smileysunflower 's review for:

Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery

2.0

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I felt similarly to this one as I did to Anne of Windy Poplars. I know that these kind of old-timey, slice of life books get a bad rap for being boring, bad, or very much of their time. Usually while I can see their point, I usually can enjoy them for how charming or wholesome they can be. But this one really is boring and also just upsetting. It made me really upset to see the Meredith children "acting out" because they didn't know better and then feel bad about it and blame themselves. It wasn't cute or funny like Anne's shenanigans in the first book, it just made me upset. Their Father really made me angry and the fact they needed a stepmother at the end so that they could be parented like... Mr. Meredith stop slacking your kids are so neglected.