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May 26, 2011

Castalia rated it:

Sadly, my enjoyment of Montgomery's Anne series diminishes as the series goes along. While even those books set outside of Avonlea still manage to contain wonderful characters who add such lovely color to the stories, especially the Redmond group and the clan at Windy Poplars, once Anne is married and sets up house the appeal goes right out the window for me. One must agree with Gilbert's statement in House of Dreams, that many people would indeed think that Anne, a Redmond B.A. and a published More...

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Apr 02, 2008

Shannon rated it:

I really enjoyed the Anne of Green Gable series and this book is no exception. In this book Anne marries and has her first 2 children. This book is sadder than the others and there is a sense of loss through the book that can be paralleled to the loss within L.M. Montgomery's life at the time. I don't want to say anymore than that and give anything away. I wish that we knew more what Gilbert is/was thinking in this book-- I think she (L. M. Montgomery) could have done more with his character More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Abigail rated it:

In this fifth installment of the classic Canadian series - first published in 1917, it was actually the fourth Anne book that Montgomery wrote, but is now considered the fifth, as it chronicles events just after those in the subsequently published (1936) Anne of Windy Poplars - Anne Shirley is now Anne Blythe, doctor's wife, and embarking on a new phase of her life. Coming to live in Four Winds Harbour, where Gilbert will be taking over the practice of his Uncle Dave, the newlywed Anne finds her More...

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Jan 28, 2008

Rachel rated it:

Ah, Anne is finally married to Gilbert! Which is interesting, because most books you read focus on courtship and resolve in a wedding, but you get to be a part of Anne's married and family life. However, for the rest of the series, Anne gradually becomes a less active character, and new characters, such as her children and neighbors, step up and take the spotlight.

This book really shows what Montgomery can do with a plot. (Which is why this is one of my five star books!) But that's More...

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Sep 03, 2011

Rita rated it:

Anne becomes the perfect housewife with a husband who adores her, no wonder Leslie Moore hates her. I was a bit confused by the writing, it's as though the author wasn't sure how grown up Anne was, in one part of the book she's skipping around on the beach and then in another bit making a perfect Christmas dinner for family and friends. I also found Anne's preganancies caused a problem for the author, it's either a vague 'happy event' or not mentioned at all until the stork brings baby Jem.It wo More...

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Mar 16, 2008

Lea rated it:

I probably first read this book back in elementary school, and have reread it a few times since then, but I sat down last weekend and actually reread every word, and just LOVED this book all over again. Anne and Gilbert are grown up and get married in an early chapter, and then leave Avonlea to start their lives together far away (60 miles!) from Green Gables. This book was moving, and sad, and funny, and everything that you want for a favorite character as she matures. There may not be as many More...

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Sep 03, 2008

Rachel rated it:

PBS recently showed the "Ann of Green Gables" miniseries, which got me feeling all nostalgic about the Ann books. I decided to start reading where the miniseries leaves off. As one might expect, it's a charming book, full of the poignancy and simple joys of a more "settled" married life with Ann and Gilbert.

I have to give credit to L.M. Montgomery for continuing her series past the artificial "happily ever after" of an engagement or wedding. Like all the More...

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Aug 02, 2011

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One of my favourite in the series. Gilbert and Anne are absolutely adorable. But, the most striking feature of this book is the character of Leslie Moore. Extremely well developed, very complex character. Her shades of beauty and her personality have been brought out very well. She's is very, very different from all the characters that have thus far appeared. Her story is one of the most touching there is.

Miss Cornelia Bryant is pretty amusing throughout. She provides a substitute for the entert More...

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Jan 29, 2012

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Jan 27, 2012

Jill rated it:

I think this series has a standard. It doesn't really stand out like the first book of this series and it isn't so boring you can't read it. I really enjoy Anne and all her little issues but at times the story feels slow to me.

I do like Gilbert and it is nice to see him a little more in this story. It is hard to deal with the budding relationship in the previous book because you only ever see the gushing tales she tells Gilbert and never any response from him.

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Jul 24, 2011

Julia rated it:

I was reading this book simontaneously with The Master of Margarita. I needed something to counterbalance that darkish novel. I meant to finish them at the same time, but I couldn't help myself and finished this one way ahead of time. I read someone else's review that said that Montgommery's writing cheered them up when they were in a bad mood and I certainly think its true for me too. Montgommery's writing is sometimes full of flaws, but I completely overlook them because her books are just More...

