Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
Rating: 3 Stars
Description: This is the 5th book of the series in between Anne's House of Dreams and Rainbow Valley. It's a mix between the story of Anne as a mother of 6 and the story of Anne's children with their own adventures.
Genre: Children Classic
My Impression: This is probably my least favorite book of the series. Montgomery wrote it 15 years after the publication of the next 2 books and it has the disjointed feel of something added in afterwards. The book can't seem to make up its mind about if it wants to be about Anne or about her children. I was frustrated by the lack of development of Anne and especially Gilbert as adults. Gilbert is one of the best male characters ever in my opinion and you only get tiny hints of his personality. I loved the end scenes between Anne and Gilbert and the beginning with Anne and Diana but as a whole the characters were to shallowly drawn to be satisfying.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author?: Yes but not based off this book
Would I Recommend this Book?: Probably not unless it was someone reading the entire series and it would be more of a "Might as well" then a true recommendation.
Rating: 1 Star
Description: The story starts with a pretty clear cut case of an employee stealing money out of an executive's desk. Then the accused employee hires the famed detective Nero Wolfe to investigate the identity of a man her father had saved 40 years ago who was supposed to give him and a bunch of other people money as repayment. When 2 of those people are found murdered things get a bit more serious.
Genre: Mystery
My Impression: I know Nero Wolfe is supposed to be one of the best fictional detectives - up there with Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. I also know that Rex Stout is one of the best classic mystery authors. Despite all that I didn't care for this book at all. To me it read like someone was giving an explanation to what happened "And then she said this, then I walked over and got some coffee, then he told me to get the door". I was definitely never pulled into the story and was never particularly interested in who did the murdering or the identity of the man who owed everyone money. I was very disappointed that I didn't enjoy it since I'm always looking for new authors and Rex Stout would provide me with quite a reading list. However, since I didn't care about the mystery or the characters at all I'll be giving his other books a miss.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author?: Unfortunately no
Would I Recommend this Book?: No.
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