I am trying to power through as many books as I can this week, since I start my online Master's degree next week! That will seriously limit my reading time.
This is classic #5 for the year!
This is classic #5 for the year!
This is the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series, and while I enjoyed it I think it was the saddest of the books so far.
It starts out very pleasantly, with Anne and Gilbert FINALLY getting married and moving across the island so that Gilbert could start his medical practice. They live in a little house with a few neighbors, that Anne automatically befriends (of course). However, there are a lot of struggles between the Blythes and their neighbors. Not that there was any animosity, but every character had their dark past. And it seemed like Anne and Gilbert had avoided many of those tragedies, until their first child died shortly after being born. That just ripped my heart right out. Just this week some people whom we love dearly lost their baby when he was born too early, and so this was especially tender for me. Then they had to deal with having to bury her (which in and of itself is a horrifying thought for a parent). Then the man that they became good friends with passed away right at the end of the book. However, he was over 75 years old and missed his sweetheart who was lost at sea over 50 years ago, so he was happy to go.
Thankfully, for my heart's sake, Anne and Gilbert had another baby before the book ended. Otherwise it would have cast too dark of a shadow over the book for me. But even with all that said and done, I still really enjoyed it. And I hope that the next few books live up to it as well!
Thankfully, for my heart's sake, Anne and Gilbert had another baby before the book ended. Otherwise it would have cast too dark of a shadow over the book for me. But even with all that said and done, I still really enjoyed it. And I hope that the next few books live up to it as well!
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