panderkins's Reviews (279)

What the hell happened to the ending? It was rushed and petered out with hardly any explanation. The characters were like cardboard cutouts and I had to skim the last quarter, but not enough to miss anything signifiant. It was also preachy. I like the premise and liked it ok enough to want to give it four stars since it was compulsively readable, but the ending made me angry I spent so much time, so it is now two.

Very sweet story about a girl at a boarding school. I inherited it from my mother when she died. She never mentioned it to me, then when I read it I realized Viola reminded her of me when I was a teenager. So this book means a lot to me as well as being very enjoyable. It isn’t meant to be deep literature. Really loved it, I just don’t give five star reviews often.

I had the strongest emotional reaction to this than any of the 50 books I read this year. So good to read a classic, too. It was far beyond your average childrens book. A child whose parents read this to them is very lucky and bound for a good education.