Reviews

The Secret Garden: The Cinematic Novel by Linda Chapman

dellreads's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

sushmitachowdhury's review against another edition

2.0

This adaptation fell short of the original classic.

giada___'s review against another edition

3.0

2.5

linnjbookis's review against another edition

2.0

Denna bok är främst baserad på film manuset för filmatiseringen av titeln Den Hemliga Trädgården. Jag har försökt läsa originalet som utgavs av Frances Hodgson Burnett men jag tyckte så illa om Mary att jag helt enkelt inte orkade med det.

Boken i sig själv är väl spännande, fyll med mystik och klasskildring och andra svårigheter. Men som många klassiker, har jag så sällan någon kärlek till dem. Det kan vara tiden och ens moderna perspektiv. Men klassikerna är en kategori i sig, i mina ord, är de sega jäklar som man oftast bara tvingar sig igenom och sedan undrar vad man läst... Sedan efter några år förstår man vad de handlade om... Heja klassiker.

aotora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I liked this one much more than I liked the original. It no longer has the racist and ableist parts, there is more magic involved and it expands on the roles of Mary's mother and Collin's father and it actually gives them a reason to act the way they do. Mary and her uncle have an actual moment together, the stakes are a higher at the end of the story and the kids no longer have an old man as a friend that is barely there at the end of the book even though his role seemed important, but he is instead replaced by a dog. I love the addition of magic and ghosts and I love that Dickon is no longer an old man trapped in a boy's body.