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Summary: A Labyrinth of Love
Review: I love how L.M.M. writes and was enchanted with Anne, Jane, Valancy, an the others but I must admit, I was a little disappointed in the Emily series. Because I am such a fan of Montgomery, I tend to dilude myself occasionally by thinking that all her books are dynamo, but they really aren't. I own all three Emily books but this one was such a mess of love and you get very angry at Emily's stupidity all the time. It also seemed to drag and I just wanted to get to the end and find out if she made a complete fool of herself or actually married Teddy. I think it was one of those books that took hours to tell a story that could have been told in thirty minutes or less.
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Summary: A very satisfying book!
Review: Emily's Quest is an excellent conclusion to the Emily trilogy. I have read the others, but they just don't have the power to move you as much as this book did. The previous books are more light and happy, but this is my favorite! It is not too sad, it is just right. I was surprised that I felt every feeling of Emily's as I read the book. When Emily was sad, I was sad and when Emily was happy, I was very happy! This is an amazing book that you won't want to miss! Of course, I would suggest reading the first two books before this one to get the background and to understand Emily more. Anyone who liked the Anne series will like this book. I don't know, but maybe I liked this book more than any Anne book, just maybe. I recommmend this to people ages 13 and up (to 113). It is a very satisfying book that will lewave you feeling happy (At least that's what I thought). :)
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Summary: Awesome book!!
Review: Emily's Quest is by L.M. Montgomery, who is also the author of the Anne of Green Gables series. Emily's Quest is the last book of a three-book series about Emily. I really enjoyed this book. The author uses tremendously long and hard to understand words. But, if you keep reading it all makes sense. In other words if you don't like to use a dictionary once in a while, don't read this book.
One thing I like about the book is that the narrator changes. Most of the time it is the author, and she will remind you she is there, but other times it is Emily. When it's Emily, it's mostly out of her diary/journal that you're reading. It's interesting though to actually find out what is going on inside the mind of a character in the book.
L.M. Montgomery is also good at character descriptions. She can describe them so well that it paints a picture in your mid. The author also describes the characters so many times in so many ways, you have to stop and think about which character she is describing. Sometimes the character becomes so real, you can say that the character reminds you of someone. The way the clothes are described, you would not believe that they were real.
There is always some kind of tradition for everything. The "traditions" that the author comes up with for the characters you would not believe. They are so "old fashioned" for us now, even though that's the way it was done back then.
The adventures that the characters go on or the trouble they get into make the book extremely exciting and you won't want to put it down. There is always some adventure or another and when you guess what is going to happen it turns out that most of the time it doesn't happen the way you think it will. If that's not what's happening, then you're "screaming" at the character not to do whatever they're doing.
That's what I think and a few things about the book/series. I really like the book and would recomend it to people, particularly girls, who enjoy old classic books.
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Summary: Beautiful, but not perfect
Review: Emily's Quest is my favorite of the Emily books (probably of all her books), and a wonderful read for any romantics like me. However, it was focused too much on Emily's romances and too little on her writing. The years flew by in a fashion never displayed in the two prequels, and left many aspects of Emily's life vague. The ending, which I have read countless times, deserves a fuller chapter of explanations and happiness. The ending Montgomery wrote left me dissatisfied and longing for another book about Emily, whom I love MUCH more than Anne. Why did LMM write so many books about Anne and so little about Emily? It is unfortunate she is no longer alive to add to this series. Despite this book's shortcomings, LMM writes, as always, with depth and beauty. This dark conclusion to the Emily series is a must read for Montgomery lovers.
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Summary: Emily/L.M.'s Quest?
Review: Emily's Quest seems often to be telling two stories at once, in two different styles. Emily's relationships with Teddy Kent and Dean Priest often play out like conventional magazine romance of the time. This can get frustrating, particularly in the latter half of the book. However, Emily's continuing adventures as a writer and her from-the-heart journal entries are pure gold, and have the feel of L.M. Montgomery's own experience. This book does have a bittersweet flavor that is missing from the Anne series, but I appreciate the emotional truth that comes through. Montgomery's insight into her characters is clear but gentle, and rarely unforgiving. My only wish is that she would have trusted her characters to forward Emily's story to the end without resorting to plot devices. Overall, however, this is a worthwhile read that fans of Emily Climbs will not want to miss.
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Summary: Not so good as the other two Emily books
Review: I have to admit, I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two Emily books. It was really sketchy(too brief), and the ending didn't make much sense.(After scores of readings I STILL can't understand why Teddy suddenly came back after all those years of misunderstanding, although I'm glad that he did) Also Emily's progress as a writer wasn't as well drawn out as the other two book in the series, However, in spite of these faults, I loved this book anyway, because it's about Emily, a character I Iike so much. The good characters of the series (Aunt Elizabeth, Cousin Jimmy, Perry, Ilse, Teddy, Mr.Carpenter and of course Emily) are not dimmed by the lack of plot in the story. Also, inspite of its lack of plot, there were few really good parts in the story, such as Emily saving Teddy from sailing in the Flavian(and realizes she belongs to him and him only) and the writing of "The Moral of the Rose" (Aunt Ellizabeth finally admitting that she could write). And I like it how Emily knows she wants unlike Pat or Anne, other LMM heroines. She knows she loves Teddy, and suffers because she thinks he does not love her back. She knows pain. All in all, I thought it was a good book although I think people who haven't read the first two Emily books should read them first.
