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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I have no bad things to say about this book whatsoever. It was nice to hear things from the grandmother's perspective, about how things were and how she became the type of person she is today.
However, I find a lot of things she said conflicting with the first book from the Dollanganger series. In this book, Olivia seems to be, for the most part, very fond of Christopher and Corrine's relationship. In fact, she seems to embrace it most times. It's John Amos who mostly has a negative outlook on their spending time together.
In fact, I can recall one passage in the book where John Amos is astounded at the way they swim in the lake. In undergarments where body can be seen and Olivia just shrugs it off as "innocent play".
According to Corrine in Flowers in the Attics, she and Christopher experienced no luxury of fun. She speaks tales of being whipped, locked into bedrooms, but reading this book would prove bluff.
Maybe it's due to the fact that these narrations are perspectives from two different people. Maybe it's a sure example of how Corrine will always lie and exaggerate, I do not know. That is the only problem I have with this book, the disconnecting stories.
However, I find a lot of things she said conflicting with the first book from the Dollanganger series. In this book, Olivia seems to be, for the most part, very fond of Christopher and Corrine's relationship. In fact, she seems to embrace it most times. It's John Amos who mostly has a negative outlook on their spending time together.
In fact, I can recall one passage in the book where John Amos is astounded at the way they swim in the lake. In undergarments where body can be seen and Olivia just shrugs it off as "innocent play".
According to Corrine in Flowers in the Attics, she and Christopher experienced no luxury of fun. She speaks tales of being whipped, locked into bedrooms, but reading this book would prove bluff.
Maybe it's due to the fact that these narrations are perspectives from two different people. Maybe it's a sure example of how Corrine will always lie and exaggerate, I do not know. That is the only problem I have with this book, the disconnecting stories.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This definitely answers some questions!!!
Flowers in the Attic was utterly disturbing. I always wonder how people so far from reality got there. This book breaks it all down for me.
To think so much sadness could have been prevented.
I am not a religious person but I respect different beliefs. Extremists, not so much. Really-would God want you to kill a child? I get that the children are from an incestuous relationship but they didn't do anything.
This book supports my belief that we are products of out environments.
Flowers in the Attic was utterly disturbing. I always wonder how people so far from reality got there. This book breaks it all down for me.
To think so much sadness could have been prevented.
I am not a religious person but I respect different beliefs. Extremists, not so much. Really-would God want you to kill a child? I get that the children are from an incestuous relationship but they didn't do anything.
This book supports my belief that we are products of out environments.
Le Jardin des Ombres est le Tome 5 et le dernier tome de la saga des Fleurs Captives. L'histoire se déroule 20 ans avant le premier tome, Les Fleurs Captives. On en apprend beaucoup plus sur les Foxworth et Foxworth Hall et surtout comment tout à commencé.
Ce retour en arrière nous fait comprendre pas mal de choses même si j'ai du mal à comprendre le comportement extrêmement abusif de certains personnages. L'histoire et les malédictions, il est clair, n'ont pas commencé avec Christopher et Corinne.
Cette saga est d'une noirceur incroyable. À chaque fois que je commençais un tome, je me disais que cela ne pouvait pas être plus sombre, plus ténébreux, mais si. L'histoire des Foxworth est à couper le souffle. Ce n'est pas une famille à laquelle j'aurais voulu appartenir ou une maison dans laquelle j'aurais aimé vivre.
Ce retour en arrière nous fait comprendre pas mal de choses même si j'ai du mal à comprendre le comportement extrêmement abusif de certains personnages. L'histoire et les malédictions, il est clair, n'ont pas commencé avec Christopher et Corinne.
Cette saga est d'une noirceur incroyable. À chaque fois que je commençais un tome, je me disais que cela ne pouvait pas être plus sombre, plus ténébreux, mais si. L'histoire des Foxworth est à couper le souffle. Ce n'est pas une famille à laquelle j'aurais voulu appartenir ou une maison dans laquelle j'aurais aimé vivre.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved the V.C. Andrews series as a teen. This was a prequel to the Flowers in the Attic series. I found it to be an easy read which helped to explain a lot from the original series.
Después de casi un año por fin concluí la serie que me estuvo perturbando durante un largo rato. Dude mucho sobre si leer este libro porque era una precuela sobre el personaje más espantoso de la serie. Pero ahora que lo concluí puedo decir que estoy muy feliz de haberlo leído ya que me dio una nueva perspectiva sobre un personaje muy controversial.
Esta novela revela los terribles acontecimientos que marcarían para siempre el destino de la familia Dollanganger. Mucho antes de que el terror floreciera en el ático de la siniestra mansión, Olivia llegó a Virginia como novia de Malcolm Foxworth, sin imaginar que ese era el comienzo de una historia de oscuros secretos y pasiones prohibidas.
Este libro es la definición perfecta de “villain origin story”, vemos perfecto como Olivia empieza siendo una mujer normal con inseguridad y sueños normales y se va transformando en la villana que todos odiamos en flores en el ático. La verdad es que después de leer este libro ahora entiendo mucho mejor los primeros 4 libros de la serie y puedo decir con confianza que esta familia esta destinada a la tragedia desde el inicio.
