Reviews

Pollyanna Grows Up ILLUSTRATED by Eleanor Hodgman Porter

mawar12's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Love this book. I like how positive it is. I feel like so many books there days are all about doom and gloom that this book brings so much  joy . The end is a bit too much out of a sudden where sudd nly  all these people suddenly had a liking to each other (especially Jamie and Sadie Dean) without much building up that it caught me by surprise. I Like Jamie and Jimmy, not so much  Aunt Polly. She didn't seem to care that Pollyanna loves Jimmy and judge Jimmy by his family (before she knows about Jimmy's true ancestry that he's actually from a rich family). And she's so miserable.What disturbed me was how readily Pollyanna was ready to marry John Pendleton ( back when he thought John liked him)just because her deceased mom said no to John before . Pollyanna was really young she shouldn't marry John. This book is also funny in a lot of ways and it's an enjoyable read.especially the part where Pollyanna didn't know what socialist was.

listen_learn's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars. I liked this for the same reasons I liked Pollyanna, but the predictable love triangles at the end made me feel a little more 'eh' towards this book. I still recommend for anyone who likes the concept of finding the good in every situation and who doesn't mind their books a bit overly sweet.

malmark's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

vanessa_issa's review against another edition

3.0

O segundo livro é tão fofo quanto o primeiro. Acho lindo como a Pollyanna tá sempre dando um jeitinho de ajudar todo mundo. Às vezes tanta gratiluz irrita? Ah sim, com certeza. Teve dias que eu não estava com paciência pra ler. Mas em outros foi incrível imaginar que histórias assim possam realmente acontecer na vida real.

katriinajansone's review against another edition

This was also a sweet book, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the 1st one. It was more booring.

jcubifer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

nyphondora's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

armenaismailji's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

it wasnt necessarily bad but i found myself skimming a lot of parts and being bored. also she was just suddenly 20 and her richness disappeared and it was strange but the plot was decent. also the same theme over and over again gets kinda boring so im glad it was spiced up with some romance as she finally wasnt just a little girl anymore. all in all, it just didnt really stick out to me as much as the first one did.
oh and also the poverty problem didnt really get "solved"? it just... got ignored, yeah.

ignihyde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

helenephoebe's review against another edition

3.0

Review - I didn't like Pollyanna Grows Up as much as I liked Pollyanna. I just felt the story was slower and it jumped around more. Pollyanna seemed less like Pollyanna than in the previous book - and I can't believe they killed off Dr Chilton! I did love the developing relationship between Pollyanna and Jimmy, and the one between Jamie and Sadie. I was hoping that Aunt Polly's story would have a happy ending, or at least be resolved, but it wasn't, and that was a letdown.

Genre? - Young Adult / Drama

Characters? - Pollyanna Whittier / Polly Chiltern / Dr Chiltern / Jimmy Pendleton / Mr Pendleton / Jamie / Sadie

Setting? - U.S.A.

Series? - Pollyanna #2

Recommend? - No

Rating - 10/20