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I found this too reminiscent of the short stories in Ingleside, like the one Walter overhears from behind the drapes, and also oddly dark for Montgomery... Weddings and funerals and difficulty with the children’s friends and lifelong grudges: those are all familiar. But murder - that’s less expected. And maybe the constant stream of these stories, which aren’t interspersed in a longer narrative, also makes them feel darker?
There are some exceptions: that hilarious will short story - felt right out of Jane of Lantern Hill, that one - and that surprisingly spooky ghost story. Those were great.
Maybe too many mentions of how fabulous the Blythes are, and too many people who decide to dislike them and then are compelled to change their minds. Because the Blythes are so fabulous. It’s a little heavy-handed.
There are some exceptions: that hilarious will short story - felt right out of Jane of Lantern Hill, that one - and that surprisingly spooky ghost story. Those were great.
Maybe too many mentions of how fabulous the Blythes are, and too many people who decide to dislike them and then are compelled to change their minds. Because the Blythes are so fabulous. It’s a little heavy-handed.