Rainbow Valley (An Anne of Green Gables Novel) Hardcover – January 13, 2015

As an adult reader of the "Anne of Green Gables" series, I was drawn to this artful cover, a refreshing change from the juvenile formats. Sadly, the cover is the only enjoyable part of the book, due to the massive amount of faded text crammed onto each page, surrounded by minimal white space. The production of this format is an injustice to the author, rendering her delightful stories into a tedious, painful reading experience, where it is difficult to visually follow one line to the next. Do yourself a favor, and choose another published format of this book for your reading pleasure.

Ever since I was a little girl I have loved the Anne stories. Montgomery creates lifelike and compelling characters who I cannot help but love. Their personalities come through clearly in their dialogue and I have always found that I could almost hear them in my mind. Rainbow Valley is no exception to this rule. I fell immediately in love with the Merediths and enjoyed catching up with old favourites. My only complaint is the plot structure, which tends to be episodic and rather more like Mongomery's 'Chronicles' than the rest of the Anne series. Never the less I really enjoyed revisiting this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the series, though in my opinion it would not stand alone well.

LMM fills each page with beauty, charm, and wonderful joy. One of the greatest of writers ever. She writes beautiful pictures.

I am so much enjoying these books. Each one is so different than the movies of Anne of Green Gables. I love the authors style of writing. Laugh out loud fun!

This was the last book I read in the Anne series all of which I enjoyed. The author is able to use description in a pleasing manner as well as using language which I find fascinating and enjoy. All the books are written in a period which interest me. As one of the last books written in this series it moves to the time of the the first world war and brings across how difficult it must have been for those left behind, anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones who have gone to fight. The Anne series is an enjoyable read for language, description, humour, and story content, this the last book did not hold me as strongly as the previous books but was nevertheless enjoyable. If you enjoy reading the Anne series then this book is worthwhile including.

For some reason this was missing from my collection. Perfect condition when arrived.

The glories and pains of innocent childhood are skillfully woven into this book. Anne becomes a background character, but I don't mind as much as I thought I would.

All of Ms. Montgomery novels are so enjoyable. They are not just for young girls. They are easy reading and so descriptive of nature and human nature you can really visualize the scenes.

I somehow missed the Anne of Green Gables series in childhood and perhaps it is one really for the pre-teen upwards, rather than the younger reader. Anne Shirley is someone we come to know, from the child adopted by the Cuthberts and raised on Prince Edward Island to the schoolteacher, BA, wife and mother she becomes, always with her unique view on life and grasp of those things which truly matter. Rainbow Valley must wait a little while as I still have to read three of the six books which preceded it but a quick glance shows it is about the trials and tribulations of the Blyth children and their friends and I look forward to getting acquainted with them all shortly, even if perhaps a little late, a mere fifty years that's all.

This is generally a happy, humorous book, mostly about the children who play in "Rainbow Valley", a name they have given to a hollow near their homes. The children are from two different families. There are the Blythes, the children of the Anne who was once Anne of Green Gables and her husband Gilbert. At this time, some years before the First World War, Gilbert and Anne have six children - Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley (a boy), and Rilla. The other family are the Merediths. There are four children - Jerry, Faith, Una, and Thomas Carlyle (Carl). Their mother has died, and their father John is the new Presbyterian minister. Unfortunately he is easily absorbed by the duties of his ministry and his studying, which means that his children are generally left to their own devices. As a result they get a reputation in the area for being very wild! We read about the antics of the children, especially the young Merediths. Often their well-meaning plans turn out wrong. But they are kind-hearted. We read about how the Meredith children meet Mary Vance, a little girl who is ill-treated at home and who has run away and is starving. They take her to live at the manse. Their absent-minded father does not notice! Mary is an interesting character, to say the least! Eventually a nice local family adopt her.Other things happen, and John Meredith decides that, for the sake of the children, he should get married; and falls in love with a woman, Rosemary West. However, the path of true love does not run smoothly. . . ! This is a most enjoyable book, and takes L. M. Montgomery's history of the Blythe family that much further as well as introducing us to some very interesting characters, both children and adults!

I've read all the books in this series and they're brilliant. Not just for children but I would say more for adults. I've really enjoyed them and I'm 73.

What the heck? Don't buy the kindle version! Its like it was a non-english version that got put through Google translate, half the sentences make no sense. (Read a hard copy and love the book, big fan of the Anne series).

This is an excellent book and absolutely riveting. The previous book of the series became somewhat repetitive but this is full of energy and excitement. It is not really about Ann this time, her family are secondary to the story - the real focus of attention is the new Minister who is a widower with four children who get into all sorts of scrapes. There is a strong romantic element as well, will he, won't he get married and if so who will catch him.