Book of my childhood. Love it to pieces. Kitsch, of course, it's Spyri after all, and you also need a tolerance for the religious version of Kitsch, but I still like it. Maybe each character only gets 1-2 adjectives, but she really truly be

Look, Spyri's Kitsch just works for me. I can see how it's Kitsch, I can see the super simple story lines and characters, and the repetitive aspects (see my plot summary), and still I'll love it. This book is part of the [2022 Backlog