Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

79 reviews

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

remi_k's review

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Incest, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

kittykat398'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Incest, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

mylifeasjessskincare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, and Emotional abuse

corruptednatz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

Very messed up book. I can’t even say much or I’ll spoil it. But there’s so many twist and turns that makes the story interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Murder, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, and Incest

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Death

emathey's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, and Murder

plsmithca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

A great read, but a dark one. Highly recommend if you've got the mental space to take on a difficult situation that borders on the unthinkable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Death of parent

jodieworton's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

The book came from my book swap pile and has been a book I’ve wanted to read since I was in my teens, as my best friend had read it and wanted me to read it! At the time she told me of the topics the book included but for some reason, I never got round to reading it. 

 

This book is just awfully sad. 4 children are locked in their grandmother’s large home, when their father dies in an accident. The mother then advised they are unable to stay in their current home as they do not have the money to survive, so they moved in with her parents. However, as this is happening you learn the mother was banished from the home as the person she married, and the children’s father was her uncle. 

 

when the family arrive at their grandparent’s home they are shown to their room where they are told they will be kept for a couple of days. Their mother informs them for her to receive any money from her family she will need to be at her father’s beck and call all so she can be re written into his will (her father is also unwell). 

 

What progress is 4 healthy children enter this home and leave 3 years later changed. 

 

The abuse the children endure from the grandmother and subsequently their mother is stuff nightmares are made of. as the children are from an incestual relationship the grandmother instils into the children they are evil and put in place various rules for the children. What transpires is a horrific moment between Cathy and her brother Chris. I am glad I read this book, especially at the age I am now. I researched it after and its crazy how many people read this book as children 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Rape

renee_chrys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence