3.75 stars, rounded up. Having now read the entire Anne of Green Gables series, I summarize each book below.My rating for the Anne of GG series:Anne of Green Gables -- 5 stars (Spunky, lonely, orphan Anne, with a heart the size of Canada and imagination to match, is adopted by Matthew and Marilla at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada). This first book spans Anne's adolescence, from 11-16. She meets Gilbert Blythe, cracking a slate over his head when he calls her "Carrots" at school. Her hatred for Gilbert is extreme and unforgiving across these five years, until finally she relents. Characterization is solid. In addition to the main protagonist, Montgomery carefully portrays Marilla, Matthew, and Gilbert. In not one of her subsequent Anne books does LMM develop characters to the same extent)Anne of Avonlea -- 3.25 stars (Anne teaches at Avonlea, helps Marilla raise Davy and Dora. Davy is just a scary kid, not lovable. Will grow up to become a mass murderer. LMM makes it clear that Davy is the favorite, because Dora is too good, which is boring. We see little of Gilbert in this book, and too much of the children and Mrs. Rachel Lynde.)Anne of the Island --3.75 stars (Anne goes to Redmond college to earn a BA, makes lasting friendship with Phillipa (Phil), almost marries rich Roy, finally realizes she loves Gilbert. One sweet kiss. After three books, I wanted more, but it was sweet.)Anne of Windy Poplars -- 2 stars. A series of letters, mostly from Anne to Gilbert, who are engaged for these three years. Anne is a high school principal and Gilbert is in medical school. Disconnected stories about various people at her school community. I didn't care about them. Wanted to hear more about Gilbert, Anne, and Marilla. Some letters from Avonlea, news about Davy and Dora, etc.)Anne's House of Dreams -- 3.5 stars. Begins with Anne's wonderful wedding. Then the Blythes move to a harbor town to set up medical practice. Anne loves the cozy little house on the harbor. She has a baby. She has another baby. We meet Leslie and her beau, Mr. Owens, the author (they will have a baby named Kenneth, who appears in Rilla of Ingleside).Rainbow Valley -- a bunch of stories about the six Blythe children. Many scenes with the new minister, who has several children but no wife. What to do? I didn't read this.Anne of Ingleside -- 2.5 stars. Anne Blythe and the capable Dr. Gilbert Blythe have five kids, and the youngest (Rilla / Marilla) is on the way. I can hardly remember this book, because it was such a scattered account of various neighbors, strangers, and churchy busybodies, with no Marilla. I do remember the horrible Aunt Mary and Susan, the weird but loyal housekeeper, who persisted in calling Anne — who has a BA in her own right and is a published author and illustrator — by the belittling title "Mrs. Dr." at the end, an old flame from Redmond college makes a visit, and Anne thinks Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. Sweet resolution, but that is the only memorable scene for me.Rilla of Ingleside -- 3.5 stars. Set during World War 1, we see how the women of Ingleside handle the war years, from young Rilla, age 15-19 in this book, to old Susan, their staunch housekeeper. We see all the Blythe boys and two of the Meredith boys go off to battle the Prussians. Someone does not come back. Rilla, at first rather immature, vain, and self-oriented, develops into a fine young woman. She organizes a Junior Red Cross, at her mother's urging. She raises a "war baby" (James Kitchener) with minimal help from Anne and Susan, meeting her father's challenge. She supports her brother, who had typhoid, weaking him. When he doesn't enlist, he is ridiculed as a shirking coward and given a white feather. She visits Dog Monday at the train station, who waits faithfully for Jem to come back from war. I learned a lot about the Great War and about Canada's role in it. Saddened to see that the author fully expected that first war to bring about an era of peace and prosperity, purchased at great price. Knowing what we know about World War II, I kept thinking that these young soldiers would have to send their own children to war, too. Quibbles: Anne and Gilbert are minimized, with a few exceptions. Anne is just in the background. Where did all her vitality go? Basically, she is depicted as bravely enduring the agony of waiting to hear from her soldier sons. Old Marilla died at some point in the past, but it was never covered, unless I missed it in Rainbow Valley. I was so indignant that this beloved lady got only one sentence in this book, mentioning her death. Apart from Rilla, secondary characters like Susan and the schitzophrenic cat get far too much coverage. When the Blythe boys come home from war, Shirley is completely left out, with no happy return scene. No scene with Gilbert welcoming any of his sons home. No scene with Susan welcoming her brown boy home. The final scene involved Rilla and Ken. Who cares about Ken? We don't really know him. The one pacifist in the town is almost tarred and feathered. Susan persists in calling Anne by the belittling title "Mrs. Dr." — I suppose LMM thought that was cute?--------------------------
This has always been one of my favourites in the Anne series. I read it again recently and found it enjoyable as ever, although several things about it are highly irritating. 1. I find Anne's obsession with putting flowers on people's graves a bit MUCH. She seems to devote countless hours of her life to making pilgrimages the graves of every last dead person she has ever known OR EVEN HEARD ABOUT on the anniversary of their death to leave a bunch of freshly-picked flowers. Find some less morbid hobbies, Anne.2. I skip all the bits about Davy & Dora, who I loathe.3. Anne is so wise and good, always dishing out kindly advice to the aforementioned D&D and being so perfect that her friends feel small-minded and petty compared to her High Ideals.4. On one hand she can read her old 'story club' stories and laugh about how ridiculous they are, and is so brilliant at English that she comes top in the whole university and wins all sorts of scholarships. AND YET she can not apparently see the ridiculousness of her baking powder story. On this note, I feel like L.M. Montgomery doesn't follow the writing advice she gives Anne about cutting out the long empurpled description passages.Phillipa Gordon, my favourite character in the whole series, is TEN times more fun and interesting than Anne. I want a book about her! Including more details about her romance with the elusive Jonas Blake, who we only get a few tiny glimpses of but who I still manage to find extremely attractive and interesting. I love the many scenes in this where Phil tells it like it is to Anne, including: A) when Anne stupidly turns down Gilbert because of her ridiculous notions about 'romance' and what it should entail, and Phil points out how ridiculous this is. B) when Anne rebukes Phil for not taking things seriously enough and she's like: "admit it: I make life way more fun. Imagine how boring the would be if everyone was always in deep, deadly earnest about everything." Ha! I couldn't agree more.C) when she mocks Anne for being all "oh no I'm not into Gilbert, don't be silly, but I suddenly get all vicious if any other woman dares to look at him".Another thing I noticed when reading this book was that Diana's personality seems to change from book to book. In 'Anne of Avonlea' she's a bit dim and boring - suggesting stupidly dull names for places and mooning over Fat Fred, never quite getting what her friend is on about but worshiping her anyway. In THIS one she suddenly seems a lot smarter and funnier, having actual intelligent conversations with Anne and telling funny stories etc. But then in later books she fades back into Country Housewife Diana Who Was Never Quite Anne's Equal But Tries Very Hard like a Loyal Puppy Dog again. I wonder why.But anyway, as stated, I still find this a highly enjoyable read - particularly the bits about Phillipa and the girls having fun student-y times at Patty's Place.
