Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

136 reviews

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.

renardthefox's review against another edition

3.5

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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Read for A240.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

sapphire_rose08's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted fast-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: Ableism

Minor: Death of parent

elisabeth888's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Ableism, Racism, Colonisation

Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent

lottyyy's review against another edition

1.0

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I don't understand how this is a classic that people keep making adaptations of  it's full of awful children, ableism, racism and a classiest depictions of Yorkshire 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism

buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition

2.75

hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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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It’s very Of Its Time and gets a bit preachy but hey I chose to read it as an adult so that’s on me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism

brookey8888's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I mean this was fine. It was honestly kind of boring and I know it’s a product of its time, but the racism and ableism was actually so much of the book it took me completely out of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism

jassieex's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Xenophobia

vezreads's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous challenging funny reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Racism

Moderate: Death of parent