A review by elfinstars
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

4.0

One of the weaker books in the series where Anne goes to Summerside to teach and principle at Summerside High. She struggles with the Pringles, but only for one semester as she manages to win their favor only through sheer coincidence. I sort of wish there would be a longer story involving them and that Anne would have to put in more effort to settle with them. After this chapter Montgomery keeps coming up with new characters each time for Anne to interact with and influence their lives. I wish there weren't so many characters, some of them were straight on annoying and I wished Montgomery would stick to describing Anne's school duties rather than her social ones. The only characters I was invested in were little Elizabeth and Rebecca Dew, because they showed up consistently enough for me to grow fond of them. I would've liked to see more mentions of Katherine Brooke, Jen Pringle, Lewis and Little Fellow's father, but their stories were generally spanning just over two chapters or so and then Montgomery moved to another newly invented character. I would've thought Summerside to be a bustling city with all those newcomers and stately mansions with rich old families in them. I hated there wasn't really much mention of characters from the previous book, like Anne's college chums. I wish she were writing letters to more people than just Gilbert!
Anne is between 22 and 25 years old in this book.
If you read this book as a collection of short stories, like Chronicles of Avonlea or Montgomery's story collections, you might enjoy it more.