Well. I think this would have been more enjoyable if I had read it initially as a kid. I vaguely remember watching the live action TV series on occasion in the late 90's but I don't think I knew that it was based on a book. So I feel like I missed out on the age where I would have most enjoyed this. 
 I honestly found Anne to be rather annoying. Adulthood has probably broken me and made me cynical, I will admit to it. But Anne is a precocious child and talks on and on and on about imagination and how lovely everything is- and it wore me out. It would just get so dramatic sometimes! I was happy to see that Anne does grow mostly out of her overly chatty and dramatic behavior- the last third of the book was my favorite because she behaved more reasonably. So maybe I would like the next books in the series even more. 
 While I didn't love this book, I can definitely see the reason so many people do and why it has become a classic. I liked the way the story was written and I easily forgot that this was written in the late 1800's- it does have a sort of timeless aspect to it. 
 Bonus: I read the gorgeous Puffin in Bloom edition- the cover is probably one of the prettiest I've ever seen before.