Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition by V.C. Andrews

27 reviews

mbryo's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

The author wrote so passionately in defense of incest you'd think they were incestuous themself 😭 VERY well-written though, and a compelling (albeit nauseating) read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Child death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexism, Body shaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

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

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

sarahdoesaread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

“Patience. I coloured patience grey, hung over with black clouds. I coloured hope yellow, just like that sun we could see for a few short morning hours. Too soon the sun rose high in the sky and disappeared from view, leaving us bereft, and staring at blue.”

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I have never felt such pain before. I have never hated, yet loved a book so dearly. 

Cathy is the main protagonist of this novel and she has a strong and mature voice from the beginning. 
You watch her grow and learn through the years of living within the confines of that attic. Her pain and her loneliness. 

You watch as she struggles with going against everything she thought was right or wrong. 

This book has some seriously dark themes. It is not for the faint hearted, but it’s definitely a book that will make you think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Torture, 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

ahippysreadinghigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

This is easily 5 stars for me. I’ve never read something so traumatic that may have entailed with a lot I mean kids locked in an attic you can say much buuut it was still pretty fast paced. But holy wow trigger warning ⚠️ there’s incest rape literally child abuse and child death. If you are sensitive to any of these things please do not read. I live my life with true crime podcasts and books so it’s hard to trigger but it still affects me. This entire book heavily breaks my heart. Though I wasn’t crying I still ached for all the loss I don’t even know what could possibly happen in continuing the series but can’t wait to find out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Grief

kesbooks's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture