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There was a mistake. The siblings Marilla and Matthew expected a boy who could help with their garden, they got a girl called Anne with an “e” instead (She also likes to be called Cornelia). Unexpected to others, they decided to keep her. Anne is just that good, perhaps too much, or perhaps not enough, there is no stopping point in growth.

Anne of Green Gables is a story of imagination, ambition, and family. Anne imagines, talks, and dreams more than people are willing to listen to, and it is her greatest gift along with her heart.

A trip to a Canadian-fictional place, in 1908, called Avonlea is beautified through small Anne's eyes, nose, and ears. All the shades of the sky through the day sound poetic, and romantic, Anne tries to make them so, as most things she takes an interest in.

The dialog is charming, the characters have distinct voices. Matthew saying “Well now,” made me happy every time because I made a conscious note of it. My favorite character is Marilla, but both siblings who take care of Anne are great. There's quite a bit of dated diction, but reading it on ebook and being able to look every word up helped immensely. (Learning 3 ways to name this specific boat, fun for me, but could be not fun for you.)

The book isn't perfectly joyous, or without meaning, there are lows, and downs, mistakes, and sad things. Before Anne reaches Green Gables she had a taste of a life not so blessed, she gets to learn plenty of things she missed out on and encounters new troubles. I cried a couple of times, but it is also not that hard to make me cry.

Reading this was a big joy :))

It's oddly entertaining, it's contradictory and not well-thought-out in almost a charming way. The rating can't get higher however, the characters are not well written enough to tackle themes like class and poverty, the series is considered for teens and this is not good morals for them. It isn't marketed as satire or comedy, so yeah.

Update: I need to reread this because only now I realized this is an early fictional text with vegetarian themes :0 shooketh.

This book is about an unnamed creature and his overly emotional dad who prefers vacations over spending time with his son.

It uses romanticism to describe locations from all over Europe, the characters take away a lot of value from them, there are locations to which the author has been. The book makes the reader think about what influenced the characters to act the way they do because characters reflect on themselves a lot. The main characters are deeply flawed and aren't afraid to show feminine sides of themselves, it's a good exercise in empathy.

There are themes of science and nature, idleness and action present.

It is a very melodramatic, slow-paced read. Sometimes it is very engaging and a breeze to read, sometimes the reader wants more to happen because of wordiness and repetitiveness. A character lamenting their misery for ages is what you should expect here, that being both good and bad.

The set-up is fun, it references children's classics, there is a lot of mystery, the narrative makes the reader think about what is happening and how is the story being told if you haven't read the synopsis. The book creates a cool atmosphere and coupled with its illustrations that can spark the imagination.

However, the execution feels flat, the descriptions don't deliver a lot of the time. The protagonist refers to her emotions by calling them.... anger, fear, etc. which you could say is fitting for their age, but is not compelling to read.

And then while the themes leading up to the end were intriguing and make you theorize, the answers themselves are not enough. The ending left a lot to be desired, the set-up was better.

A mesmerizing dream-like journey through the retired actress, Ayami's senses. The reader is unsure what is happening and it continues to be challenging by the end. The language is suffocating, descriptive, awe-inspiring. A perfect book to read on a sweltering summer day.

Dialog-heavy, thought-provoking, quick-paced.

An understanding of Korean culture and its other references can make a difference while reading. There are a lot of references to people in all sorts of art mediums, but also this book is connected to the author's Korean identity.

A book about a girl from India who gets sent away to her uncle's mysterious, big house with many gardens.

Lovely language, descriptions bring out the warmth and lonely feelings. There's a lot of mystery and curiosity. All the kids in the book are lovely and good role models, their character development is good. It is easy to read and some characters speak with Yorkshire dialect in small parts, very cool to see.

There are some good points made, but they could have been made without a god or spirituality. The race of characters was mentioned at points and it wasn't handled well.

This child just wants to read and her environment sucks. Very relatable, she is just like me. Someone send her books. The characters are very lovable and this is wish fullfilment for anyone in a terrible situation and no access to people of reason.

I love how this promotes the love of reading and the classics. There's a good movie adapted from this book.

I love how this sorta suggests that to do magic you have to get smart.

This is a book with dark themes, but they are still appropriate for the age range.

Someone should adopt this kid.

Varčiau ir gaminau receptus iš jos gan ilgą laiką, malonu turėti knygą su ingredientais kurious gali rasti Lietuvoje.

I thought about reviewing this again as I noticed its not on goodreads for some reason, but I do not remember it that well now. It supports the second sex book and tries to establish a second discrimination, an altenative view to view cases where men get less advantages. It could be described as men hurting themselves and then getting their due, but there are a lot of men who can't contribute to the rules the other men make and so they are discriminated against their own. I guess I can get behind that concept.