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rebecca_oneil's review against another edition
5.0
Classic for a reason. Anne is still one of the best characters ever written, but who could forget Marilla, Matthew, and Mrs. Rachel? Also, no one describes nature as gorgeously as L.M. Montgomery. You'll be placed in this story with bookends of sunrises, sunsets, twilights, flowers, and frosts.
elisability's review against another edition
4.0
Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan from Nova Scotia, orphaned when she was a few months old and passed around from foster families (where she was treated more like a slave than anything) to the orphanage. Until one day the elderly brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert send for a boy orphan to help on the farm in PEI, and because of a misunderstanding get sent Anne instead. They want to send her back but quickly get won over by her imagination, her talkativeness and her intelligence. So Anne ends up permanently moving into Green Gables and Avonlea, quickly becoming a fixture in all the adventures in the little village.
I got this book when I visited PEI this summer. I visited Green Gables itself, saw the Anne of Green Gables musical, and was embarrassed at being Canadian and not even knowing the story of Anne! So I resolved to remedy the issue.
I can see why it became a classic. Anne is so attaching, sweet and vivacious, funny and intelligent. Even though it’s from the early 20th century, it doesn’t feel that old school. Anne is a girl, but she goes to school, she excels in school, and her cleverness is emphasized many times in the book. It’s a great story for little girls to read, a great coming-of-age tale, and a great portrayal of rural maritime Canada.
I got this book when I visited PEI this summer. I visited Green Gables itself, saw the Anne of Green Gables musical, and was embarrassed at being Canadian and not even knowing the story of Anne! So I resolved to remedy the issue.
I can see why it became a classic. Anne is so attaching, sweet and vivacious, funny and intelligent. Even though it’s from the early 20th century, it doesn’t feel that old school. Anne is a girl, but she goes to school, she excels in school, and her cleverness is emphasized many times in the book. It’s a great story for little girls to read, a great coming-of-age tale, and a great portrayal of rural maritime Canada.
zumbador's review against another edition
4.0
I find the Anne books very comforting to read. At first they are a bit "sweet", but there is a lot more to them if you keep going.
I love the characters - Marilla in particular. And Anne's interior life is very convincing.
I love the characters - Marilla in particular. And Anne's interior life is very convincing.
azket1965's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Revisiting a classic!
heli613's review against another edition
5.0
“Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”
I think Anne just became one of my all time favorite characters! This book was sweet and funny, heartwarming and sometimes sad but always deeply enjoyable!
I grew attached to every character in this story and loved seeing them all evolve and improve in a very realistic way.
Honestly this whole story truly felt like a sunny morning on a cold autumn day, when the sunbeams reach you through the windows while you enjoy a fresh cup of tea, pure bliss!
I think Anne just became one of my all time favorite characters! This book was sweet and funny, heartwarming and sometimes sad but always deeply enjoyable!
I grew attached to every character in this story and loved seeing them all evolve and improve in a very realistic way.
Honestly this whole story truly felt like a sunny morning on a cold autumn day, when the sunbeams reach you through the windows while you enjoy a fresh cup of tea, pure bliss!
hmaronski's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book as a kid, but reading it 17 years later as a mother myself, having lived a bit, it nearly shattered my heart. any book that can make me sob and still close the last page with satisfaction and fondness is a great book. I don't think I'll ever be able to read "my girl- my girl that I'm proud of" without weeping. whenever I hear "kindred spirits" I think of Anne Shirley. LOVE this book.
heather_perdigon's review against another edition
I originally read this series when I was 13 or 14 and I adored it! Seeing it now reminds me of how joyous reading Anne's books was...perhaps a re-read is in order.
alicandlin's review against another edition
4.0
Adore this book. Made me cry twice on the plane though, which was slightly embarrassing.
danielkk's review against another edition
4.0
Though the novel is predictable and not very well written, Anne's character is charming and delightful.
nancyflanagan's review against another edition
4.0
Not a re-read--a first read, although how I missed it, I'll never know.
It's a classic, all right, and it's probably important to think about the times in which it was written, where moralizing and judgment were right out in the open. The lessons poor orphan girl Anne learns about truth-telling and forgiveness are softened by the other characters reminding themselves that Anne had no 'decent upbringing.'
I grew up on books like this--the Bobbsey Twins, the Boxcar Children--and absorbed those lessons. Anne's story fancies up the homey tales of good children being taught compassion and politeness with Anne's overwrought language and imagination.
A pleasant read.
It's a classic, all right, and it's probably important to think about the times in which it was written, where moralizing and judgment were right out in the open. The lessons poor orphan girl Anne learns about truth-telling and forgiveness are softened by the other characters reminding themselves that Anne had no 'decent upbringing.'
I grew up on books like this--the Bobbsey Twins, the Boxcar Children--and absorbed those lessons. Anne's story fancies up the homey tales of good children being taught compassion and politeness with Anne's overwrought language and imagination.
A pleasant read.