Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Secret Garden by Burnett,Frances Hodgson. [1997] Paperback by Frances Hodgson Burnett

80 reviews

fyre_flies's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia

emily_ford16's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent

ittybittybookshelf's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Colonisation

Minor: Grief

op3's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Aside from some comments about Indians and assumptions about being disabled, I think this book was enjoyable. I guess the comments about both were supposed to add to the realism of the book and I understand this was written during another time but idk
Still, I think aside from it was generally enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent

Mentions of potential child death.

mckenziesbookshelf's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent

katie0528's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A classic children's story I never got to as a kid. It's toothache sweet about Mary who, after the death of her parents, is sent to live in the manor of her reclusive uncle. She finds his late wife's private garden and with the help of a local boy and her cousin who was raised to believe he was a half-step from death himself, turn restore the garden it into a private sancuary. It is a story of the power of friendship and play and positive thinking, but it gets quite mundane with the repetition of the "magic" of positive thinking in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Colonisation

cristinareading's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation

mousecat's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Death of parent

place6o_ffct's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

hedyharper's review against another edition

2.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic