Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

63 reviews

essieruth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content

teslis's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

rceparski's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Grief

fyre_flies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

emily_ford16's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

ittybittybookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Grief

op3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Aside from some comments about Indians and assumptions about being disabled, I think this book was enjoyable. I guess the comments about both were supposed to add to the realism of the book and I understand this was written during another time but idk
Still, I think aside from it was generally enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Mentions of potential child death.

mckenziesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

katie0528's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

A classic children's story I never got to as a kid. It's toothache sweet about Mary who, after the death of her parents, is sent to live in the manor of her reclusive uncle. She finds his late wife's private garden and with the help of a local boy and her cousin who was raised to believe he was a half-step from death himself, turn restore the garden it into a private sancuary. It is a story of the power of friendship and play and positive thinking, but it gets quite mundane with the repetition of the "magic" of positive thinking in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Colonisation

cristinareading's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation