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rmnedder's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
5.0
A beautiful, poignant coming-of-age story that holds at its heart, among layers of humor and disillusionment, the relationship between a mother and daughter. Kincaid's masterful grasp on the language creates a clear, vivid voice for young Annie: full of life and longing, urgency and immaturity. She is so real, so lucid and clear. Her complex and dualistic relationship with her mother—sometimes fraught, sometimes loving, sometimes both at once—is the lifeline that pulses through this entire novel, culminating in a fantastic parallel.
It is rare that a book is able to so acutely reach into my heart and hold the hand of my younger self. What a gift Jamaica Kincaid has given us.
It is rare that a book is able to so acutely reach into my heart and hold the hand of my younger self. What a gift Jamaica Kincaid has given us.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Death
Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent
heather667's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Misogyny
ekg's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
readingpicnic's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Kincaid’s writing is sooo incredible. This is a continuance of my weird girlhood fixation, and Annie John is definitely a strange little girl whom I adored the perspective of. No critiques, I devoured this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Ableism
kirstym25's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-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
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Colonisation
overdramaticsoprano's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death, and Mental illness
laurenmcnamara's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Mental illness