I know I read this many times as a child and liked it a lot, although I don't think it was one of my absolute favorites. The only thing I could remember about it was the incident with the wet paint that is on the cover of my copy. So I decided to reread it and well, it didn't really hold up. It started out fine, but then could not hold my interest. Even reading it didn't really bring back memories, the way rereading Heidi did recently. It was cloying, and I didn't really love Rebecca. The parts with Adam Ladd were downright creepy in a way I didn't notice as a child. I didn't have the pleasure of reading Anne of Green Gables as a child, but remedied that as an adult, and it is a far superior book. Maybe that colored this reread? Anne feels like what Rebecca tries to be.