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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wish I had read this when I was around the narrator’s age. A coming-of-age story about growing up and no longer feeling the same way about things one had once considered very dear. I was not invested throughout the book as much I had hoped to be, but the ending, which made me tearful, made up for it.
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
I relate to Annie in ways i can’t even begin to get into 💔😭. her and the relationship that she has with her mother feels so familiar to me and both Annie and her mother (also annie) are such beautifully written characters. this book is great and i loved it.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"You are Annie John? We hear you are very bright." It was a good thing Miss Nelson walked in right then, for how would it have appeared if I had replied, "Yes, that is completely true" —the very thing that was on the tip of my tongue.
A quick and pleasant read following the more or less uneventful everyday life of a young girl in Antigua, I knew from the very first sentence Annie John would be memorable:
"For a short while during the year I was ten, I thought only people I did not know died."
The mother–daughter dynamic was the standout of this book for me. Through the inner feelings of our elegant yet mischievous protagonist, Kincaid reveals just how profound a mother’s influence can be on her daughter—from the reluctance to separate, to the inexplicable need to define herself outside of her mother’s shadow.
This is slower-paced but the poetic and lucid writing makes it linger in the mind long after finishing.
"If I had been asked to put into words why I felt this way, If I had been given years to reflect and come up with the words of why I felt this way, I would not have been able to come up with so much as the letter "A". I only knew that I felt the way I did, and that this feeling was the strongest thing in my life."
A quick and pleasant read following the more or less uneventful everyday life of a young girl in Antigua, I knew from the very first sentence Annie John would be memorable:
"For a short while during the year I was ten, I thought only people I did not know died."
The mother–daughter dynamic was the standout of this book for me. Through the inner feelings of our elegant yet mischievous protagonist, Kincaid reveals just how profound a mother’s influence can be on her daughter—from the reluctance to separate, to the inexplicable need to define herself outside of her mother’s shadow.
This is slower-paced but the poetic and lucid writing makes it linger in the mind long after finishing.
"If I had been asked to put into words why I felt this way, If I had been given years to reflect and come up with the words of why I felt this way, I would not have been able to come up with so much as the letter "A". I only knew that I felt the way I did, and that this feeling was the strongest thing in my life."
emotional
reflective
sad
beautiful description of the changes during childhood.
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes