I love the Anne of Green Gables series, right up to the later books about her children: Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside. But I haven't read any other books other than Blue Castle (which is great). So when I saw one of her other books A Tangled Web in the library I was excited.
It was published in 1931, and you can see the differences with the Anne books, in that they talk about cars and people being shocked that women were wearing dresses showing their knees and cutting their hair into a bob haha. I really enjoyed it. It took me a while to get into it because there were that many characters introduced right at the beginning and I kept losing track. But it soon all fell into place.
There were some amusing storylines and some really sweet and moving. Montgomery has a skill in that she creates characters that you care about.
[slight spoiler ahead]
I gave it 4 stars (out of 5), it lost a star because, although some of the storylines that interweave the book came to a happy ending, I wanted to know a little more. Like the storyline on little Brian Dark, a lonely orphan. It gave him a happy ending and the story finished, I would have just liked a chapter on how he felt and how his life improved following his happy ending.
I'm now reading a funny book called Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella.
Happy reading!
Sarah xx
4 comments:
Hmmm, I must see if I can find that book at our library, or if it can be ordered. Thank you for visiting my blog.
God bless.
Yes I do recommend. Have a lovely day x
Loved all those books too but Anne at Green Gables was the best.
Yes, Anne of Green Gables is still my favourite :)
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