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A review by molseyanna
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
2.0
I love Anne of Green Gables. I enjoy some of the sequels as well. However, the Blythe Kids stories have never held my interest. So by the time I got to Rainbow Valley (this book's predecessor), I gave up halfway in and just went back to AOGG again.
Still, over time I'd heard good things about this book, and decided to finally give it a chance.
Rilla Of Ingleside is a bit of a dark book, and no wonder -- it covers the World War I years -- but I'd already been spoiled about He Who Dies, so got through that. I really enjoyed reading about the War from the perspective of those who lived through it, getting their news from the newspapers and via telephone, if possible. It was like nothing I'd read before.
Montgomery weaves in a good number of side stories that add both humor and poignancy to this otherwise would-be dreary tale. Anne has been relegated to an ancillary character, but when we do get moments with her, they're sweet.
Then -- BAM. Three chapters from the end, I was already recommending this book to a friend, and then -- LMM put something in one of those last chapters that made me so upset, I went back to my friend and UNrecommended the book. (Lesson learned, I guess. Finish books before you recommend them.)
Spoiler: No one is safe in this book, not even animals. GOOD GRIEF, Maud. What a way to go out.
Still, over time I'd heard good things about this book, and decided to finally give it a chance.
Rilla Of Ingleside is a bit of a dark book, and no wonder -- it covers the World War I years -- but I'd already been spoiled about He Who Dies, so got through that. I really enjoyed reading about the War from the perspective of those who lived through it, getting their news from the newspapers and via telephone, if possible. It was like nothing I'd read before.
Montgomery weaves in a good number of side stories that add both humor and poignancy to this otherwise would-be dreary tale. Anne has been relegated to an ancillary character, but when we do get moments with her, they're sweet.
Then -- BAM. Three chapters from the end, I was already recommending this book to a friend, and then -- LMM put something in one of those last chapters that made me so upset, I went back to my friend and UNrecommended the book. (Lesson learned, I guess. Finish books before you recommend them.)
Spoiler: No one is safe in this book, not even animals. GOOD GRIEF, Maud. What a way to go out.