Rating: Summary: The start of happily ever after Review: I return to this book in the "Anne" series perhaps more than any of the others. Each re-reading uncovers a new delight. This book encompasses the first years of Anne and Gilbert's married life, spent in the seaside town of Four Winds Harbor.I can't decide which character in the book is my favorite. Maybe it's Cornelia Bryant, outspoken but good hearted, whose rants about the uselessness of men accompany her ever-present needlework. Or it could be the beautiful, heartbroken Leslie Moore, whose natural intelligence and vivacity have been dulled, but not extinguished, by a series of tragic life events. Or maybe it's gentle Captain Jim, who captivates the Blythes with his tales of world travel, sea adventures, and the lost love of his life. The book contains an interwoven medley of incidents large and small, joyous and sad, culminating in the revelation of a spectacular truth that has a powerful impact on the major characters.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful Review: If you like Anne of Green Gables in any way, you have to read the other books in order to see her grow up. She stills continue to get in trouble, romance with Gilbert continues, just about anything that can happen, happens. These books fulfill everything that you could ever want out of a book.
Rating: Summary: Great Book! Review: In Anne's House of Dreams, Anne is faced with new feelings, new friends, and new experiences. If you like the romantic twist, this really doesn't have it compared to Anne of the Island but all around its a wonderful book. It makes you laugh, cry, and rejoice with the Blythes.
Rating: Summary: Anne's first years of marriage... Review: In this book, Anne and Gilbert are finally married, and are starting to build their family. They move away from Avonlea, and meet some new friends. I consider this book to be the last book of the "Anne" series, since the following books in the series are mainly concentrated in her children, and Anne is just a minor character. Even though they are very charming, and each one has his or her "Anne - ish" side, they are not Anne, I feel as though this is a farewell to Anne. I like this book because in it, Anne has managed to maintain her "magic"- she might not make as many mistakes while cooking or baking, and might not lose her temper at a passing neighbor, and her hair is not as red as it used to be but she is still the same Anne in spirit - passionate, romantic... With her quick eye for romance, she manages to attract the people who would easily supply her with an abundance of it in many froms - both tragic and comic. The only thing I didn't like about this book is that by moving away from Avonlea, we lose many of the characters we had grown to love through the years - Marilla, Diana, and many other acquaitances, and of course - Green Gables itself..
Rating: Summary: I adore this book! Review: It is, in my opinion, the second best Anne book! Its Anne's wedding! The whole thing is soaked in romance! Leslie's story is so amazing and sweet that you have to love her. Captain Jim is so sweet and perfect, you can nearly see him. Miss Cornelia is funny and Susan is great. Anne has to deal with tragedy and joy that makes the books so wonderful. The only thing I don't like, is that i wish Marrilla and all the Avonlea people would be in it a little more. In my opinion, this should be where the series ends.
Rating: Summary: Slog on to Get to the Real Anne Review: Some of the wit and magic is missing from Anne's life in the beginning of this book. She's grown up, and there seems to be no real hurdles to cross, or conflict. It makes for a slow read for the first third of the book, while you wait for something to actually happen, instead of a completely idyllic life. Thankfully, things pick up by the 2nd third, and the reader is rewarded by the Anne we all know and care for- responding with love and romance to life's situations and participating in the redemption of those around her. Certainly the ending is a O'Henry twist you wouldn't ever expect. Here again is Anne that you have to sigh over in delight, and kick your feet in the air and laugh in the exhileration of love found again.
Rating: Summary: Poetical and Romantic Review: The Anne novels never cease to amaze me. With all the trashy romance novels out there today, it would be hard for someone to call this book "romantic" in its simple, pure ways, but it is. The setting of the story is described so well that I could nearly feel the ocean air on my face. There was also a vivid cast of characters that was very much alive. The plot itself is far more complicated than other Anne books, but that does not reduce the quality of the author's work, nor does the book lose its poetical sense. Anne's House of Dreams is like reading a very long poem that is difficult to forget.
Rating: Summary: Beautiful Review: The best of the later Anne books, this installment of Anne's life has a definite taste of the first three books. Anne's wonder for life is shown beautifully, and the tales of her friends at Four Winds are magnificent. I admit that I was skeptical at first of having Anne move away from Avonlea, but L.M. Montgomery has once again proven that her skills as a novelist are not to be trifled with. I disliked Anne of Ingleside because it didn't show the love of life that this book did. This book is truly Montgomery at her finest.
Rating: Summary: Beautiful Review: This book had its sad moments, but I think that that those moments only add to the book. I cried when Anne and Gilbert loss their first born, Joy.Read this book.
Rating: Summary: Anne - with Gilbert, babies and tragic friends Review: This book is like a rich tapestry. It has the added bloom of maturity that does not invade any other Anne books except perhaps Rilla of Ingleside. In this book we see Anne dealing with the first tragedy that happened since the start of her charmed life at Green Gables. Also there is Anne's enigmatic friend Leslie Moore, whose dark past makes this friendship more complicated than any other Anne has had to deal with. A gorgoeus book, but I miss Marilla and all the "Avonlea folk".
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