I was extremely disappointed in most of the books after Anne of Green Gables. It's as if her personality completely changed. Yes, we all grow up, but hopefully we keep some of our spunk. As a mother I remember thinking she was very judgmental (can't remember why). But this actually inspired me when I was writing my series of novels about a young man in the Gilded Age trying to overcome being the scapegoat in his very dysfunctional family. A question entered my mind--what would happen if a girl like Anne Shirley entered Buck Crenshaw's life? It was so fun to write about a girl like that helping to heal a troubled character (of course they fall in love). LOL. My stand-in for Anne (Lucy) never loses who she is).
I can't express fully how happy I am that I discovered Anne of Green Gables! (By the way, I absolutely agree with you that the first book of the series is the strongest one.) This book is chicken soup for my tired soul. And every time I feel desperately down, I open the book and immerse myself in the cozy world that Lucy Maud Montgomery created
I was extremely disappointed in most of the books after Anne of Green Gables. It's as if her personality completely changed. Yes, we all grow up, but hopefully we keep some of our spunk. As a mother I remember thinking she was very judgmental (can't remember why). But this actually inspired me when I was writing my series of novels about a young man in the Gilded Age trying to overcome being the scapegoat in his very dysfunctional family. A question entered my mind--what would happen if a girl like Anne Shirley entered Buck Crenshaw's life? It was so fun to write about a girl like that helping to heal a troubled character (of course they fall in love). LOL. My stand-in for Anne (Lucy) never loses who she is).
Yes, lacking in empathy. That's a better way of putting it. It was as if she forgot that she had once been an orphan. It was kind of gross.
I can't express fully how happy I am that I discovered Anne of Green Gables! (By the way, I absolutely agree with you that the first book of the series is the strongest one.) This book is chicken soup for my tired soul. And every time I feel desperately down, I open the book and immerse myself in the cozy world that Lucy Maud Montgomery created