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Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

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bookhails's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a cute lesbian coming-of-age novel that is absolutely the blueprint for so many of the queer high school books that have come after. The Henna Wars especially is a recent sapphic book that has a very similar plot. And it's a super effective formula!

This book is really historically significant, and I appreciate it so much for being one of the first YA books to portray queer characters, especially lesbians, in a positive light and with a happy ending.

The story didn't make a particular impact on me, but the historical context did. I would definitely recommend it.

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elysh_kaye's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kenalex15's review

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I first read this book when I was 15 and it was the first Sapphic book I had ever read. This book was ahead of its time. It might not be the best book ever but it gave me hope for myself.

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giuliaprim's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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haileyhardcover's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I thrifted this book months ago and it has been sitting on my book cart ignored since then… I just wasn’t excited about it. A book from 1982? Older than ME, even? I just didn’t think it would be very good… I almost tossed it in my donate pile. I finally decided to pick it up thinking it would fill a couple of days of reading time and get me to the end of the year… instead, I read the whole thing in one sitting.

This story is so compelling. At several points my jaw literally dropped reading what Annie and Liza (especially Liza) had to go through.

I ran the full gamut of emotions reading this book. The butterflies and hope of a first love, the fear of being found out, the rage of having to fight against bigotry and oppression, the desperation to just be allowed to be yourself and love someone, the joy of acceptance. There’s so much in this relatively short story, and it is so worth the read.

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