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A review by wormariwood
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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Racism, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Colonisation
Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and 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.