A review by octavia_cade
Anne of Green Gables, 3-Book Box Set, Volume I by L.M. Montgomery
4.0
I read and reviewed each of the three books collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The rating is an average of the three individual ratings - Green Gables and Island both earned four stars from me, while Avonlea only earned three.
Looking back over the trilogy, these are the Anne books I really remember from my childhood, when I read them quite a lot. I know there are more books in the series, and I read them too at some stage (at least most of them) but they never quite stuck in my mind the same way. These first three are generally charming - extremely goodnatured, and with an enjoyable cast of supporting characters. Really that supporting cast is quite large, and it's to Montgomery's credit that they don't blur together. The whole thing really does feel like the portrait of a genuine community, rather than a thinly painted backdrop tacked up behind the protagonist, and that's something I've always appreciated.
Looking back over the trilogy, these are the Anne books I really remember from my childhood, when I read them quite a lot. I know there are more books in the series, and I read them too at some stage (at least most of them) but they never quite stuck in my mind the same way. These first three are generally charming - extremely goodnatured, and with an enjoyable cast of supporting characters. Really that supporting cast is quite large, and it's to Montgomery's credit that they don't blur together. The whole thing really does feel like the portrait of a genuine community, rather than a thinly painted backdrop tacked up behind the protagonist, and that's something I've always appreciated.