What do You think about Anne Of The Island (1983)?
Di buku ketiga ini, berkisah tentang kehidupan sewaktu Anne kuliah di Redmond Collage. Jadi anak kos, kemudian kontrak rumah Patty's Place bersama teman-teman lamanya dari Queens , Priscilla & Stella, dan teman baru Phillippa Gordon si anak gaul.Semakin dewasa, imajinasi Anne semakin berkurang, beruntung masih ada Davy. Dengan pernyataan2 dan pertanyaan2 dari logika polosnya, saya jadi semakin sayang Davy, dibandingkan dibuku sebelumnya dimana tingkahnya cenderung merusak. Kematian Ruby Gill
—nila
So, I've read this book quite a few times, but I've never actually written out a review for it! The Anne of Green Gables series has always been a favorite of mine, ever since I read the first one at age 8. I bought it at my school's Scholastic book fair, on a whim. It looked like a fun book! I still have that copy (the cover has been precariously taped on & my address is written inside the cover in pink gel pen - with a lipstick kiss print! LOL :P). For years after that I was obsessed, only more so when my Mom got me the first two movies on VHS for my birthday in 2001 (VHS...LOL). This book (#3) follows 17 year old Anne on the next journey in her life, to attend Redmond College with her schoolmates Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane. Anne makes new friends in Phil[lipa], a blunt but loveable rich girl, Stella (who is sweet and loyal, mostly known for her looks) and rediscovers her old friend/classmate Prissy Grant. Following all four years of Anne's college career, and the summers in between, Anne of the Island definitely shows Anne growing into herself as an adult! She has not one, not two, but SIX PROPOSALS (if you count one who proposed twice)!!!!! That was a little far-fetched to me, as a now more practical adult, but three of them are mostly comic relief more than anything. I loved the letters to Anne from Davy (an orphan [twin] adopted by Marilla), ages 6 through 10 over the course of the book, who is hilarious in all his questions. His catchphrase: "I want to know Anne!" Things such as... "Mrs. Lynde was awful mad the other day because I asked her if she was alive in Noah's time. I didn't mean to hurt her feelings. I just wanted to know. Was she, Anne?" - Davy KeithAlso, we get some more serious subplots with Ruby Gillis who's having a major crisis, Diana and Fred get married finally, Anne has a falling out with a close friend, she also learns more about her parents (who died when she was an infant), the girls rent an adorable house called "Patty's Place" for their last three years with sassy Aunt Jamesina (Jimsie) as a chaperone, and much more! Anne finally learns that she's had everything she wanted all along, but will she still be able to fix things before it's too late? If you like historical fiction, clean romance, sassy heroines and beautiful, descriptive writing I highly recommend this series. The first two films with Meagan Follows from the 1980s are wonderful as well, if you want a visual version. The second film is a mash of books #2, 3, &4 though -- so if that kind of things bugs you, don't bother.
—Anna (Yoda Is My Spirit Animal)
Pernah ada yang bilang, paling tidak enak jadi anak tengah. Anak tertua selalu menjadi pusat perhatian. Orang tua biasanya menuntut tanggungjawab, semacam supervisor kali yah, untuk adik-adiknya. Dan dalam beberapa kasus nilai pelajaran dan pencapaian lain, dijadikan standar yang harus dilewati oleh adik-adiknya.Anak bungsu menjadi pusat perhatian untuk alasan berbeda. Lahir paling akhir, bungsu cenderung menjadi always be the baby of the family. Setiap orang berusaha membantu, melindungi bahkan ketika dia melakukan kesalahan.Bagaimana dengan anak tengah? Bisa dikatakan invisible, terlupakan, atau yah biasa saja kecuali tentu dengan sengaja memancing keributan untuk mendapatkan perhatian. Apa hubungannya dengan Anne seri ketiga ini? Anne di sini layaknya anak tengah, terlalu biasa dan tidak menarik perhatian. Tidak heran aku bisa menggunakan ajian speed reading dan menyelesaikannya hanya dalam waktu dua malam hehe
—miaaa
