A review by spoorman20
Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Until

Lizzie’s return with her “distinguished guests,”

I was really enjoying this. It felt like going back to my childhood and reminiscing with characters I dearly loved. There were a few minor things I didn’t care for in the first ~half, but I was willing to overlook those for the same reason I overlook changes made when a book is adapted into a movie: I view fan fiction like this (not written by the original author) as a sort of impressionist painting of the original. The first part of this book was that for me.  The remaining portion just felt so unnatural and forced, and it was made worse by the narrator’s awful portrayal of dialect. Ugh. I’m rating it as high as I am, because the first part was truly lovely and enjoyable, and that is what I will remember from this book. I think it would have been better as a short story or novella, or if some of the other familiar Avonlea characters had been given more attention to fill it out.