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Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

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melike_k's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

Long winded and difficult to read at times but an interesting story with many, many unpredictable twists and moral grey areas It takes a while to finish but the ending is worth it

elxa's review against another edition

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This book is the reason I advocate against 13yo reading smut

stories290's review against another edition

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I probably didn’t read enough of the way through but the story was not at all as spooky as the synopsis would make it out to be. The children in the attic are sort of boring and their mother is very weird. Overall, I felt that the tone of the book was very different to what was advertised.

bookdeviant86's review against another edition

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Not my normal read. I usually read unhinged, extreme horror and smut

fant_ine's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

pilgrimgossip's review against another edition

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4.0

This was one of the few books my mom read that sparked my interest too. I think I read this in about 4th grade, without having to sneak it, she actually let me read this. That alone puts her parenting skills into question.
The first time I read this book I don't think I really understood a lot of the incest elements, although the incest stuff is pretty much the whole book. I remember being endlessly fascinated with the grandmother's rules and I remember crying when ( spoiler in the next part of this sentence) Micky the mouse died. Even at that age I was practically screaming at the book for them to just escape that fucking house.

The second time I read it I was in sixth grade and I was definitely picking up on the sex stuff.
So in conclusion, it wasn't just the middle School girls in the 80's who were obsessed with this book. At least this gay boy was as well
Oh side note, every Christmas until I was in my 20's one of my presents would be the next wildly trashy "V. C. Andrews" book. I could never figure out how the woman could keep churning them out long after her death until I recently found out about her ghost writer.