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A review by tashanixon_
The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3.0
The plain and sour young Mistress Mary leaves India, after she is orphaned, to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, and follows the discoveries she makes, including the discovery of a 'supposed' cripple boy and a secret garden.
The ending could not have been more perfect. I felt as though I could imagine every minute of it! And rounding it up from Mr Craven's POV was very clever. I fully understood going into this that as it is a classic, the language would be very wordy, but after a while it didn't phase me at all.
A lot of the beginning of the book I found to be quite slow and dragged quite a bit until the point where Mary discovers Master Colin, and from there the story just got better.
If possible, I'd quite happily move to Misselthwaite Manor and the Secret Garden tomorrow.
Overall: 4/5 stars
Characters: 3/5
Setting: 5/5 (cos Yorkshire...)
Writing: 5/5
Plot and themes: 4/5
The ending could not have been more perfect. I felt as though I could imagine every minute of it! And rounding it up from Mr Craven's POV was very clever. I fully understood going into this that as it is a classic, the language would be very wordy, but after a while it didn't phase me at all.
A lot of the beginning of the book I found to be quite slow and dragged quite a bit until the point where Mary discovers Master Colin, and from there the story just got better.
If possible, I'd quite happily move to Misselthwaite Manor and the Secret Garden tomorrow.
Overall: 4/5 stars
Characters: 3/5
Setting: 5/5 (cos Yorkshire...)
Writing: 5/5
Plot and themes: 4/5