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One of my favourite classical children's books. I grew up watching the 1993 film with Maggie Smith and read the book much later. I have read it at least twice. It is definitely one of those books I will enjoy coming back to later on.
This is definitely a classic. There are a lot of words I didn't understand but I am so glad. I thought of the world the edition where they have the dictionary in the back for a lot of those words and phrases that might not be so common. The book itself was very good and well-written but for some reason I just couldn't really get into it. I just don't think this book was overall something that I would really only read. This is a book I definitely like if you gave it to me out of the school so I'm about to read it for that reasoning. That reason alone like I did not really like this and it's really upsetting cuz I really wanted to enjoy this book but I just couldn't get into it unfortunately.
Ada perasaan hangat dan keinginan buat tersenyum selebar-lebarnya setelah aku menutup novel ini. Inti ceritanya memang sederhana, tapi cara Frances Hodgson dalam menuliskannya sangatlah ajaib. Taman Rahasia yang ada di buku ini bukan semacam dunia fantasi, tapi rasanya aku jadi ikut percaya bahwa taman tersebut memang memiliki sihir. Sihir yang bisa mengubah hidup orang-orang seperti Mary dan Colin–yang semula penuh kegetiran, kebencian, dan amarah, perlahan berubah menjadi orang yang bisa melihat dunia dengan segala keindahannya. Perkembangan karakter-karakter di buku ini seolah menunjukkan bahwa memang tidak ada kata terlambat buat berubah menjadi orang yang lebih baik. Bahwa segelap apa pun bayangan yang ada dalam diri kita, selalu ada tempat bersinar asalkan kita mengizinkan cahaya untuk masuk. Gak bisa mendeskripsikan lagi. Intinya, ini buku yang indah dan heartwarming, yang membuatku kelak juga berharap, suatu hari nanti bisa berteriak: “Aku akan hidup selamanya dan selama-lamanya!”