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I really liked the book. I thought this book was interesting in some parts. I liked it espeically at the end when they had a family reunion. I think the most interesting part was when they actully find the secret garden. I really did enjoy the book, sometimes there were magical parts and others mysterious. If I enjoyed the book I hope you will too. You will like this book if you like to garden, grow things, and like mysteries.
I believe this book is a truly fantastic piece of literature. Although part of this book was a little slow, because Mary does not show any enthausiasm in the begining of the book, but the action picks up in the latter part of the book. This gripping tale of change and magic is absolutely superb! I actually had to think in order to comprehend this complex plot.<br>Thank you and have a nice day.
I think the book was exciting because the secret of the garden kept me on my toes all through out the book. How people can change from such sour, mean faces to a light face when something joyful has swept over them. Embracing spots of magic wipes the dread of death away and makes them stand up straight. A person who could talk and understand animals as clearly we do each other. I think the book was exciting from the author to the reader.
I think that this book was pretty good. It was a little boring at times but for the most part it kept me interested. I think that Mary was a very good character, I loved how she changed from a little brat to someone who cared about life and had feelings because of the secret garden. This book will still be a classic for many for many years to come.
I liked the secret garden because it was a good book and it had a nice ending. I also did not like it because I though it was to girly. I also thought it did not have enough action in it. I can forgive it because it was writen in 1911. I will give the book three stars out of five after all.
I liked the book but it didn't have a lot of action in it. Mostly it was about gardens,(I don't care for.) But the waiting of what was comming next was very exciting. Because you didn't know what was comming next. It could have been more full of action in it. I would have really liked it more if it was a war. It also was full of magic. Like when Colin was in the garden and he stood up, and he could walk. The ends of the chapters were most exciting, because you would not know what was comming next, so you have to read on and on untill you finish the book.
I thought it was a little dark and dreary, but there were some happy times. I did like the ending when Colin and his father had a wonderful reunion. The story was interesting on how the book was about Mary, the about Dickon, and then about Colin. When Mary found the key to the garden and then when she found the garden itself it was very mysterious, but since the book was mostly gardens the story seemed a little light and desperate. I didn't like how everyone in the story was unhappy. The animals and the idea of magic livened the book up, which was a good thing, but overall I wasn't impressed. It could have more excitment to it.
This was a great story, like the part when Mary finds a key to a secret garden and after that a mysterious breeze shows her the door to the secret garden. Although this was a good part in the story, there is a better part. And that is the part in the book that Mary goes to her cousins house and they make fun of her and thereafter the author used that same annoying joke throughout the story but split and I think that that is great because it shows that the author read the book as well as the reader.
I think ths book was ok. I liked it in some parts when Mary first went in the Secret Garden or when she found the hidden corridor behind the tapestry. I mean those parts were exciting but some weren't. One of the parts I didn't like was when they just working in the garden. Or when the robin though they were very different. Those parts of the book were ok but not very exciting. I like books that keep you on edge like a mystery. In the first 298 pages of the secret garden you solve the mystery in like the first hundred. That's really not keeping you on edge or wandering what will happen.<br><br><br> TerriersGal4
The sectret gerden was a very cool book. I admit that the begining was very slow but it got even more interesting when I got to the middle of the book. I have never seen the movie though. I really want to though. It was exciting when Mary was looking for the key and then the door. I loved the robin that showed Mary where the key and the door was. I think that the spirt of Mr. Craven's wife Lilias was inside the robin showing Mary to her garden so that it could be restored and alive again. She was also in the garden and I think she was the magic that helped Colin stand up, walk and get well again. The only thing that I didn' t like was the end. It should have more to it to make it osund better. I think this book is very cool because of the secret garden and the robin. <br>
At the beginning of this book it seemed boring, and I was sure that I absolutely hated it. The book was required for my class so I had to read on. As the book continued I was slowly entranced by the majic that started to happen. Before I knew it I liked the book so much, I dreaded putting it down. There are adventures everywhere, secrets being told, and it's just very exciting! I loved this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone. No matter what age you are it's a majical book, and I enjoyed it very much!
This is one of my favorite childhood memories! When I was very small, my neighbor (who was nearly 100 years old when I met her) would read this book to me for hours on end. She gave me "our" copy of this magical story for my seventh birthday, and it has become one of my favorite stories and most cherished posessions. I feel that this story was one of the biggest influences on one of my favorite hobbies now as an adult - writing. To anyone with children or grandchildren, read them this book. It will certainly teach them a wonderful lesson and give them great memories to look back on when they are adults. If I could go back in time, I would go back to one of those laid-back afternoons at Mrs. Billings house and listen to her sweet voice read this sweet story to me.
The Secret Garden is a must-read book. Girls over there who want to get inspiration to overcome failures and fears, this book is really meant for you. So get it now from your favorite bookstore! See yah! Philippines (donnaregulto 6/26/04)
When I read the book, I was shocked. It was so inspiring how Mary made Collin better, much better. I haven't yet seen the movie yet, but boy do I want to. I inspire everyone who reads this to read the book. It's great. You'll really love it.<br>
I first saw the movie The Secret Garden when I was little but I am just now reading the book. I think that there are very big differences and similarities. I think my favorite character is Dicken because of his love for animals and his talent. I found it hard to read the yorkshire sometimes but I got used to it. I am doing a report on this story for school and why it deserves to be a classic I think you know! This book will always be one of my favorites!