Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

80 reviews

saraellenme's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Torture and Animal death

maggiemaryamos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Hate crime, Grief, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death

hapikohw's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

 I took my time with this and only extended my grueling stay, felt like I was in the attic suffering with them. I was a prolonged fly on the wall unable to help these poor children but I couldn’t look away either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Incest, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, and Rape

eyrechrysalis's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Animal death

Moderate: Gaslighting and Violence

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Torture, Sexual assault, Incest, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, Incest, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Confinement

brianathebookdragon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Minor: Car accident and Child death

bookrecsanddnfs's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

At first, after seeing that my library only had the first book on Libby and not the entire series, I was sad. I wanted to re-read the entire series that I loved so much at 11 years old. 

After re-reading the first book as an adult, I am very grateful that my library only had the first book on Libby. 

Marked safe. 2 stars for nostalgia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

gracedunne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Car accident

favvn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

"But how can you read this? It's  the literary equivalent of garbage!"

Because VC Andrews is the queen of mixing intergenerational familial trauma and creating messed up families in general with a side of Southern Gothic horror, and seeing the 1980s movie for the first time in eons made me realize that I never read the book. Big fun to hit parts the movie cut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts