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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Secret Garden is one of the most delightful books I've read. It is vivid and filled with stunning imagery. It approaches serious topics like death and illness with gentleness. It has lovable characters, beautiful phrases and sentences, and subtle wisdom weaved into the paragraphs. One character I wish to meet in real life is Mother a.k.a Mrs Susan Sowerby. She's gentle, and wise, and warm. The Secret Garden is a book I wish I could read for the first time, again.

The first "chaper book" I loved, which had not been passed down by my sisters. Probably my most favorite children's "classic."

The kids definitely resonate with the power of sunshine and dirt…

But, eh! I may not have realized what an undertaking it was to read Yorkshire aloud for a month straight. I’ll accept my Oscar now.
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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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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"Isso a fez pensar que era curioso o quão mais agradável uma pessoa aparentava ser quando sorria"

Uma leitura extremamente leve, agradável e de certo modo acalentadora, possivelmente por ser voltada ao público mais jovem.
O centro da narrativa é o impacto do mental e do emocional na "vida real" e o "físico". Ele não se pretende explicar nem tecer teorias, apenas descrever como as crianças enxergam o processo. O tema central da narrativa e repetido várias vezes ao longo do livro, meio que ensinando através dos exemplos e das ilustrações.
Acompanhamos a trajetória de duas crianças extremamente mimadas, fracas e, de certo modo, más. A maldade aqui vem a incapacidade de compreensão do outro. E vamos acompanhando um processo gradual de transformação, pela lente da inocência infantil. Me vi muitas vezes, após ler uma passagem, pensando "que fofinho isso".

Com cuidado e atenção, tudo floresce.
hopeful inspiring reflective 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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medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes