Reviewed by Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews on
Anywhose, a little bird tells Mary of a secret garden planted by her late aunt being "shut down" after her death. Of course Mary begins to revive it along with her disposition. Lonely Mary also acquires friends, a boy Dicken, brother of a maid at the manor and can "speak" to animals; Mary's second friend is Colin her invalid cousin, a supposed hunchback and even more obnoxious than Mary, but of course the garden fixes that too, along with his ailment. It was all very Heidiesque
I'm not sure what I was expecting upon downloading it to my Kindle, maybe a childlike Midsummer Night's Dream? Anyway, I should have know considering the title is the Secret Garden, but it was mostly about flowers and finding one's inner beauty. I have no green thumb and think "inner beauty" should be left to Oprah and The Hallmark Chanel. I did like the book, it just wasn't my taste (but hey it was free). I can understand why this is a childhood classic and I probably would have loved it but as an adult I got annoyed with touching definitions for each variation of flower Mary was planting. A small complaint I know, but there it is.
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