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julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Anne and Marilla foster a pair of twins, but only the boy gets any kind of narrative attention. The girl is just quiet and boring, while the boy is annoying and his pranks and mishaps take up about half of the book. I much prefer when Anne has mishaps.
The solutions to life's problems as presented in this book are
Very unsubtle Anne and Gilbert parallels for those first two I dare say. I wish instead we got to see more of what Gilbert is like, because I did enjoy his rare appearances very much.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Grief
risten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism
lauraelovesbooks'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
5.0
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Child death and Death
pipe_dream's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, and Cultural appropriation
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Xenophobia
Minor: Alcohol
mousecat'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
rchulin1's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexism, Blood, and Alcohol
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? It's complicated
3.5
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
erinwolf1997's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent
margueritestjust's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Anne's employment and involvement with the Avonlea improvement society, along with Marilla's adoption of twins, and a few new supporting characters added to the ever-growing roster of this series provide the subjects for these vignettes. The plotlines that I enjoyed best were that of the improvement society and its mishaps and victories, and that of Miss Lavendar and her stone house and her romance come anew, that of her maturation as a schoolteacher and the new neighbor Mr. Harrison were tolerable, and the adoption of the twins perhaps the worst, and the reason why I'm knocking off a star. I hated little Davey he was so wretched and annoying, and Montgomery spent so much time saying how much he was better than Dora anyways in spite of and perhaps because he was more misbehaving than her, and how much Anne and Marilla liked him better for it. Still, I overall quite enjoyed the book, particularly that of the inhabitants of Echo Lodge and how wonderfully cozy it all seemed to be.
Moderate: Animal death