4.06 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Reading aloud to Lily. She is riveted. I so clearly remember my mom reading this book to me!
Took us a long time but we finally finished. Lily gives it 100 stars.
emotional inspiring reflective

This was one of my favorites as a kid and I still love it! The redemption arc for these kids is just beautiful 😍 

Nejsem si jistá, zda se dokážu nějak srozumitelně vyjádřit. Tahle kniha byla pohlazení po duši. Moc se toho neděje, ale je tu plno vývoje postav. A to jak autorka popisuje tajemnou zahradu... Klidně bych si přečetla 500 stran jen o popisu té zahrady. A ten konec byl nádherný, rozbrečel mě, tolik emocí.

I read this when I was a child and watched the movie versions too. I read it again now as part of a book club read and was excited. I have deducted some points of thr racist comments, my gosh, didn't realise those as a child but I guess its the time it was set/written. The whimsical feelings were very much still there and enjoyed iy 
funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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: Yes
emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

کتاب معمولی ولی در عین حال دل‌نشین و ساده‌ای بود. به نظرم درک می‌کنم که چه‌طور این‌همه سال محبوب بوده. بعضی بخش‌هاش واقعا آرامش‌بخش بود.
ولی خب بعضی چیزهاش هم آزارنده بود دیگه... نژادپرستی، تاکید مداوم روی این‌که لاغر بودن با زشت بودن و بدخلق بودن و عدم سلامتی همراهه، چیزهایی از این دست. یا مثلا اون حد از تاکید روی معجزه و تلقین و غیره... نمی‌دونم روی یک کودک چه تاثیری می‌تونه داشته باشه. آیا ناامید نمی‌شه اگر ببینه هی داره آواز می‌خونه و تلاش می‌کنه و زحمت می‌کشه ولی معجزه‌ای که توی کتاب ازش صحبت شده، اتفاق نمی‌افته؟
نمی‌دانم.
سرجمع دوستش داشتم ولی.

January 17, 2020
4.5/5 stars

The Secret Garden is one of my favourite children's classics, it's a feel good novel that reminds me so much of a fairytale.

April 10, 2016
4.25/5 stars
adventurous emotional sad 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

I find it beautiful that the name of the wife is revealed in the last chapter. It is a book aimed at children so I understand why it might not be on a hit list for adults, I myself would not have gone for it had I known perhaps. Mrs Sowbery is definitely a magic person and so is her son Dickon.