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Jul 05, 2011

Scarlet rated it:

I needed something to listen to last weekend and this book was available. Good grief, it was awful. The narrator made an already sentimental narrative unbearably mawkish. Captain Jim is a sexist pig. I fail to see why everyone likes him, plus the narrator gave him a Southern accent, for all love. Maybe PEI rustics have a similar accent, but I rather doubt it.

Also, Montgomery's research into trepanning was pretty minimal at best. If trepanning was a fairly well-known practice in 1801, w More...

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May 17, 2011

Gord rated it:

Not as interesting or as funny as Anne of the Island or the Emily books, but still good to read. Less Anne in this book, I thought, than in other books and more focus on other characters such as Cap'n Jim and Leslie Moore. I found it hard to get caught up in Anne's materialistic, petty-bourgeouis (sp?) dreams of a nice house surrounded by trees with a babbling brook, etc. Cap'n Jim & Leslie Moore seemed more sympathetic characters--their problems & realities were easier to empathize with than An More...

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Mar 27, 2011

Trice rated it:

Just discovered this in a friend's school library Friday. I've read this whole series so many times, but this is the 1st time in a long time for this and, cliche though this is, I must say it was like meeting a dear friend once again. It likewise felt like a stroll through the deep woods to the ocean to sit and listen to the waves washing the shore and the wind whisking through the trees above.

One thing I noticed this time which I didn't before was how Gilbert seemed a shadow figure, More...

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Mar 03, 2011

Lydia rated it:

Do you have a House of Dreams? I do. I've had one since I was a little girl. Of course, it involves a white picket fence and beautiful flowers and pretty green shutters. I imagine that it has just enough bedrooms for a family, a warm and welcoming kitchen and it's always Spring so I can keep the windows open.

Anne and Gilbert are finally married in Anne's House of Dreams. There is so much sweetness in the days leading up to the wedding that I ended up reading through those pages wi More...

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Mar 02, 2011

Ilea rated it:

This book is my favorite of the series.

What I love most about the Anne books is that a young girl can basically grow up with Anne. In the first book, she is a young, lonely orphan with an incredible ability to sort of live within herself to a certain extent. The second book finds Anne continuing her education, dealing with the usual teenage girl things-new opportunities, developing relationships with her childhood friends. In the third book, Anne goes to college and finds herself More...

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Sep 21, 2010

Andrea rated it:

Hehe, funny thing: I bought the "Anne of Green Gables" Collection on my Kindle for like 99 cents. But APPARENTLY it's not a very complete collection, it's missing #4 and #6! What kind of crap collection is that??? Anyhow, obviously I didn't feel like I'd missed out on anything because I read this whole thing never suspecting that i'd missed a book. I was looking at the publishing dates and it looks like maybe she added #4 later, like kind of an after thought.

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Jul 14, 2010

Maryanne rated it:

Another interesting one to re-read as an adult. I have to admit, I was starting to sympathize with Leslie Moore in this book when she says that she resents Anne her happiness - books 3 & 4, and maybe book 2 are all about the precious adorableness of every single thing in Anne's life (which is why I think I especially get tired of Davy, and Elizabeth, and all the other charming sad little children that Anne saves...). But this is the book where I think things start getting more interesting - we More...

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Apr 01, 2010

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Anne of green gables by lisa barsky, i read more than half book. in the begining of the story is kind of funny and sad too. it is about an orphan girl who reached at mr.mthrew 's house by mistake beause they wants to a boy who hep them in farm. her feeling is so bad because of mrs. marilla did not want her but later she except anne.she made many problems by herself. she is strugling and crying for her mistake.she faced many problem one by one and may be she will still fa More...

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Jan 31, 2010

Susann rated it:

The only aspect I remembered from my high school reading of this were LMM's euphemisms for Anne being pregnant. I specifically remember reading aloud and laughing over the STORK passage with my sister.

With this go-round, I liked seeing Anne and Gilbert get all domestic, but would have enjoyed even more nesting and house-settling. I would also very much like a slice of Susan Baker's strawberry pie with a glass of milk. I simultaneously embraced and rolled my eyes over Leslie's melodr More...

