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mo_mentan 's review for:
Anne of Avonlea
by L.M. Montgomery
sadly i probably won't br able to go on listening to these audiobooks, because the mary sarah's narration was simply devine and i don't think i could bare listening to someone else telling this story.
however, i didn't like this installment at all. while anne is still in someways a very progressive heroine, she didn't seem the same as in the first book. i did like many of her ideas on education, but i hated what the story implied: the one boy's spirit which had to be broken by corporal punishment, her favouritism of this ghastly child davy (poor dora, really, what ever does the author try to tell us there?)... also, the way this book implied that much of anne's goodness is mirrored in her looks and that she's somehow better than other (another reviewer put it as "not like other girls") was infuriating.
all in all, i think this is a very interesting perspective on gender roles, which must have been very liberal for the 1900s, but also strangely resembles some cringe christian instagram page's stance: not as terrible as it could be, but certainly not great.
all in all, i probably will go on reading these because the first one was so perfect, but i was really very disappointed. nothing memorable, much to dislike
however, i didn't like this installment at all. while anne is still in someways a very progressive heroine, she didn't seem the same as in the first book. i did like many of her ideas on education, but i hated what the story implied: the one boy's spirit which had to be broken by corporal punishment, her favouritism of this ghastly child davy (poor dora, really, what ever does the author try to tell us there?)... also, the way this book implied that much of anne's goodness is mirrored in her looks and that she's somehow better than other (another reviewer put it as "not like other girls") was infuriating.
all in all, i think this is a very interesting perspective on gender roles, which must have been very liberal for the 1900s, but also strangely resembles some cringe christian instagram page's stance: not as terrible as it could be, but certainly not great.
all in all, i probably will go on reading these because the first one was so perfect, but i was really very disappointed. nothing memorable, much to dislike