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I struggled with the first part of this book. I felt like the characters were sickeningly perfect, the situations too maudlin and sweet, and I didn't see how anyone was giving this good reviews, but I persevered with my love of Anne and L.M. Montgomery. As a fan of Maud, I am a junkie for the kind of flowery descriptions she infuses into all her works. She has a vocabulary that Anne Shirley inherited early on in her life, and I found that to be lacking in the storytelling, though present in Anne's early years of speaking her mind before heading to Green Gables. However, as the story went along, I was more interested in reading it. It was nice to aquaint myself with an Anne I only got in tiny glimpses from her bits of history she told Marilla and Matthew. It is always nice to spend some time with Anne, so while I am not certain this book needed to be, I am glad that it was there for me to read these past few days.