
1.) [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615094578l/8127._SY75_.jpg|3464264]:✡✡✡✡✡
2.) [b:Anne of Avonlea|77390|Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1305545757l/77390._SY75_.jpg|63845]: ✡✡✡✡
3.) [b:Anne of the Island|77392|Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1435829564l/77392._SY75_.jpg|535245]: ✡✡✡✡✡
4.) [b:Anne of Windy Poplars|65840|Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348613064l/65840._SY75_.jpg|2946564]: ✡✡✡✡
5.) [b:Anne's House of Dreams|77394|Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442471048l/77394._SY75_.jpg|1133797]: ✡✡✡✡
This is the worst in the series so far. It is still a 4 star so it is still amazing. This also has the exact same CAWPILE Rating as Anne of Windy Poplars so.....
1.) [b:Anne of Green Gables|8127|Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615094578l/8127._SY75_.jpg|3464264]:✡✡✡✡✡
2.) [b:Anne of Avonlea|77390|Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1305545757l/77390._SY75_.jpg|63845]: ✡✡✡✡
3.) [b:Anne of the Island|77392|Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1435829564l/77392._SY75_.jpg|535245]: ✡✡✡✡✡
4.) [b:Anne of Windy Poplars|65840|Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348613064l/65840._SY75_.jpg|2946564]: ✡✡✡✡
5.) [b:Anne's House of Dreams|77394|Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)|L.M. Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442471048l/77394._SY75_.jpg|1133797]: ✡✡✡✡
This is the worst in the series so far. It is still a 4 star so it is still amazing. This also has the exact same CAWPILE Rating as Anne of Windy Poplars so.....
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-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
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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:
Complicated
Ahh. She’s half lost me. I still love Anne, but I’m not quite able to relate to this child-bearing adult. I also feel like Montgomery may have gotten more religious as she aged and this work shows it. No longer does Anne use the term “kindred spirit” but instead it’s replaced with “the race that knows Joseph” and that just hurt my heart a little too much.
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
slow-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
lighthearted
The Anne series continues to be a favorite of mine that I reread every few years or so (except for "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley", which are too full of small children to be much to my taste). However, maybe it's because I'm reading it through a modern lens (which is the only kind I have), but parts of LMM's works have really started to grate on me in recent years.
For instance, the subplot of Leslie and Dick Moore. If divorce weren't such a completely unthinkable thing in LMM's time and place, Leslie could have easily avoided more than a decade of servitude by simply divorcing Dick while he was away at sea. (Of course, she probably wouldn't have allowed herself to be coerced into an abusive marriage in the first place had she been a more modern woman, but I digress.) Did everyone in a bad marriage really have to be a martyr and stick with their awful spouse for life? Obviously not, since there are several estranged couples in LMM's works who, while they didn't get divorced, certainly went their separate ways, sometimes for years (e.g., Jane's parents in "Jane of Lantern Hill" and the Harrisons in "Anne of Avonlea"). LMM's estranged couples are probably somewhat unusual in that they actually reunited, but LMM was writing for children, so the desire for happy endings makes sense. I also wonder how much influence LMM's own bad marriage had on her fictional couples.
That said, I still enjoy how Leslie's story comes out, dubious medical procedure aside.
The supporting characters range from flat (Gilbert) to alive (Miss Cornelia). I read in a book about LMM once that she deliberately made Gilbert something of a blank slate so that her readers could project their own desired qualities on him, but it makes it hard to understand why Anne loves him so much. And Anne herself seems to have lost a lot of the spirit and whimsy that defined her before her marriage.
So I knocked off a star for these issues, but for all that, I do still reread it every now and then. LMM does have a knack for telling good stories, even if she had a tendency to recycle some of them. (For example, one of her short stories featured an "Uncle Jim" who was basically the same character as Captain Jim -- in fact, she even refers to him as "Uncle Jim" in one place in this book; I assume that she copied the text verbatim and missed that one when changing them, since global search-and-replace didn't exist back then.)
For instance, the subplot of Leslie and Dick Moore. If divorce weren't such a completely unthinkable thing in LMM's time and place, Leslie could have easily avoided more than a decade of servitude by simply divorcing Dick while he was away at sea. (Of course, she probably wouldn't have allowed herself to be coerced into an abusive marriage in the first place had she been a more modern woman, but I digress.) Did everyone in a bad marriage really have to be a martyr and stick with their awful spouse for life? Obviously not, since there are several estranged couples in LMM's works who, while they didn't get divorced, certainly went their separate ways, sometimes for years (e.g., Jane's parents in "Jane of Lantern Hill" and the Harrisons in "Anne of Avonlea"). LMM's estranged couples are probably somewhat unusual in that they actually reunited, but LMM was writing for children, so the desire for happy endings makes sense. I also wonder how much influence LMM's own bad marriage had on her fictional couples.
That said, I still enjoy how Leslie's story comes out, dubious medical procedure aside.
The supporting characters range from flat (Gilbert) to alive (Miss Cornelia). I read in a book about LMM once that she deliberately made Gilbert something of a blank slate so that her readers could project their own desired qualities on him, but it makes it hard to understand why Anne loves him so much. And Anne herself seems to have lost a lot of the spirit and whimsy that defined her before her marriage.
So I knocked off a star for these issues, but for all that, I do still reread it every now and then. LMM does have a knack for telling good stories, even if she had a tendency to recycle some of them. (For example, one of her short stories featured an "Uncle Jim" who was basically the same character as Captain Jim -- in fact, she even refers to him as "Uncle Jim" in one place in this book; I assume that she copied the text verbatim and missed that one when changing them, since global search-and-replace didn't exist back then.)