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wormariwood 's review for:
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, Gaslighting
Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Colonisation
Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cultural appropriation
Abundant racism throughout the book, and a child is presumed to be disabled and spoken of in a manner as if he's less than human because of this assumption. Also, adults in the household actively work to convince this child that he's severely sick and is going to die young, which caused him to develop some mental issues around believing he's going to die and becomes a hypochondriac. Parental death is mentioned throughout but in no great detail.