A review by quadruploni
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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

3.5

Its original, serialized form surely contributes to the slow development of the story. Only a few characters are given character arcs (Mary, who hands off to Colin; Ben, Mrs Medford, and Mr Craven, in minor ways); everyone else is static and, in the case of Dickon, Martha, and their mother, unfailingly positive. Nevertheless, the tale is charming, its writing remarkably lucid, notwithstanding the passages of "broad Yorkshire."