Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Secret Garden 秘密花園 by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett

80 reviews

genstrong's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Classism

jacksons_books_and_music's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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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Lots of problematic content, considering it was published 1910-11. Its messages of hope, care,  love, and emotional healing are all beautiful, though. If you haven’t read it, or it’s been a while since you have, I definitely recommend reading it! I read it many years ago and there was a lot I had forgotten about. I love just how active Martha and Dicken’s mother is in the story, for instance. If you’re giving it to a child to read, I recommend reading it along with them and being prepared for discussing racism, colonialism, corporal punishment, domestic abuse, and things like that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

marytylerr's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation

mrs_coffeeskeleton's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Colonisation, Dysphoria

soggycedar's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous relaxing medium-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: Chronic illness, Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Terminal illness

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent

isaa_nc's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent

lmagie's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent

Minor: Death, Alcohol

essieruth's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content

teslis's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Jag läste den här boken med min bokklubb och det var spännande då jag troligen inte skulle ha löst den utan dem. 

Ibörjan tyckte jag inte om den, den var svår och jag gillade inte huvudkaraktären Mary.

Men sen när hon kom in i trädgården och träffade Dickon så blev den mycket bättre!

Efter det började jag gilla den mycket mer och mot slutet tyckte jag om den.

boken hade lite av ett ”klyschigt slut men tyckte ändå om den.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

rceparski's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Grief