Anne of Green Gables 2.0

So, I know I didn't do a great job at describing Anne of Green Gables last time, but in school we had to write a Goodreads review and this is the book that I used for it. I think I turned out better, but tell me what you think:

Anne -with an E Shirley, has never had a place to call her own.

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are an old pair who know next to nothing about children.

Who would think that they would ever meet? However, when Matthew goes to the station to pick up the boy that they have chosen to adopt, there isn’t one in sight! Only a skinny, red-haired, freckled girl who appeared to be waiting for someone. After questioning the station master, Matthew realizes that the girl is waiting for him. There must have been a mistake, but he can’t just leave her there. He decides to take her with him. Shy by nature, Matthew decides to let Marilla break the news to the young, eager faced-girl who just can’t stop talking from excitement. During the short ride from the station to Green Gables (a farm house on Prince Edward Island), Anne manages to not only win over Matthew, but the reader as well.

Anne of Green Gables is an amazing book full of love, laughter, and tragedy (not very much though). In short it is full of life. Join Anne as she experienced the ups and downs of life, gets herself and those closest to her in “scrapes” and let’s her imagination run wild.

One thing I especially loved about this book is that it gives an accurate portrayal of life. In some books, the character’s lives seem so glamorous and unreal. The characters don’t make mistakes, but not in Anne of Green Gables. Anne makes mistakes, she starches handkerchiefs, flies into tempers and dyes her hair accidentally on purpose. To be sure, she also has her  good traits. She is smart, imaginative and has a big heart. She loves her friends to the moon and back. Another thing I liked about this book is that the characters are so lovable and dynamic. Throughout the book, you can see them growing and not just in stature or age. The characters learn from their mistakes, and you can see their personalities and interests developing and expanding. Their dreams are changing, and the things they looked forward to as children, don’t hold the same wonder and reverence, once they become older. The characters are so lovable that once they enter your heart, they stay there forever, no matter what. You feel like you’ve known them your entire life. That you’ve spoken to them and played with them and lived with them. You feel as if, should they have existed, you would have been the best of friends with them.

One thing I didn’t like so much about Anne of Green Gables is that it was published in 1908. That’s over 100 year! It’s not the age of the book so much that I don’t like, it’s the language used in the book. Some of the phrases that were very common back then are nearly lost now. This made the book a bit confusing at times, but it was still really good.

People who might like this book are readers who like classic books such as Little Women and/or Jane Austen novels. In addition, if you like realistic fiction, you would probably like this book. Readers who like strong female characters might enjoy this book as well. Even though there is no action/fighting, which is what you typically associate with strong female characters (Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Annabeth Chase), Anne is as strong as them all, in her own way.