Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

14 reviews

castawaycove's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i remember my dad got me a copy of this book ages ago and i dont remember reading it but i remembered like the beginning and one scene that ended up being right near the end so clearly i read the entire book at some point and it was just completely wiped from my memory but it was pretty good i really liked the writing the beginning was really slow but once i was like 40% through it started picking up and it was a good halloween read it wasn’t creepy but it was very disturbing and gross

like chris and cathy .. ew and then i googled the sequels and read the plots of all of them and they actually end up getting married and having a life together it's crazy the plots of the rest of the books r INSANEEEE this plot was just like oh nooo we r locked in the attic and we're not getting sunlight or enough food 😟 i'm making it sound bad it wasn't it was just tame compared to the rest of the series apparently .. when it turned out that the mum was poisoning them and not the grandmother i gasped and when cory died i gasped too but i don't know why because he was the one with the least personality it was pretty obvious he was gna die

this book is sigmund frueds dream come true

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

jessmilward's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Car accident

dontforgetthelights's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

beccammartin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

So haunting, and it hurts to read~ other than the long bouts of expose it was a fantastic thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit