454 reviews for:

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Joanne Greenberg

3.8 AVERAGE

andrayatp's review

3.0

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This was a beautifully written book and very thought provoking, but I will say it was a long read due to the absence of a solid plot and the age of the text. It was very monotonous, but there were some great parts if you can get through that!

kou_'s review against another edition

2.75

slow-paced

purityring's review

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

christiannnotos's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maebee25's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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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Now one of my favourite books of all time

hareen's review

3.0

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

lizzybaby's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional 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

stapledelusion's review

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective

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just excellent

body_grammar's review

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

loloashk's review

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character