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4.25

I'm a big Anne of Green Gables fan ... loved the original series, read the whole thing (multiple times). LOVED the mini-series production too. I'll admit I have not gotten around to giving the new Netflix adaptation a try. 

Schitt's Creek was a recent watch, but Moira is SUCH a unique character/voice, that there wasn't any carryover, even knowing it was the same actress. Victor Garber is most familiar to me from Alias (a while back), but I will always have the mini-series Matthew in my heart! I'm not remembering him saying "oh, well ..." as much as in this production. While I'm also a huge Megan Follows fan as Anne, the gal here did great. In a little online discussion, someone said she looked too old ... but she did not sound too old, she was great!

Unlike other graphic audio, this had narration ... I'm familiar with Sandra Oh from Grey's Anatomy (and I watched Killing Eve) ... if I didn't know it was her, I would not have recognized her voice at all. Had to really look for it.  I was glad for the basic narration here and there, it is needed in a work like this. 

This covered most of the book that I remembered ... I didn't quite feel the relationship building between Anne and Gilbert, Gilbert didn't seem nearly as large a role in this production as in others. 

I was happy to find this included in AudiblePlus, so I was able to access it for free with my membership. As much as I loved it, I don't know that I would have wanted to spend a credit on it (a little over 5 hours).