Anne of Windy Poplars
Ratings62
Average rating3.9
This was a really enjoyable book, but I didn't love it as much as I loved the other books in the series. I felt like this one had the most annoying characters (and there were SO MANY). I really wanted more of Anne and Gilbert, I've been waiting for so long for these two to finally be together and now all I get is some letters Anne is writing to Gilbert? NOOOO
I wanted them to be together and do things and I wanted to READ about those things, ugh.
All in all, it was a beautiful book, thanks to Anne who is such an amazing character and makes everything better.
What can I say. I fell into a Lucy Maud Montgomery hole this summer. Anne of the Island will always be my favorite, but this one has a lot of funny character observations about Anne's neighbors I'd forgotten about.
Re-read Autumn 2020This book was translated into Finnish only 2002. So, when I was young and read them first time, I didn't know this book even existed. It is written almost all in letters to Gilbert, and it is funny. Little Elizabeth's tale reminds me of [b:Jane of Lantern Hill 149543 Jane of Lantern Hill L.M. Montgomery https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1435103595l/149543.SY75.jpg 839504] - what could have happened, if Jane's mother had died, and Jane had been a softer, more sensitive soul. It also reminds me of [b:The Star of Kazan 402141 The Star of Kazan Eva Ibbotson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309286916l/402141.SY75.jpg 839241].The little goose and her gander to fiance...what a horrible person! I wish the person who was the model to that read the book and understood, and was ashamed. But I don't think she did. (Or they. There probably were several people like that in her life.)This is in my mind a perfect book to read in Autumn.
ohh I just recently learned that although in my childhood box set this is #4, it was actually written much later than the next book, [b:Anne's House of Dreams 77394 Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) L.M. Montgomery https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442471048l/77394.SY75.jpg 1133797], so this is in some ways kind of a filler because it has to lead up to the events of the next book. Still I love the widows and Rebecca Dew and That Cat <3