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A Girl of the Limberlost (Dodo Press) by Gene Stratton-Porter

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alyssafraley's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lissalovestoread's review against another edition

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2.0

I re-read this for a bit of nostalgia, but it didn't hold up for me as well as some other older books have done. I found this a bit long in some descriptive passages and then abruptly short in other instances (after chapters of day by day it's suddenly 3 years later); a more melodramatic than I need in a book as an adult. However, when I first read this as a young teen perhaps, I do recall thinking that drama was rather fantastic, and I will admit that along with the nostalgia of the book came a chance to chuckle at remembering my early teen self as I read this back in the day and what i thought of it then.

It clearly has portions that don't gel well with our lives and overall ways of thinking in 2022, yet it has a charm for that as well. You just need to bear in mind when it was written as you read it.

juliana_aldous's review against another edition

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3.0

Entertaining, but not a classic.

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4.0

It was sweet! A very wholesome read, very reminiscent of Anne of Green Gables.

annaleblanc316's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

elentikvah's review against another edition

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4.0

I first read Girl of the Limberlost in my tweens (11-12). I'm actually not sure how I first discovered it - it could have been a recommendation that my mother found in a book like Honey for a Child's Heart, or it could have been found while browsing the local library - but nevertheless, I have loved it since that first reading. Completing it today after several years and life experiences later, I find that the story still entraces but it hits with a bit more poignancy as an adult than it did in my girlhood. There are passages that are a bit more cringe-inducing now, but overall I'm so glad to see that the story holds up to my pleasant girlhood memories of the Limberlost.

Rating 4/5 stars "really liked it"
12 hrs and 7 mins / ~220 pages
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