Reviews tagging 'Death'

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

17 reviews

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death and Death

pipe_dream's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, and Cultural appropriation

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

Still such clever writing with amusing jokes and lovely metaphors. Some of the detailed stuff about her students and what they imagine was just too much and not to my taste though. I’d have preferred more on the live stories of Anne and Diana.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

katie0528's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

A cute sequel to Anne of Green Gables, but it felt much like a second book in a trilogy or longer series, where the story is necessary to get to future events but isn't as particularly interesting. At the end of the first book, Anne gives up her scholarship to college and forms a friendship with Gilbert.

Often this book hints at her going to college in the future or a future relationship with Gilbert, but both points are where the book ends.

However "second-bookish" this feels, Anne still gets into plenty of scrapes with her friends and neighbors, for those who enjoy her escapades.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Abandonment

barkjenna's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-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

4.5

Anne is imaginative and childish but very lovable and means well. I wasn’t a big fan of the kids in the book. Davy annoyed me and Paul was too “perfect”. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

nutmegandselkie's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexism

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

rchulin1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexism, Blood, and Alcohol

eowyn_zoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Grief

biancafrancisco's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

4.5

I love reading this series, but of course there's a bunch of problematic things that aged poorly (it's a classic written more than a century ago, it's to be expected). If you have that in mind though, it's a very enjoyable read and super comfortable 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Death of parent