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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Anne Shirley leaves Green Gables to go to work as a school principal. Too bad those prickly Pringles try to make life so difficult.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Anne becomes a principal and meets many more interesting people. A lot of the book is written in the form of letters to Gilbert.”
Ellie wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm just wondering what goes on in this book and what are poplars? are they trees?
Sophia B wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Really good, I loved it!!!!!!:D”
Christina B wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“oh, the pringles.”
rachel o wrote this review Friday, November 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The most boring book in the series.”
Daria w wrote this review Tuesday, October 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“VERY VERY LOVELY. The book is so relaxing and just so beautiful. It speaks of simpleness and antiquity . . . With no vanity and politics whatsoever. I LOve it!”
Stax141516 - Flock Fright wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Anne va a Summerside a ocupar el cargo de directora en la escuela secundaria de Summerside. Gilbert, mientras tanto, se encuentra en Redmond estudiando medicina. Al principio los Pringle, a quienes se llama "la familia real" dificultan mucho la tarea de Anne, pero al final logra conquistarlos con su indescriptible encanto, así como también a Katherine Brooke, una maestra triste y sarcástica con una triste historia de vida. Anne cuenta con el apoyo de las tías Kate y Chatty, dueñas del hogar donde se aloja, y de Rebecca Dew, su incorregible criada.”
Verónica L wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“gilbert needs to be a litle more involved!!!”
Staeven Bulldogs wrote this review Thursday, October 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“In book four of the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne has graduated from university and is serving as principal of a high school in Summerside on the Island. She and Gilbert are engaged but are waiting three years to marry, while Gilbert completes his medical training - and Anne of Windy Poplars covers experiences from those three years. Much of the book is comprised of Anne's letters to Gilbert in which she tells him of of her challenges and triumphs, including the dreadful Pringle family which plots her downfall before she even arrives in Summerside.
Kay C wrote this review Thursday, September 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Two particularly memorable characters introduced in this book are Rebecca Dew, the live-in housekeeper for the two elderly ladies with whom Anne boards, and Little Elizabeth, the child next door being raised by a cold, stern great-grandmother.”
“Anne of Windy Poplars, written some time after its predecessors, unfortunately does not live up to them. For one thing, most of Anne of Windy Poplars is written in a different style than the previous three books in the series. This novel covers the three years that Anne spends away from her Gilbert during their engagement, thus Montgomery decided to make most of this work epistolary. The real confusion for me lies in why she did not just make the whole thing. One in every four chapters would not be a letter written to Gilbert for no reason I could discern. This book also seems unimportant to the overall plot of Anne's life. There are several cute stories throughout, but there is not a good sense of everything being an integral part of the whole. One part that really annoyed me were two chapters near the end of the first section where Anne goes to the wedding of some person that I could not remember having met. There seemed to be no lead in. Maybe I missed something, but it sure came out of nowhere. Montgomery also decided for some reason to cut the romantic portions out of Anne's letters, when those were the parts I might most have enjoyed. Overall, still worth reading if you like the series, but do not expect the magic of the previous books. The only main character who gets any large amount of page time is Anne; Marilla, Rachel, Davy and Dora are seen over one vacation; Gilbert appears only in reference and the headings of the letters.”
Christina F wrote this review Saturday, August 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
