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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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Grief
ariajb's review against another edition
It was slow, nothing happened in the bit that i got through besides racism and barely sensical dialogue.
This feels like something you’d have to suffer through for school but since I was trying to read for fun,, I’m stopping
This feels like something you’d have to suffer through for school but since I was trying to read for fun,, I’m stopping
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
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.
Still, I think aside from it was generally enjoyable.
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
elisabeth888's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
slow-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
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Colonisation
Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
lottyyy's review against another edition
1.0
I don't understand how this is a classic that people keep making adaptations of it's full of awful children, ableism, racism and a classiest depictions of Yorkshire
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Racism
buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
2.75
It’s very Of Its Time and gets a bit preachy but hey I chose to read it as an adult so that’s on me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Racism
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness and Death of parent
Minor: Racism and Colonisation
admiralteaa's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.25
The story and narrative shows it's ages in places, but it's hasn't lost its timeless charm from when I was a child, even if it's abit more whimsical than I remember.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
brookey8888's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I mean this was fine. It was honestly kind of boring and I know it’s a product of its time, but the racism and ableism was actually so much of the book it took me completely out of the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Racism