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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
Good book. I just watched its series, an old one, and I think the girl from the series are dang annoying. Haha.
I enjoyed the book but I don't know if I'm going to continue it. Sure Anne Shirley's such an innocent girl but I think she's much too care about herself.
Good one.
I enjoyed the book but I don't know if I'm going to continue it. Sure Anne Shirley's such an innocent girl but I think she's much too care about herself.
Good one.
[8/166]
Oh, Anne... oh, Anne.
Much like the characters of Avonlea, I was enraptured by Anne and her page-long speeches, brimming with personality and flair. Precociousness finds few better outlets than in Anne Cuthbert. Few slice-of-life stories this side of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women are told so tenderly, and while Anne of Green Gables is definitely a story with far lower stakes, both are the kinds of story I'd want my daughter to read.
We'd have to have chats on religion afterwards, of course, because Anne has to Shut Up Like A Good Christian Girl, Occasionally, and the standards for Good Behaviour (tm) are unmistakably dated (man you can tell this book is old but it's fortunately free of those moments in old books that make you suck in your breath and whisper "different time different time" to yourself over and over again), but Anne and the world around her are so colorful and wonderful that she does transcend her age.
It was also wonderful to read incidents within and realize, with a start, that they seemed familiar due to the times I'd read the book as a child. This may be one of the few stories I like as much now as I did then. The writing ages gracefully.
I smiled the whole time I read it.
Oh, Anne... oh, Anne.
Much like the characters of Avonlea, I was enraptured by Anne and her page-long speeches, brimming with personality and flair. Precociousness finds few better outlets than in Anne Cuthbert. Few slice-of-life stories this side of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women are told so tenderly, and while Anne of Green Gables is definitely a story with far lower stakes, both are the kinds of story I'd want my daughter to read.
We'd have to have chats on religion afterwards, of course, because Anne has to Shut Up Like A Good Christian Girl, Occasionally, and the standards for Good Behaviour (tm) are unmistakably dated (man you can tell this book is old but it's fortunately free of those moments in old books that make you suck in your breath and whisper "different time different time" to yourself over and over again), but Anne and the world around her are so colorful and wonderful that she does transcend her age.
It was also wonderful to read incidents within and realize, with a start, that they seemed familiar due to the times I'd read the book as a child. This may be one of the few stories I like as much now as I did then. The writing ages gracefully.
I smiled the whole time I read it.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
I know it’s a classic, and I know it’s for younger readers, but I genuinely loved this book. The writing, especially about nature, is so evocative and prose-like that it’s almost biblical. Anne is an absolutely wonderful character to follow, and the people around her fill out the quiet village she lives in. There were lines in this that genuinely gave me chills (the good kind) from how much they resonated with me - the first time I’ve had that since Annie Dillard’s ‘Pilgrim at Tinker’s Creek’ (which seems to owe something to this book).
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Yes
A sweet, wholesome book based in a much simpler time.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, Abandonment
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated