Abby's review
Before Green Gables
by Budge Wilson
Abby's review
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Abby's review
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I was really disappointed by this book. Billed as a prequel to Anne of Green Gables , perhaps I came in with too many expectations. The narrative was very "twee", taking all the "Pollyanna"-ish moments of L.M. Montgomery's work and ratcheting up the sweetness to saccharine levels. There was none of the shadows or dark corners left for the light to shine from, which make the characters (even Anne!) appear flat and wooden.
Needless to say, I didn't finish it and put it down in disgust. I guess that teaches me a lesson to read "prequels" about my childhood heroine. :)
Needless to say, I didn't finish it and put it down in disgust. I guess that teaches me a lesson to read "prequels" about my childhood heroine. :)
