how to split string of arrays depending only on the comas between arrays

I have a string of an array of arrays,and i need to split this string into an array of arrays.

array = "[['<1>', 'likes'], ['<2>', 'reads'], ['<3>', "doesn't have"]]"

this what i’ve tried so far

array.split(",")

I had this result:

['<1>', 'likes',''<2>','reads' ...]

But this is the wanted result:

[['<1>','likes'], ['<2>', 'reads'],['<3>', "doesn't have"]]