This wasn’t my favorite installment in the series. The letter structure didn’t really work for me, though I would have liked to see Gilbert’s responses. It will be interesting to get his perspective in the next book. I wonder if we’ll find out what he’s been up to the last three years. Looking forward to the wedding.
"This is what it is to be human." - I think that's so true. I'm reminded of a couple of years that I spent teaching languages to adults. As a teacher, it's easy to get very invested in your students, but to them the lessons are only a couple of hours in their week and may be something they treat very casually. I think in this book LM Montgomery's teaching experience really shows!
Btw, IIRC the Tomgallon house episode was one in which some of the more ghoulish stuff was cut out of the North American version but left in the British one - I still have no idea why. 😂 I will look for the link to the extra text again today, but if anyone wants it urgently, you can find it in my comment on week 1/The First Year of this book.
I really found myself missing a lot of the other characters since most of this book was in letter structure. It just didn't feel right. I would have liked it better if we got response letters from Gilbert, and if Anne were writing to anyone else and receiving their responses as well (I miss Diana and Marilla! And Mrs. Lynde!) but I am looking forward to the next one.
This wasn’t my favorite installment in the series. The letter structure didn’t really work for me, though I would have liked to see Gilbert’s responses. It will be interesting to get his perspective in the next book. I wonder if we’ll find out what he’s been up to the last three years. Looking forward to the wedding.
"This is what it is to be human." - I think that's so true. I'm reminded of a couple of years that I spent teaching languages to adults. As a teacher, it's easy to get very invested in your students, but to them the lessons are only a couple of hours in their week and may be something they treat very casually. I think in this book LM Montgomery's teaching experience really shows!
Btw, IIRC the Tomgallon house episode was one in which some of the more ghoulish stuff was cut out of the North American version but left in the British one - I still have no idea why. 😂 I will look for the link to the extra text again today, but if anyone wants it urgently, you can find it in my comment on week 1/The First Year of this book.
I really found myself missing a lot of the other characters since most of this book was in letter structure. It just didn't feel right. I would have liked it better if we got response letters from Gilbert, and if Anne were writing to anyone else and receiving their responses as well (I miss Diana and Marilla! And Mrs. Lynde!) but I am looking forward to the next one.