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Title: Mistress Pat by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0-7704-2246-2 Publisher: Bantam/Seal Pub. Date: 26 February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Mistress Pat
Comment: As always Lucy Maud Montgomery's work is a time capsule brought to life, saying much about a rural young lady's life in the 1920's. However as a sequel to "Pat of Silver Bush" I was a bit disappointed in this book. I truely loved "Pat of Silver Bush" and ordered "Mistress Pat" as soon as I finished its prequel. Somewhere between books my affection and interest in Pat as a character was lost. Pat seems rather silly and at times downright infuriating in this book. The rest of the cast of characters is as interesting as ever and Judy Plum is truely a gem of a character. If you have a burning desire to discover Pat's eventual fate read this book. If not leave her the charming young lady found in "Pat of Silver Bush" and read another of Lucy Maud's books which even the worst of are somehow better than modern fiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another of Montgomery's fine works...
Comment: Although this is one of Montgomery's less-read works, it is nonetheless very charming. It is the sequel to Pat of Silver Bush. The story is of Pat, a young girl with dreams and ambitions. She is fiercefully proud of her home, Silver Bush. Now she is growing up, and she is experiencing the events and feelings that girls of Montgomery's time period experienced. As always, Montgomery portrays each and everyone of her characters in ingenius ways, letting the reader really get a feel for what each character is like.
Although the plot of the story is almost nonexistant in some ways, in others it's the best kind of plot there is - it's simply the story of Pat's life. It's not portrayed in biographical form, though; the book simply displays some of the quaint, funny, or particularly touching moments in Pat's life.
This book is a must-read for any L.M. Montgomery lover - if you liked Anne of Green Gables, you'd love Pat of Silver Bush and Mistress Pat.
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't want it to end
Comment: This is a book that I hate to have end because the plot is about a woman clinging to a way of life that's slipping away from her and I don't want to see it go.
One of the most successful elements of the books is the characters and the sense of place. Judy, who we meet again from Pat of Silverbush, and Tillytuck, a new addition to the cast, are two of her most realistic and interesting characters. Silverbush itself is a character - I feel like I have tromped through the flower beds and maybe overnighted in the Poet's room. Despite this developed sense of place and person, some of Montgomery's formulas are still evident: I found Pat's sister Cuddles to be remarkably similar to Philippa Gordon from the Anne series. Pat has a streak of Murray pride and an older love interest a la Emily. Also, May Binnie, Pat's nemesis is a rather one dimensional character and we never understand what's motivating her.
Some people complained that there isn't enough of the male love interest in this book but I think they miss the point. This isn't a love story about a man and woman, it's a love story about a woman and her home. Besides, in most of Montgomery's other books the love interests are featured for only a few pages here and there. Anne and Gilbert didn't get together every weekend and neither did Emily and Teddy.
Another aspect of the story that I liked is that we see Pat get a little older before she figures who she loves and how she will spend her life. I'm only speculating but it felt more autobiographical. After all, Montgomery herself was in her thirties when Anne of Green Gables was published and wasn't married until she was in her late thirties.
I just finished rereading this book last night. I'll have to hold off a couple of years before rereading it again and I'm a little homesick right now for Silverbush and Pat and the Gardiner family.
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Title: Pat Of Silverbush by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0770422470 Publisher: Bantam/Seal Pub. Date: 01 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0770422454 Publisher: Bantam/Seal Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0553280511 Publisher: Starfire Pub. Date: 01 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Road to Yesterday by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0553560689 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0553264931 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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