BECCA BOOK REVIEW x 2. Matilda brought down 4 and 1/2 stars (out of 5). It didn't get a perfect score, because it stops and gives information that I don't really want like chapters describing people too much. Secret Garden also received 4 1/2 stars, but it's hard to explain. It just that it was too short, and too much like the movie so I didn't read anything new.