I encourage every lover of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery to read this book.
I encourage every lover of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery to read this book.
Forgot to post this on Saturday!
I started it as my way to celebrate Canada Day.
#audiobook
Reading about Anne‘s tragic life before she came to Green Gables made me love her all the more! She faces her trials with determination and spunk and an indomitable positive outlook. The author has done a great job of capturing her spirit and dialogue. I was a bit hesitant to read this book because I thought it would just be sad, but instead, I found it to be uplifting. ⬇️
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
This is a low pick for me. I enjoyed the way Wilson imagines Anne‘s life before Green Gables. Although early on, I think Anne was written too “old” for her age, I do think Wilson has a really good grasp of Anne as a character. The pacing was a bit off for me, though—the narrative felt rushed toward the end and there were a few scenes that felt like Wilson was trying too hard to foreshadow events in the main series.⤵️
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Before Green Gables Discussion (5 of 5)
How did the injustice depicted through the book affect you? Of course, the injustice that Anne experiences, but also the choices that were (or weren‘t) available to the women in the story: Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Hammond, Eliza, Miss Haggerty.
What are your thoughts on the way women‘s roles are represented and lived through these characters?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Before Green Gables Discussion (4 of 5)
📚 What are your thoughts on the more unsympathetic (or complicated!) characters we meet: Mrs. Thomas, Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Hammond, Miss Carlyle and Edna at the orphanage?
📚 How do these more negative characters shape who Anne is?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Before Green Gables Discussion (3 of 5)
There are so many wonderful characters who care for Anne and offer some brightness in her difficult life: Eliza, Miss Henderson, Mrs. Archibald, the Egg Man, Miss Haggerty.
📚 How do these characters contribute to Anne‘s growth?
📚 How do they shape her spirit and personality?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - Before Green Gables Discussion (2 of 5)
📚 Did you find the book to be a believable depiction of Anne‘s early life?
📚 To you, does it plausibly explain how Anne became the girl Matthew Cuthbert meets at Bright River station?
📚 Why or why not?
Here we go with the first #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead discussion of the year! My tag list record-keeping has been spotty this time around, so hopefully I'm not missing anyone!
Before Green Gables Discussion (1 of 5)
📚 What did you like or dislike about the book?
📚 How did its plot and characterizations compare to the original series for you?
📚 Do you feel Budge Wilson captures LMM‘s writing voice? Anne as a character?
I finished this just in time for the #kindredspiritsbuddyread discussion. I liked it okay, but because it was a prequel, I felt like it suffered from having to reach a specific ending. The beginning and middle were interesting, but the closer we came to Green Gables, it felt more and more constrained.