A review by treehuggeravl
Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

2.0

Anne has disappeared by this point in the series and become a matronly woman with a brood of kids. The book focuses mainly on the trials and tribulations of her incredibly moral children and the town gossip, and we've lost some of the best characters like Rachel Lynde, Marilla, Davy, etc by this time as well.

I felt myself "hankering" after Avolea and the Anne that was before she married...

It just sort of dragged by with description after description of the seasons, the house, the nosy housekeeper...LMM just didn't keep Anne ANNE if you know what I mean. She's really no fun as a grown up, and as other commenters have mentioned, it is a huge disappointment that she gave up all of her writing when the children were born - and she has a live in handmaiden!!

so, if you want to read about a redheaded woman respected by all as she wanders into middle age with her half-dozen kids and their gigantic house full of luxuries missing from most people in her village, have at it.

But if you truly loved the Anne from Anne of Green Gables, perhaps you shouldn't spoil your opinion of her by watching her 'grow up'.