A review by styxmermaid
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

This was a beautiful story and I thought I read it when I was younger but I'm not so sure now. I love the moral of this story, it's just beautiful.

Lovely quotes:

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

Mother says as th' two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way- or always to have it.

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts- just mere thoughts- are as powerful as electric batteries- as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body, If you let it stay there after it as got in you may never get over it as long as you live.