Reviews - Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

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Written for upper elementary ages and beyond, I still found myself absolutely charmed by this sweet book. As an adult, there are themes that really strike a sweet chord with growing older and reflecting on the past. A short and sweet read that I would recommend!

coinchantal's review against another edition

3.0

This story is magical and written in the style of English children's books. At times I got confussed, but at the end I got it. An okay story, but missed something.

lisakimmence3's review against another edition

2.0

It grieves me to rate a middle grade book written in 1958 so low, but I just didn't like this book. When I think gardens at midnight, I always think 'magical' but this book was anything but. The problem I had with it is it lacked foundation. There was no building of the story. On one page, we learn Tom discovers a back garden that isn't there during the day then, on the next page, he's visited the garden during many seasons. From that point, the story lost me. Mainly because I didn't find there to be a story at all. I had been really excited to read this one. So disappointing.

nyniamhsedai's review against another edition

5.0

Magically beautiful.

fish_called_bubbles's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

riaryan's review against another edition

4.0

I feel I grew up with this story, having watched an BBC dramatisation of it, and still remembering it vividly, to this day, but this was the first time I read the book. At times it was too descriptive for my liking but I had really warmed to it by the end. In fact, my heart is still glowing from it.