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Oct 21, 2011

mirela rated it:

What should one do in the middle of the night when sleep's simply nowhere to be found? As for me, this time I picked up this book, wanting for something funny and cheerful, but not too impressive in its overall. What I can't stop loving Montgommery is that every now and then I find myself laughing out loud, fully entertained by a character or so. This time it was miss Bryant, an old lady with a terrible opinion about men, disliking the good ones for the fact she cannot find daults in them...
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Sep 22, 2011

Cindy rated it:

I just recently listened to the first several Anne books on CD, in what is becoming a yearly ritual. This has always been my absolute favorite of the series - even when I was a kid, oddly enough (in retrospect I have no idea why since it's much more of an adult book than the first ones). I love everything about this book - the setting, the characters (I need a Captain Jim in my life!), the story of Leslie and Dick Moore, the added depth of character Anne earns as a result of her trials in this b More...

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Oct 28, 2009

Shelley rated it:

As I read each story of Anne, I'm more disappointed. Anne of Green Gables was certainly the best and there has never been the same magic in the other four books I have read in the series so far. I expect the same from the last three books in the series. I should had just ended at the first book, but now that I'm in them, I might as well carry forth. I find Anne's life rather boring yet again, and rather disappointing. To go to college and then just to be content to stay home just doesn't se More...

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Sep 28, 2011

Christina rated it:

Loved this one! I prefer novels with a few well developed characters rather than a cast of individuals that we only read about for a chapter or two. Anne and Gilbert are finally married in this story and their lives in their first home are described. At their new house in Four Winds they befriend many lovable neighbors: Leslie Moore, Captain Jim, and Miss Cornelia Bryant. These supporting characters are richly described and it is impossible to not fall in love with them. My only really complaint More...

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Jan 16, 2012

Kindred Spirit rated it:

It's hard to choose a favourite from this series, but this book might come close (well, along with Anne of Green Gables and Anne of the Island!). I adore this chapter in Anne's life - it's wonderful to see her and Gilbert start their life as a married couple, especially as we saw so little of Gilbert in the last book. These two are quite probably my OTP and I love the fact that they retain their unique individualness even as they forge their new identity as a couple.

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Aug 19, 2009

Erin rated it:

One of my favorites in the series. It is so nice to see Anne all grown up and embarking on a life of her own with Gilbert Blythe. Anne successfully adapts to the new home she lives in and quickly makes friends with her neighbors. Captain Jim is a great character and I could only wish there were real people like him out there. Anne's neighbor, Miss Cornelia, seems to have a spite at men and she offers great comic relief throughout the book. Leslie Moore, Anne's nearest neighbor, is a beautif More...

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Jan 19, 2012

Becca rated it:

Another delightful escapade into the life of red-headed orphan girl Anne, now all grown up and giving up her career as a schoolteacher to marry Gilbert, as well she should in that day and age. I will always love these kind of children's books; written at a time when kids were much smarter so it doesn't really feel like reading something for youngsters, and so wholeheartedly soaked in good, sound, old-fashioned morals that I'm continually surprised at myself getting the warm and fuzzies when I re More...

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May 22, 2009

Callie rated it:

The Anne series continues, with Anne and Gilbert finally getting married and setting up their home together in Four Points. As usual, I wished for more character development of Gilbert. The new characters were great though. Leslie's story was interesting, Capt. Jim was so lovable, and Miss Cornelia was comic relief. This book seems more like a book for adults as Anne and Gilbert, and those around them, undergo the trials and joys of adulthood. There weren't any amazing children cameod here More...

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Jun 27, 2010

Liz B rated it:

I don't think I ever realized how much better this is than some of the other Anne sequels. Maybe it's because I'm older now--I don't think I've read this one since I was 14 or 15. Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island are wonderful--but they're more loose short story collections than novels. Anne of Avonlea is particularly episodic.

This one is a close and tight look at the nature of love, family, friendship, and pain. Leslie Moore is at the heart of it, and the novel is about Leslie More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Kate rated it:

Classic Montgomery, the last of the series with a sufficient quantity of Anne (but far too little Gilbert - I think I realized on this reread that Montgomery almost never bothers with writing for Gilbert so much of him is just made up in the reader's own head) and very attractive characters - Captain Jim, Leslie, Miss Cornelia, etc. It must have been tricky to write an adult Anne for a young audience, so for a grown-up things seem a little thin at times. Then again, all of Montgomery's work is More...

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