ritsuka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Animal cruelty
aude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Animal cruelty
kasialipa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal cruelty
katschkekat's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
erinwolf1997's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
isobelk_18's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty
margueritestjust's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I much enjoyed this book over the previous installment of this series. There's so much romantic drama, there's a cozy little house that she shares with her friends, there's her first sale for her writing, what more can you want!
Anne and Gilbert's entanglement (perhaps we should say their drawing apart and coming back together) has been an enduring part of why people love these books so much, and it's not hard to see why. Their "decoy" love interests are a necessary part of the realization, that euphoric moment where their true desires become clarified.
Spoiler
Of course, Gilbert's purported love interest isn't interested in love with him at all, not he with her. But then of course, Anne doesn't know that.Spoiler
Which of course is to say nothing of the nonsense pulled by the author at the end of the book. We have 10 pages left and Ms. Montgomery is like guess what!! He's dying of typhoid!! And you're like dying??!! I didn't even know he had typhoid!! I think perhaps this realization would have worked far better if she'd had devoted more time afterwards to a denouement, but this is typical of her work, as Matthew's death in the first book similarly occurred with only about 20 pages left, if I remember correctly.Overall, this installment had a more centered plot throughline which made it much more enjoyable, next to no Davy (thank goodness), and the culmination of the Anne/Gilbert plotline from the first three books.
Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Animal cruelty
soph22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Animal cruelty, and Chronic illness
brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
chalkletters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Death and Animal cruelty
Minor: Terminal illness and Death of parent