"Rilla-my-Rilla!"
I actually cannot Believe it's the end of the book.
The concept of coming back from war and being greeted by a brass band I'm crying... I would have a panic attack. Also—since Lowbridge is known to be a less affluent place, I'm imagining they got a brass band via a Music Man situation...
Miller Douglas is back!! Yay for Mary!! And she gets her own little House of Dreams :( Wish we had heard even a peep about Carl, though.
Dog Monday!! One night I found myself wondering—does Dog Monday die?? I had forgotten. But no, he does not.
Jem is a menace for not writing before he comes home. He's got some flair.
So glad Walter was never afraid and killed immediately. So comforting. I'm going to resurrect him ASAP lol
So everyone will be going to college and Nan and Di and Faith will teach—Faith having her own Windy Poplars moment, I see. I really wonder about those three, especially Faith. I imagine it will be difficult to return to the same job after seeing what she has seen. (How was she as a teacher in the first place? I think Di would be generally the best at teaching since she is said to be so much like her father.)
I want Una in Household Science no matter what.
"Jem had come back—but he was not the laughing boy-brother who had gone away in 1914 and he belonged to Faith."
I know those are separate statements, but at first I couldn't help but wonder if there is a connection between Jem's experience in war and his connection to Faith; are there things that they share between themselves that no one else could understand? I'm also interested in how the estrangement of the past few years is linked to estrangement from birth family into self-made family.
It has been said and probably will be said over and over again that Ken is a piece of shit for not even writing. What the hell could have happened in those two weeks? Is he, like, good?
I'm also like. Obsessed with the fact that she didn't even recognize him. There's probably some romance in that—in a couple meeting again as two different people—but to me it feels jarring. And the only insight into his mind we get is that he thinks Rilla is sexy and beautiful and he has to possess her.
I love and hate the "Yeth." One, it's adorable, and a callback to Rainbow Valley, and a representation of how Rilla's youth is not yet lost. But it's also a regression, and it leaves a lot of questions, and like Jesus Christ what is gonna happen with Ken????
Anyways, this book club has been so incredibly fun to participate in and it's been an honor to interact with you all :,) Excited to see the fan works that ensue!!
