Anne of Green Gables

redheadperson22 - Warning! This review contains spoilers. I haven't read the book in a few years. It might have not been this particular version, but I've read the book about 3 or 4 times. I really liked it. But there are some things that I really didn't like. For starters, I didn't like the way they portrayed red-heads. I'm a red-head, and I hated the way they made it seem like red-heads were automatically ugly. I also didn't like that Anne thought of her-self as ugly, and no one in the entire book disagreed with her. It wasn't until closer to the end of the book (when her hair was a bit darker and she didn't have as many freckles) that people thought she wasn't as ugly. Other thing I didn't like was that the man (I think his name was Matthew) died. I really liked him, and so did Anne. I don't get why he had to die. I also didn't like the fact that Anne was so obsessed with the way she looked. She even tried to dyed her hair black, but it ended up turning green. I wish she could have just learned to accept herself, instead of always complaining about being ugly. Despite all of it's flaws, overall it was a good book.

July 1, 2005
Gr 3-4 -A simplified version of the classic story, with a large font and wide spacing. The original plot is loosely mirrored, including Anne's arrival at the Avonlea train depot, Matthew and Marilla's efforts to accept her into their household, Anne's struggles and success in school, and Matthew's death. Essential character traits and resulting conflicts are conveyed -Anne's exuberance and imagination, Matthew's shyness, Marilla's quiet sense of order, and Mrs. Lynde's meddling. Of course many of the original descriptions have been trimmed for simplicity and brevity. Corvino's black-and-white pencil illustrations give readers images of the fashions, hairstyles, and buildings of the day. This serviceable retelling will be appreciated by readers not yet ready for the original work." -Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI"

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