The Story Girl (Penny Books) Review
I have been an L.M. Montgomery fan since I was 10 years old. Now, as an adult, I think I appreciate her even more. Though the Anne books will always be my favorite, I had to read this simply for knowing it was the author's own favorite.
Despite some reviews calling this book condescending, unlikely, or overly sweet, I saw it almost as a reflection of my own childhood amongst my own group of siblings and friends - only set 100 years earlier. You must keep in mind these are stories written for children and no doubt meant to be a role model for them to be happy to do what is right.
What Montgomery never fails to do is create characters. Like Anne Shirley, she creates characters that become real to her readers, that makes us happy to know them in literature and sort of wistful not to know them in reality. The Story Girl creates a group of characters that play off of one another and that grow more likeable in the reader's eye with every turn of the page. I appreciate rather than resent the continual reminder that while The Story Girl is not beautiful, she is captivating - it gives the average girl something to aspire to.
The stories that The Story Girl tells are humorous and clever, and while written for children, Montgomery always manages to throw in some humor that an adult can appreciate and enjoy. I couldn't put this book down and will likely read it again and again in years to come.
The Story Girl (Penny Books) Overview
Beverly and Felix King have to leave their home in Toronto while their father takes a job in South America for the summer. Since they can not go with their father, they stay with their cousins at the King family farm on Prince Edward Island.
The boys meet their enchanting cousin Sara Stanly, known to everyone as the Story Girl. The Story Girl has a story for every occasion in this prequel to the Golden Road.
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Customer Reviews
One of my favorite books - -
Listen. Those of you who were calling it infantile when it refers to the children. Have you ever read Dickens? Now THAT makes me cringe,some of the things they say.
Real life, but sweeter - P. Silva -
Like most Lucy Maud Montgomery stories, The Story Girl is about what life is really like, only slightly sweeter and more magical. She captures childhood in all of its intricacies and makes the reader care for the characters like they're her own childhood friends. You may not close this book having learned anything new about life or having developed any new ideas, but you will close it having made new memories that will feel as dear as your own.
Lovely...just lovely - Suming Yue - Canada
LM Montgomery said herself that this was her most favorite book of all her works, and i just have to agree. although this is not my favorite land setting, the story just flows smoothly and naturally; flawless. the story girl will enchant everyone, her witty mind and bewitching voice, she is a wonderful story teller. everyday is an adventure for the children: Beverly (the one is telling the story), Felix, Cecily, Felicity, Sara Ray and the Story Girl; always learning something new.
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