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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
I actually loved experiencing the audiobook and I enjoyed the book a lot more because of it. The Secret Garden felt like it was best 'read' through audiobook, kinda like a bedtime story. The story itself was nothing memorable but the overall moral is cute. Although I know that Mary and Colin had character arcs throughout the story, it didn't make their personalities less spoiled and more fun to listen to which bumped my rating down (it was also very problematic and racist since it is a product of its time).
I do love Karen Gillan though !!
I do love Karen Gillan though !!
A favourite of mine as a child before I could view it in it's historical context. I'd prefer not to pick at it and leave it as a sentimental favourite.
Nice story, but it is all very over the top positive. ‘As long as you think positively, you will be fine’. My favourite character Martha is somehow lost in the second half of the book.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
"And they both began to laugh over nothing as children will when they are happy together. And they laughed so that in the end they were making as much noise as if they had been two ordinary, healthy natural, two-year-old creatures - instead of a hard, little, unloving girl and a sickly boy who believed that he was going to die."
hopeful
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