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weksla's review against another edition
3.0
Książka, która czytałam w sylwestra o czwartej nad ranem. Sympatyczna, aczkolwiek niezbyt angażująca. Spodziewałam się przyjemnej lektury bez zobowiązań, coś w rodzaju "Błękitnego zamku" i troszeczkę się zawiodłam. Nie jest to zła książka - ot, średniak. Do kwestii formalnych po miesiącu od przeczytania nie mam jakichś wielkich zastrzeżeń, ale chyba dodatkowe sto stron nie zaszkodziłoby tej powieści.
crownoflaurel's review
4.0
Montgomery really was a wonder at writing about huge families, and even though there's just so many characters in this book, each one has their own story and personality. Some archetypes that may be familiar from her other stories, but still plenty of ill-fated lovers and happy endings to go around. A delight, up until that very last sentence. Gee thanks, casual racism.
elevetha's review
3.0
Montgomery has such a way with words, from scathing snarky comments to glorious prose about nature. And it's often a joy to read, though I did have a few struggles with this one, despite liking it a fair bit.
Firstly, it reads a bit differently. We basically bounce around in narration from character to character to character to character to character. At the beginning, sometimes it's just a sentence about one character only to have the next five sentences about 5 OTHER characters. There's a lot of names being thrown around and honestly, it was hard to keep track of who was who, unless they were one of the main...10?? For all that it bounced around though, you did feel like it was a complete story in the end.
I had to roll my eyes at so many people here. So many of them were so stupid, and all regarding love. It was slightly frustrating because it was almost hard to believe any of them really in love, they were so fickle or dumb about it. Which made it hard to root for anybody. Most especially Gay I would have liked to bop over the head. Probably Hugh and Jocelyn I most rooted for, and even they to some degree needed a head bopping.
I expected so much more from the stupid jug. I mean, the more it went, the more I knew nothing would come of it, but still, I was promised things, and it was pretty duddy.
Also, dear heavens, I would like to see a family tree for these two families because good grief. Is the whole damn island just these two families intermarrying???? (I know it's not, but it sure seems like it )
But all that being said, it was really genuinely a pleasure to read. Qualms aside, it mostly worked and Montgomery's writing is just so
Firstly, it reads a bit differently. We basically bounce around in narration from character to character to character to character to character. At the beginning, sometimes it's just a sentence about one character only to have the next five sentences about 5 OTHER characters. There's a lot of names being thrown around and honestly, it was hard to keep track of who was who, unless they were one of the main...10?? For all that it bounced around though, you did feel like it was a complete story in the end.
I had to roll my eyes at so many people here. So many of them were so stupid, and all regarding love. It was slightly frustrating because it was almost hard to believe any of them really in love, they were so fickle or dumb about it. Which made it hard to root for anybody. Most especially Gay I would have liked to bop over the head. Probably Hugh and Jocelyn I most rooted for, and even they to some degree needed a head bopping.
I expected so much more from the stupid jug. I mean, the more it went, the more I knew nothing would come of it, but still, I was promised things, and it was pretty duddy.
Also, dear heavens, I would like to see a family tree for these two families because good grief. Is the whole damn island just these two families intermarrying???? (I know it's not, but it sure seems like it )
But all that being said, it was really genuinely a pleasure to read. Qualms aside, it mostly worked and Montgomery's writing is just so
libmiko's review
3.0
I would have liked it better if it hadn't ended in a racial slur. A product of the times, I'm sure, but ouch.
lora_dolly's review against another edition
3.0
For a book with so many main characters I thought it would be much harder to follow along, but I found that nearly all of the characters were so distinct that it was easy to follow the "web" of character changes nearly flawlessly.
katherineep's review
4.0
A somewhat more mature and action oriented book than Montgomery's other books. One of her few that aren't centered around a child character.
Full review: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-tangled-web-by-lm-montgomery-review.html
Full review: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-tangled-web-by-lm-montgomery-review.html
katekat's review
3.0
L.M. Montgomery is a long time and all time favorite author of mine. She writes the perfect girls story with just the right mix of adventure, drama and happiness. I find her books a comfort to read and have re-read most of her works many times over the years. They are classics for a reason and that reason is they are great. These are true comfort books for me and books I enjoy re-reading again and again.
kc1005us's review
2.0
So incredibly slow, reading about every. single. person. in the story. The story line just did not flow freely in many places. It was ok.
marogers18's review against another edition
3.0
Ohhhh Montgomery why?! This was a solid 4 stars until the very last lines