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Summary: Emily's Quest
Review: I love this book! It is about an aspiring writer named Emily who has many different romances but is in love with her childhood sweetheart, Teddy. She falls in and out of love many times. After she has an accident, she agrees to marry a man twice the age of her who she doesn't love. She later calls the marriage off because she still loves Teddy, even if he does not love her back (or so she thinks). When Teddy gets engaged to Emily's best friend, Ilse, she is torn apart. Another friend named Perry would be perfect for Ilse, but can they see it as well as Emily can? Would Emily be the bride-to-be if it weren't for a terrible misunderstanding? I suggest that any girl or woman should read this book. It is my favourite book of Lucy Maud Montgomery's, and I've finally found a book I like more than Harry Potter! This is not frusterating at all, and I cried my eyes out at the end of it, I was so happy about it and sad that I had finished it at the same time! It took me one day to read, I enjoyed it that much! This is better than Anne of Green Gables! Read it as soon as you can grasp a copy!
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Summary: Don't expect it to be like the first two
Review: I read this book when I first read the trilogy, and at the time I liked it very little. I thought it was very bitter, and not as happy as the first two. Upon rereading it recently, I found that now the book seems bittersweet rather than bitter. And this is only compared to other books by Montgomery--compared to books in general, this book is still very sweet and idealistic. This time I read the book, I loved it! It was powerful and moving, and incredibly real. Yes, it's a bit more cynical than the Anne books or the first two in the series, but its notes of sorrow only serve to make Emily's joys and triumphs all the more thrilling. I agree with the other reviewers that the ending was flawed. My personal opinion is that Montgomery was planning to write more but got tired or realized the book would be too long--or succumbed to a deadline--and had to rush things. But you can just use your imagination a little. And a note to other reviewers---DON'T reveal the ending of the book you're reviewing! (Ahem.) Anyway, I found the book as a whole very deep and satisfying, and several moments in it sent shivers down my spine, they were so beautiful.
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Summary: Guess there has to be a flop in every trilogy. This is it.
Review: I thought 'Emily of New Moon' was good and 'Emily Climbs' was absolutely great, so I was really hyped up about this. Maybe too hyped up, because it just wasn't any good. It seemed as if Montgomery was going through a bad period in her life (well maybe she was) and just thought she'd finish the series and be done with it. (Spoilers ahead) So Emily gets involved with Dean like we knew she would, she finds the Lost Diamond (surprise), and spends the rest of her time being unbelievably depressed thinking her life is going down the drain. This goes on for so long I started to believe it too. I mean, OK, a book doesn't have to be all sweetness and light, but a bit more would be very very welcome.
There is just one chapter (more spoilers) where she reads differing reviews of her book. That IS funny, though a bit of a rip-off from Little Women series where the same thing happens to Jo (I forget which book).
When she FINALLY gets together with Teddy it hardly seems adequate recompense for all the misery we (not to mention Emily) have had to go through.
All in all, I know you'll want to read it if you've read the first two, but I'm warning you it's not enjoyable.
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Summary: Dean, Dean, what can the matter be?
Review: Maybe it's because I'm older than your average reader of this series, but I absolutely detested this book. What the hell was Montgomery thinking when she suddenly sprang Dean's evil side on us? We've seen so little of him as it is, what does this change from loving, attentive companion into selfish, childish brat signify? I was extremely disappointed by Emily's decision to resind marrying him, as well. I didn't see any reason why Teddy was better suited to her than Dean;All we ever heard about Teddy was that he was a talented artist, and that he could whistle and was imaginative. Well, so was Dean, and on top of that, Dean had a profundity which Teddy's personality lacked. When i read a book, I like to be able to understand the characters' personalities, moties, to fit myself to them, and I couldn't do that with any of the characters here. As one other reviewer noted, much of Emily's life in New Moon during this period is vague, and we never get to examine things from another character's point of view, so that's frustratingly one-sided. Add to that, Emily has always been extremely self-absorbed, which is why I liked the Anne books better. Emily was imaginative, profound, and charming in Emily of New Moon, less so in Emily Climbs, and by Emily's Quest, she's simply a shell to be filled by whomever she marries, a position Dean could have filed quite nicely, alhough, knowing how shallow Emily has become, Dean deserved much better company. Let Teddy's simple-minded art and inexplicable attraction amuse her, then. She wasn't worthy of Dean.
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