Reviews

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

megcarpenterr's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

apieceofskye's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

tee123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

thesaia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

aesw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

kimberlyf's review

4.0

After the beautiful, striking Dollanganger father dies in a motor accident, the mother, Corrine, is forced to reevaluate her life with her four young children. With the husband gone and Corrine lacking the skills needed to find a job to support the family, she decides that they can’t afford to stay where they are; there’s a 30 year mortgage on the house, nothing they own is fully paid for, and everything is being repossessed. But Corrine’s estranged parents are rich. Really rich. And so she writes and writes and writes to her mother until a response is finally received. The four kids and Corrine will be allowed to go and stay with her parents—the Foxworths—on one condition: the kids will have to stay tucked away in the attic until Corrine can get back on her father’s good side. You see, the father doesn’t know about the kids and Corrine did something very, very bad when she was 18 that caused her father to disinherit her. What follows is a very dark coming of age tale.

This story was certainly interesting. A wealthy family with a villainous grandmother, a neglectful mother, lies, gaslighting, a pair of incestual children, wicked twists, abuse, and a whole lot more, so enter at your own risk. It’s not “boo” scary but it is definitely horrific what the children had to go through. I do think some blubber could have been excised from the middle but overall it was a book worth the read.
P.S. Why the hell is this marketed as young adult?

tashaseegmiller's review against another edition

1.0

I read this book when I was just entering high school and I'm pretty sure my mom would have killed me if she had known I read it. I liked the mystery and how the kids were going to get out, but remember feeling dirty for reading it. Probably would not be happy if my kids read it - basically an early Harlequin romance book -

kyracoty's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

chloerigali's review against another edition

3.0

I... I just ask myself why? Why did this need to be written?

The sex scene... was that really necessary...?

It kept me interested but I will not be reading the rest of the series.

_bekah_grace_'s review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.0