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Apologies for the double post, but I'm sure we're all very excited to see Ruby's review for one of the 'best books' she has read this year. Keep in mind this is a third year English and a fourth year university student.
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Ah.
'this story recognises the characteristics we must prize most as human beings' - right... What are those characteristics? Who knows. Seems like Ruby herself doesn't. How does the book recognise them?
'(Mary) learns a very important lesson' - well, yes Ruby. As do most protagonists in children's literature. That's kinda the point. Again, what is the lesson? Perhaps kindness and generosity, but if so Ruby does not seem to have grasped it. Oh well.
'a very secret garden' - ladies and gentlemen, the insight of a third year English student. That is the title, Ruby. But thank you for making sure us uneducated peasants grasp that.
And finally, we seem to be having a mild continuity issue, as Ruby posted on IG in March of 2020 using a quote from the Secret Garden and expressing her excitement for the film adaptation (it won't let me post the picture). You only read it this January, supposedly. Or rather, you finally read it after realising that you can only use it for aesthetic purposes for a while before your lack of knowledge actually shows. Not only is the quote she used misspelled, but I would also recommend not quoting books you haven't read. We all remember the 1984 incident.