Customer Reviews
Tedius and overlong... 
2008-09-05
I really enjoyed the first two "Emily" books by LM Montgomery, especially the first one, which was quite touching and charming. This one however was awful, very bloated with page after page of scenery and background descriptions. I enjoy a nice sunset or moonlit night as much as the next person but that was pretty much all that was in this book. 200 pages of landscapes, over and over again. I found myself skipping big chunks of the book because I didn't want to labor through ANOTHER description of some pretty scenery. Honestly, the parts that actually concerned Emily and her life could easily have been tacked on in a few short chapters to the second Emily book, it was completely unneccesary to write a whole other book to describe them. Besides that it was terribly exasperating to have Teddy and Emily dancing around each other, wasting YEARS of their lives with other people because neither of them would simply SPEAK UP!! Neither of them would simply say, ever, "Hey, I love you. Let's get married." They certainly had plenty of opportunities. So you have to endure an agony of 200+ pages of thwarted love and near misses before they finally stumble onto the truth. All in all a very aggravating read that would have been charming and pleasant in a (much) shorter context.
A satisfying conclusion to Emily's story... 
2008-01-09
The third and final book about young orphan Emily Byrd Starr focuses upon her struggle to establish herself as an author -- and her overall place as an adult woman. Childhood friend Ilse Burnley is planning her wedding to Teddy Kent, the young artist with whom Emily had established a soulmate connection as soon as she moved to New Moon at age 10. Meanwhile, neither Emily's ambition-filled friend Perry Miller nor the eccentric scholar Dean Priest have ever stopped asking Emily to marry them. How did everyone's emotions and intentions get so mixed up?
Then a terrible accident complicates matters further, and during her long convalescence, Emily begins to seriously wonder what she really wants in life -- and what she's willing to do to set things right.
This book is a beautiful conclusion to a classic trilogy about a very memorable young heroine.
Emilys Request 
2007-10-13
Cora Alyce Seaman has written a book that I will pass on to my family. She has written a historical account of the Pittsburgh region that I have lived in all of my life and she is very accurate! It is one of those books that you can't sit down for a moment. She captures you immediately with the births of a set of twins and you must know every detail of this story. I look forward to reading more of this author's books!
Leisure Reading 2007-08-28
Emily series is an excelent set of reading books. If you read Anne of Greengables series and enjoyed them then these books are a must.
A heart felt and beautiful ending 2007-02-09
The last chaptr in Emily's Tale is much devoted to love, and the longing confusion and heartache therein. Emily's love for Teddy has grown by leaps and bounds, but does he feel the same? She has returned from school in Shrewsbury. to find that her life at dear New Moon is not as it once was gone are the days of care free romps with her friends, who all seem to have foud their own paths to walk. Paths which rarely include Emily Ilse has found her place on the stage and seems happy, Perry is working toward political goals, and Teddy seems to be Doing well, but Emily rarely hears from him. Enter Dean Priest, He challenges Emily, and treats her as an equal. he loves her passionately, but can she say the same? Then Emily gets the news that Ilse and Teddy are to be married(WHAT)and it seems her decision is made She will marry Dean. Or will she? and what about Ilse and Perry's stormy relationship. Yikes is this a complex situation, but a great one! my only complaint is that EQ is much shorter then it's fellows and as such goes by far to fast. But all in all Emily's Quest is truly a wonderful ending to one of the best stories ever written.
This book is amazing! 2006-05-01
Emily knows she's going to be a great writer. She also knows that she and her childhood sweetheart, Teddy Kent, will conquer the world together. But when Teddy leaves home to pursue his goal to become an artist at the School of Design in Montreal, Emily's world collapses. With Teddy gone, Emily agrees to marry a man she doesn't love ... as she tries to banish all thoughts of Teddy. In her heart, Emily must search for what being a writer really means....
Emily's adult years can be a frustrating read, but still great 2006-02-24
I began reading LM Montgomery at age 10, with Anne of Green Gables, as most girls do. But when I moved on to Emily, I truly fell in love. In fact, I spent my entire 10 year old savings on LM Montgomery books after reading Emily of New Moon.
Even though Emily's love life and friendships are a mess during these 10 years, she finally gets accepted by her family as an author, and has her dreams come true when her first novel is published. Emily has to overcome an injury, her family, and her stubborn pride before the book ends, and it's a long, frustrating road, but a rewarding one.
It breaks my heart that LM Montgomery books periodically go out of print. I encourage anyone who wants to own her books to get them when they see them, or they may have to wait a long time for them to come back into print.
Like a fine wine, it improves with age 2006-01-27
From receiving my first copy of Anne of Green Gables, gift-wrapped and under the tree of my 10th Christmas, I've been a devoted admirer of L.M. Montgomery's novels. At fourteen, I settled down into the Emily books and discovered my favorite of all of Montgomery's heroines. I adored Emily and felt that she was the character to which the author put her own soul. Emily possessed a depth that far exceeded that of Anne. She was no Pollyanna, but a real person; one that loved and suffered greatly, had grievous flaws, and struggled to be suitable for her own ideals. Emily also lived in a world that provided pain to accompany life's pleasures and a connection to a spiritual plane that was both mysterious and dark. While these elements permeate the first two Emily novels, they all reach a necessary plateau in, the rather adult, Emily's Quest.
When I first read Emily's Quest, at the age of fourteen, I felt a sense of devastation over the way events in Emily's life evolved. It seemed to me that there were too many mistakes and misconceptions, too much pride taking precedent over true sentiment, and that the passage of time for Emily to achieve success and then love was so very long.
As an adult, I now realize that what makes this novel so heartbreaking is that which makes Emily's Quest so true to life. Her mistakes are similar to those made often by real people trying to adjust to the new arena of adulthood. The pain, the waiting, and the love she experiences, are vital to her as a person. When the happy ending finally occurs, Emily is ready to accept it into her being.
In short, the Emily books are quite different from those of Anne and L.M. Montgomery, especially in Emily's Quest, gives great life experience to her heroine; shaping her into a flesh and blood woman.
Another lovely, tho sadder, edition to the Emily trilogy 2005-09-01
The third book of the Emily trilogy is another of L.M. Montgomery's masterpieces. The plot and characters truly sparkle against the painfully beautiful background that characterizes all of Montgomery's novels. Emily Byrd Starr has much to overcome to achieve her dream of becoming a writer, and in this way seems to suffer more than other characters, such as Anne Shirley from the Anne series. The plot, being more realistic, is also sadder and slightly depressing. Tho descriptions are always beautiful, and characters eventually find happiness, Emily undergoes a depression seldom seen in other L.M. Montgomery books of a similar plot. For that reason, I give only four stars to a wonderful book, because it seems that too much of the book is devoted to pain; when happiness comes, it is only in spurts or results in misunderstandings, and comes almost too late and too quick for the reader to find comfort in it. So while Emily's Quest is a beautiful book, the light and dark sides of life are not ballanced enough for my tastes.
The darkest book of Montgomery's 2005-08-20
"Emily's Quest" may be Montgomery's darkest book. Emily finds and loses love, becomes deathly ill, agrees to marry a man she doesn't love, and grows older both in years and in emotions. It's hard to believe that this is considered a children's book! Though when I was a young teen this was my least favorite of the series, as an adult I re-read the book and identified much more with Emily's troubles. There is no doubt that Montgomery knew and understood the anguish and pain in life because she perfectly describes it. However, the heartache in the book is well worth it's beautiful writing, facinating characters, and at last seeing what happens to little Emily.
