That was a nice read. The storytelling was great despite it being a short story. I'm looking forward on watching the movie and how it will be adapted. I do hope the original ending will be kept, it was a good ending.

I honestly enjoyed it less towards the end. Also, I felt like I could care less about the FMC, and the MC made the book bearable. I just find the FMC annoying, her attitude, personality, and narratives. But I also acknowledge that maybe that's the point of the whole story, is because she's misunderstood. Still after reading the book, I couldn't say I empathize with her. She overreacts to the slightest of things, and it throws me off. She's exhausting to read.

I think its just funny to me how glorified NYC is, but I'm looking at it with a perspective of an outsider. People can love it as much as they do but I felt like this book was pushing it too much down my throat. Of course, it was still my choice to keep reading but it was just too much for me. I would have dropped this if I wasn't determined to finish it regardless.

The chemistry was faint, but it was still there. Reading an FMC like her is a bit hard, but the premise from the author's note at the end was interesting. And the author was right, we don't see much stories with FMCs like this, but I feel like the execution just didn't fit my preferences. There are many funny and amusing narrative and dialogue though, so I'll give credit to that.

One of the things that excite me about this series is that I don't know what happens anymore beyond what I've watched in the adaptations (by choice, as I want to move forward with the books first). It's kind of intimidating not knowing what happens next, but also I'm looking forward in knowing more. In this book though, it started out a bit slow so it didn't really pique my interest until about halfway towards the end, when Anne met new interesting people, and then their stories were much more interesting to read.

There are some new characters that I really like. Paul Irving and Miss Lavendar for special mention. They made the book so enjoyable to read (but only towards the end since that's where they most appeared), but still, they had such wholesome moments. And just as Paul Irving caught Anne's heart, he also caught mine! Such a sweet and adorable boy. I can't help but gush at him too, the way he acts and talks to Anne.

Davy is also interesting to read, but he's such a difficult and mischievous character that it also stresses me out to read about him. Definitely reminded me of Anne's younger days, but she's not as bad as Davy (I thought Anne was getting a taste of her own medicine lol). Although it's unfair how the book has more moments to love Davy more than Dora in my opinion. Dora is an underrated character, she deserves a lot of love too, especially from the readers.

A lot of things have surprised me a bit. One of those is them being teachers at the ages of 17. That's barely an adult in today's age, and somehow it always shocked me when it is mentioned. As if they were adults already, but they are still so young. It was highlighted when they had a picnic during spring and they were having fun playing around, imagining things, discovering places, eating together. They're just babies!!

Being a teacher definitely suits Anne (but I still stand by the fact that they were too young haha), however, I do not agree with her ways most times. One of them is her acting as if the students are her friends, and not her pupils. It's hard to manage kids when they see you as a friend and not someone with authority (but I'm glad she came around to it eventually), but it highlights the fact that they weren't mature enough to be teachers. But well, I guess she could have seen it as a learning experience, and that accounted to her growing up and learning life lessons.

One of the interesting things that also stood out to me was how they talk about city life, and how its unfulfilling than the country life. I'm amazed that even thought this book was from 100 years ago, it still holds the same principle today. That for most people, they prefer the quiet life in the country without noise, stress, and pollution.

And even though I knew how Gilbert and Anne turns out, it makes me giddy when the book talks about Gilbert's thoughts especially about Anne, just a splash of romance there elevates the experience while reading. I'm not rushing for them though since we still have more to read on Anne's life. I'm just glad that they're having their moments as good friends and that they talk a lot more now.