Annie John

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Summary: Symbolism and substance in Annie John
Review: I am teaching the novel to my advanced high school ESL classes. It's not an "easy" book, but the students are making a lot of sense out of it. With little in the way of real plot, the book is still about ideas that adolescents struggle with on a daily basis. I find the symbolism so compelling. The "much-hated" breadfruit (foul-tasting maternal nourishment) and the trunk Annie asks her father to build for her to replace the one her mother owns. The book is fabulous and filled with all sorts of little revelations that no adolescent can be a stranger to.

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Summary: Good
Review: The text of this book it poetic and somewhat hard to read. I am reading this novel in a World Literature class. Jamacia Kincaid is great, yet the poetic form seems to be confusing.

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Summary: Positively Amazing
Review: Kincaid knows just how to grab the reader by their neck and give them one hell of a ride. Annie John is the simply beautiful tale of a young woman coming of age. Kincaid shares some of her own experinces through Annie. I as a woman feel that I can relate to exactly how Kincaid captures Annie's story.I simply fell in love with this novel and plan to read more by Kincaid. She is simply an amazing writer. She allows you no she in a way makes you makes you fall in love with her charaters, she makes you relate to them. Kincaid pulls the reader into the novel

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Summary: Just an OK book
Review: I had to read this book for my English class. I found the book an easy read, but at times I could not understand the motivation of the main character. Yes, the book was colorful, but I cannot understand why it was named one of the best books of 1985.

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Summary: How do girls grow into women?
Review: Annie John is a layered,ironic and witty examination of that question. The book, like all of Kincaid's work is beautifully crafted --a book that writers can learn to write from. It is not a sentimental recounting--it is a richly imagined fictional account.

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Summary: Authentic
Review: Having come from the island where 'Annie John' lived, I must admit that I was extremely pleased with what I read. Ms. Kincaid recalled places and events with such accuracy that I actually felt that I was back home, and as i remembered them all, I read much faster and with more understanding of what 'Annie John' felt as a young girl, passing from childhood to womanhood. I have yet to read the other books penned by Ms. Kincaid, but this one I enjoyed thoroughly.

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Summary: Annie John deep but where is the point?
Review: Please excuse me for saying this ,but as a young person ,who is currently studying this novel, it bothers me that i cannot find out, through my study what in reality is annie's real problem. Sure we know she's got a huge problem with her mom and that is the core of annie's later issues, but how is it in this sense that a child so young be so troubled and distaught. So many things in and about this novel bother me, that my class mates and i can't seem to work out its relevance, importance and its point.

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Summary: I really enjoyed this book.
Review: I had no intention of writing a review for this book (or any other for that matter), but after reading how severely some of the readers panned this book, I decided to weigh in. I will admit that I did not choose this book. My roommate in college was an ethnic studies major and she gave me a list of books that she had read in her college career that she thought I should read. The list included Beloved, The Bluest Eye and others. This was certainly one of my favorites (followed closely by Their Eyes were Watching God). I found this book to be fresh and interesting and contrary to some reviews, I didn't think this book's appeal was limited to those interested in Antigua at all. I will admit that I haven't read the book in a while but I still remember vividly some of the descriptions. I especially enjoyed the way the main character's mind worked. She had a refreshing and peculiar way of viewing the world. I really enjoyed this book and this is not a genre of books that I normally read at all. Additionally, I recommended this book to my mother (who generally reads Michael Crichton, et al) and she really liked it, too.

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Summary: I can definitely relate!
Review: I thought Annie John was wonderful! I am a young woman, early twenties, and I could definitely relate to Annie's experiences. Annie's progression throughout the book was wonderful, yet unfortunately not all young girls have such a pleasant result. In fact, I think this is a "must read" for college-aged students (not high school.. they may fail to fully understand its significance). My only question: who is the girl on the cover.. or is it a piece of art that was favored by the author? I certainly don't think it's Annie based on her descriptions.

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Summary: Annie John - A Review From a Student at a Catholic School
Review: Annie John was one of my summer reading books at my catholic high school. The other two were Anne Frank and House on Mango Street. I found this book to have a very interesting setting. Most of the character's live's almost totally revolve around superstition. The main character Annie, seems to be superstitous about her mother's hands which us readers learn at the begining of the book. Annie deals with her own immoral problems, and tries to "figure herself out" Most of it was interesting, and I liked the stories Annie described with her mother. Because of all of the immoral things the writer places in the book, I can't really recommend this it, but if your interested in Antigua it is quite informative.