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Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

mellydanse's review against another edition

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5.0

Love Anne's college friends, Patti's Place, Anne finding her parents' letters, etc.

cassiev1019's review against another edition

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5.0

Audiobook. Maybe my favorite yet! Anne finishes up her BA at Redmond, finally sorts out her heart's true feelings, and finds herself torn about outgrowing her home.

cgaray09's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.0

eibhlynn's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

maggiecarr's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • 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

 "... Sometimes I feel as if being grown-up just frightened me and then I would give anything to be a little girl again." page 3 

sariahsharp's review against another edition

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5.0

Continuing my Anne re-read and apparently I have forgotten just how much I *love* Anne of the Island!! I love Anne going to college, and I really enjoyed how independent and education-minded these girls were, especially because it was a time that most people just didn’t see the value in women going to college and getting degrees. Many characters said that kind of thing to Anne throughout the book: “I don’t agree with girls getting their BA” or “Girls just don’t need to study mathematics” or “She’s only going to college to catch a man.” These are intelligent, social, witty, and beautiful women who not only study, but excel, and several of them happen to also fall in love with men and get engaged and married.

And the trips home to Avonlea were nostalgic and beautiful. We got new friends at Redmond College and kept up with the old friends in Avonlea. I cried (seriously, I sobbed) when a character died. My heart fluttered when Gilbert would look at Anne just *so*. Anne is so real to me (I’ve known her for close to 40 years, after all), so I still feel everything intensely.

It’s just all so great and I can’t wait to pick up the next book.

jennakiely's review against another edition

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3.0

(3.5) davy was worse in this one me thinks

jenlin18's review against another edition

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5.0

There is something really exciting about rereading a favorite book from childhood and finding that it is just as beautiful as you remember it. Despite reading this, my favorite of the Anne books, a dozen or more times before, I still could not put it down. How incredibly lovely.

graceluvscats's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful relaxing

5.0

this may be my favourite aogg book so far! 

actuallyitsember's review against another edition

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adventurous funny relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0