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Sherwin
Dec 31, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobook-rabbit-hole
Apple Books gave listeners the gift of many free audiobooks and this was one of them!

I recall reading the novel a long time ago, as a child, so hearing the story once again filled me with a bit of childlike wonder. Obvious problematic Colonial British language and undertones aside, the family drama and themes of nurture and renewal still very much come across.

I can’t help but wonder if I felt the same way about the ending when I read it all those years ago, as I did listening to it.

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Kaylie
Jul 21, 2021 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: set-uk
Having not read The Secret Garden since I was in my early teens, I'd forgotten quite how much the book focuses on my favourite thing: character development. Mary begins the novel as a demanding, antisocial brat who has no idea how to make herself, or anyone else, happy. Not only that, but the narrative likes to explicitly point out how much she's changing. The Secret Garden, like What Katy Did and Pollyanna, is one of those books that makes me want to be a better person.

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Dec 30, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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