The Secret Garden

I feel a little guilty if I don't do a book review after reading..... Well, only during holidays I guess......

Anyway, I read The Secret Garden and I can sum it all up in 3 words. Life goes on.

It does, for the main character in the book, Mary Lennox lost her parents in India, and was sent back to England , she has a guardian, her uncle, Mr Craven. It seemed that Mary didn't have a " happy" childhood, parents were too engaged in their own world, she was pampered by her maids, didn't really have a friend......

Mr Craven, her uncle/ guardian is a successful businessman, who happens to be a hunchback and a sad man. He is a widower, having lost his wife after giving birth to their son, Colin. He simply made his work his primary excuse to avoid direct contact with anyone , including his son, Colin.

Colin is like Mary actually, lost his mother, didn't experience the love of his father since young...  He is very sickly, constantly having the fear of being a hunchback, like his father.  He too, has the tendency to be pampered and likes to order people to obey his DEMANDS. Mary calls him a young rajah - a young prince.......  ( A spoilt one....)

Together their lives somehow intersect because of the existence of the SECRET GARDEN. It was the very garden that Colin's late mother was so fond of. But poor Mr Craven was so heartbroken that he hid the key to the garden, a symbol of  hiding his heart and his happiness and memories with his wife. But Mary was so intrigued by the idea of the Secret Garden that she somehow managed to find the key to the secret garden and " convince" Colin, her cousin to explore the NEW WORLD. Of course, how can I forget, Dickon, her servant's brother that can talk to animals, and charm the animals in the garden. Dickon and Mary instantly clicked, and they really enjoy each other's presence.

I have a feeling that if this book ever has a sequel, it would certainly focus on the three of them. Mary, Dickon and Colin. A love triangle, perhaps?  You will never know......

So, grab this book and see for yourself what happened to the children, and what happened to THE SECRET GARDEN?

Ratings : 3.75/ 5