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A review by alantie
The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
5.0
Unlike Montomgery's Anne series, The Story Girl sadly gets little to no attention, which is a horrible shame as it's very wonderfully written and on par with Anne of Green Gables as far as exploring childhood. It's also one of my favorite books, and it always irks me that it receives practically no recognition from Montgomery fans.
The premise of the book is fairly simple. It is narrated from the view of a boy named Bev King looking back on his childhood. Bev and his brother Felix are sent to live with their Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec on Prince Edward Island while their father travels for business. There they become acquainted with their cousins Felicity, Dan, Cecily, and Sara Stanley aka the Story Girl, as well as befriending Sara Ray a neighbor and Peter the hired boy. It covers many domestic adventures and dramas through school, church, neighbors, and through it all The Story Girl weaves tales to entertain and relate to every life event. Imagination and a hint of magic touches things, just as it did with Anne of Green Gables. But most of all it deals with family and friendship, and how the group grows close through it all.
The characters are all wonderfully varied and vibrant with their own virtues and flaws, and it deals very nicely with common troubles of growing up. From the episode of the Dream Books to the Magic Seed, to Peter and his adoration for Felicity, terror over the witch neighbor Peg, and their fears when their beloved cat Paddy falls ill, it sweeps you along as one of them, just as personally invested in their lives as if they were your own.
I've always loved The Story Girl for her otherworldly nature, for being so wise in some ways and so naïve in others, and for her unique outlook on life and people in general. The story is simple and nostalgic, and personally I feel one of Montgomery's best books.
The premise of the book is fairly simple. It is narrated from the view of a boy named Bev King looking back on his childhood. Bev and his brother Felix are sent to live with their Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec on Prince Edward Island while their father travels for business. There they become acquainted with their cousins Felicity, Dan, Cecily, and Sara Stanley aka the Story Girl, as well as befriending Sara Ray a neighbor and Peter the hired boy. It covers many domestic adventures and dramas through school, church, neighbors, and through it all The Story Girl weaves tales to entertain and relate to every life event. Imagination and a hint of magic touches things, just as it did with Anne of Green Gables. But most of all it deals with family and friendship, and how the group grows close through it all.
The characters are all wonderfully varied and vibrant with their own virtues and flaws, and it deals very nicely with common troubles of growing up. From the episode of the Dream Books to the Magic Seed, to Peter and his adoration for Felicity, terror over the witch neighbor Peg, and their fears when their beloved cat Paddy falls ill, it sweeps you along as one of them, just as personally invested in their lives as if they were your own.
I've always loved The Story Girl for her otherworldly nature, for being so wise in some ways and so naïve in others, and for her unique outlook on life and people in general. The story is simple and nostalgic, and personally I feel one of Montgomery's best books.