Anne of the island appreciation post
I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the book!!!
Whenever we get a glance of Gilbert's perspective I'm just smiling like a pervert lol. And also can we please talk about what a perfect side character Roy Gardner is?? It pisses me off that LMM couldn't get his last name right later on but he was the perfect university fling, I love how convincing LMM made both Anne's infatuation and rejection of Roy. Being her ideal from head to toe and the lack of humour being her ick point was so goodddd! And also what a name!
I think I adore pretty much all the characters in this book, the patty's place girls and aunt Jamesina were amazing. And Rustyyyyyyyyy!! It was definitely a shame how the relationships Anne build during Redmond isn't mentioned enough in the books later.
Last but not the least the Sam guy that proposed to Anne was hilarious...and I was actually so pissed at Janet's story. That man should've cut ties with his mum 20 years ago!
And do let me know if anyone has a clue about what Gilbert was thinking when he and Anne were walking back together from Diana's wedding! They were talking about people growing up and change, and there's a scene where Gilbert quotes a poem looking absent. I don't think there's any description of him being absent around Anne except for that Christine chapter in Ingleside, so I've always wondered what LMM was trying to imply here.