Claire's Reviews > Anne of the Island

Re-read (after many years' hiatus) for book club and it totally held up for me. Things I did not remember: there are virtually no men in this book (even Gilbert, who is in fact dreamier than I remembered, has only, like, five lines) and the non-Gilbert ones who are there are mostly only there as placeholders to be pretty or provide comic relief or act as catalysts for the ladies' self-determination; whereas the cast of lady characters is big, complex, and glorious. Here for it.

It's funny and a total delight to re-read. Going to reread them all and also rewatch the wonderful CBC miniseries because Colleen Dewhurst will always be Marilla to me.