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E.E. Blake Well duh. You're a guy, lol. Anne is written for us women.
  • 7 years ago
Franklin Peach Yes - in keeping with my policy of full disclosure, I am a guy. ;)
  • 7 years ago
Britt I think guys have a tougher time relating to the heroine, though even some girls dislike the book because they don't enjoy the classic novel style.

I know a guy who did enjoy the book, but he was gay. ;P
  • 7 years ago
Valerie Sherman Franklin, I am a woman and I found Anne annoying, too. It's a sweet book, but damn, Anne is annoying.
  • 6 years ago
Chezon i appreciate your honesty
  • 6 years ago
Hera i haven't read the books but in the movie i found anne to be all the things she is described, vain, childish, stubborn etc etc but i have never found her annoying *cough cough* i am a girl....
  • 6 years ago
Connie Clark Isn't that just like a man? (for those who got to the book of Anne & Gilbert's first year of marriage. . . . .
  • 5 years ago
Jenn Each chapter was it's own story and there was very little connecting one chapter to the next, so after you finished a chapter it's easy to put the book down and not be in the least bit curious was was going to happen next.

To be fair to LM Montgomery, the story was started as a weekly serial that appeared in her local paper or Sunday school publication... something to that effect. I think if you kept reading the series, you'd see it becomes more complex.

I do agree that Anne gets annoying at times :)
  • 5 years ago
Arlette Sjerp I completely agree with your description, and I am a woman! :-) Jenn's comment above clarifies a lot about the structure, though.
  • 5 years ago
Claudia She is just a little girl........
  • 5 years ago
Milka I'm a third into the book and I completely agree with you (and yes, I'm a woman). Anne is so melodramatic, you just want to smack her and bring her back down to reality. And she just can't shut up...As for the writing style, there are some poetic parts

, but the pace is so slow. Not much happens in each chapter and there are so many words to describe every single detail, the "plot" gets lost. Such overuse of adverbs and long, boring sentences also. I can't imagine this book being published as is today without serious editing, and that's counting on an editor being interested in the story. Very outdated overall, in style and in storytelling. And I still have two-thirds to read!
  • 5 years ago
Jennie Man I could copy and paste this review, this was how I felt to!! I read books rather quick a book this size would normally take me a day, or one sitting if I have nothing on that day, this one took me over a week. Like you said there was just nothing to keep me going back to it!!
  • 4 years ago
Franklin Peach Jenn wrote: "To be fair to LM Montgomery, the story was started as a weekly serial that appeared in her local paper or Sunday school publication... something to that effect. I think if you kept reading the series, you'd see it becomes more complex."
Good point and something I did not realize at the time, I would say then her serials needed more of a story arch. I have no problem reading Dickens who published often in the same way, yet had an overall story arch. Like I said it did get much better and the last few chapters were worth the read.

It is good to hear her sequels get better plot lines, however it is doubtful I will pick one up. (although my daughter did like them)
Thanks for the comment
  • 4 years ago
Roene For those who thought Anne to be annoying, you must relate with all the characters in the book that cannot stand Anne and all her nonsense, - Mrs. Racheal Lynn and yes even Marilla.
If you were annoyed by Anne as a character then Montgomery achieved her goal. Her main character became alive enough to annoy you! Ha!
  • 4 years ago
Mary What's all this dissing Anne?
  • 3 years ago
Monica Tarrant I agree with this assessment and I am a woman too! Aside from the constant whining, I listened to this book on CD and found the particular reader to be even more annoying. I think the readers voice is what actually ruined the book for me.
  • 3 years ago
Jane I agree! Im only 90 pages in and her tangents are terribly redundant.
  • 3 years ago
Kimber Anne is only 11 years old though - that is very important to remember! I first read this book when I was 10 and I was enchanted by Anne. Her ramblings and selfishness fit with a girl that age.
  • 3 years ago
Melissa Frentsos Maybe you need to hear it read aloud (by a good reader) to appreciate it more. ;) She WAS annoying at times, true - but, that was how she was supposed to be. I do find some of the descriptions a little too much, but that may not always be the author's fault. Sometimes editors want you change stuff or add stuff that you'd rather not... or they change it themselves... I liked some of the flowery language and descriptions, but yeah I did find some of it to be a bit too much.
  • 2 years ago
Neopolitan333 Oh, I disagree! The silly mistakes are what make it so funny. And the way people get mad at her and her excuses, I mean really, she just cracks me up.
  • 2 years ago
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