La mejor parte de este libro fueron los personajes, la autora tiene una manera espectacular de detallar a la perfección el declive moral de sus personajes. No puedo creer que V.C Andrews logro que sintiera empatía por Olivia (ewww). Aunque no justifico las acciones de Olivia en el primer libro de la serie puedo decir que entiendo que la llevo a ser así y la verdad quien sabe como reaccionaria yo si tuviera que pasar por todo lo que paso ella. Lo único que no cambio fue mi odio hacia Malcolm, el si nació malo y se murió malo y no siento nada de empatía por el, es un desgraciado.
Ame y odie este libro, aunque el libro es corto fue una lectura muy pesada y emocional. De verdad es impresionante como todo lo que le pasa a esta familia es tragedia, verdaderamente hasta me siento mal por ellos, no tienen ni un momento de felicidad, esa no es manera de vivir. Estoy feliz de poder decir que ya concluí esta serie y por lo general fue una serie fantástica llena de tragedia, suspenso e intriga.
Esta novela revela los terribles acontecimientos que marcarían para siempre el destino de la familia Dollanganger. Mucho antes de que el terror floreciera en el ático de la siniestra mansión, Olivia llegó a Virginia como novia de Malcolm Foxworth, sin imaginar que ese era el comienzo de una historia de oscuros secretos y pasiones prohibidas.
Este libro es la definición perfecta de “villain origin story”, vemos perfecto como Olivia empieza siendo una mujer normal con inseguridad y sueños normales y se va transformando en la villana que todos odiamos en flores en el ático. La verdad es que después de leer este libro ahora entiendo mucho mejor los primeros 4 libros de la serie y puedo decir con confianza que esta familia esta destinada a la tragedia desde el inicio.
La mejor parte de este libro fueron los personajes, la autora tiene una manera espectacular de detallar a la perfección el declive moral de sus personajes. No puedo creer que V.C Andrews logro que sintiera empatía por Olivia (ewww). Aunque no justifico las acciones de Olivia en el primer libro de la serie puedo decir que entiendo que la llevo a ser así y la verdad quien sabe como reaccionaria yo si tuviera que pasar por todo lo que paso ella. Lo único que no cambio fue mi odio hacia Malcolm, el si nació malo y se murió malo y no siento nada de empatía por el, es un desgraciado.
Ame y odie este libro, aunque el libro es corto fue una lectura muy pesada y emocional. De verdad es impresionante como todo lo que le pasa a esta familia es tragedia, verdaderamente hasta me siento mal por ellos, no tienen ni un momento de felicidad, esa no es manera de vivir. Estoy feliz de poder decir que ya concluí esta serie y por lo general fue una serie fantástica llena de tragedia, suspenso e intriga.
dark
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to really like this. But you can tell it was ghost written with notes of the author. He did an okay job, but I felt the story lacked depth and complexity of her other books. And this is where I will stop reading the series because she didn’t provide any more material to this story.
The characters are flat but Olivia does have some depth that I feel is lacking. One thing we have at the beginning is it being said she is into the suffergett movement but then she’s a raging misogynist throughout the book. Which partially makes sense she takes on Malcom’s worst traits and in protecting her rapist husband she forfits all love to her life. Which is sad to see but it’s not uncommon for wealthy white women do. White supremacy will never protect you.
I found Malcom lacking however that could be the point. Men who hate women just to hate them never really seem smart enough to understand they are the problem.
Also all the men in Corinne’s life are groomers, her uncle John (who married her later), her uncle Chris, and her father. The whole time I waited for Malcom to prey on Corrine because he was subtly grooming her. And he wanted to fuck her it’s so nasty. He wants his daughter to be his mother and his pursuit of money I believe is also a incest thing too, you see wealthy families wanting to keep that money and objects (and women in this case) in the family.
Garland is a piece of shit. He’s a groomer too and I wouldn’t be surprised that all the grooming Malcom does is the grooming Garland taught him through his mother. His mother ran off but to me it signifies that she realized he groomed her and her son had incestious intentions because of it. Which a child desiring another child is a thing and we have to consider she was very very young because Alisia was 12 when she was courted by him.
Fucking 12. 16 by the time they wed and she’s all jovial and sweet. And it’s sad to see all the adults in her life blame her for her beauty for her rape (from garland and Malcom) and lose her life.
The last line is haunting from Olivia. That she sees Chris in the attic looking at Cathy. And it’s hint that she sees his incestious desires which could be true because Chris knows nothing else but a groomer father and a groomed mother.
The divide between the original writer and the ghost writer is apparent. Which could deter people from this novel.
The characters are flat but Olivia does have some depth that I feel is lacking. One thing we have at the beginning is it being said she is into the suffergett movement but then she’s a raging misogynist throughout the book. Which partially makes sense she takes on Malcom’s worst traits and in protecting her rapist husband she forfits all love to her life. Which is sad to see but it’s not uncommon for wealthy white women do. White supremacy will never protect you.
I found Malcom lacking however that could be the point. Men who hate women just to hate them never really seem smart enough to understand they are the problem.
Also all the men in Corinne’s life are groomers, her uncle John (who married her later), her uncle Chris, and her father. The whole time I waited for Malcom to prey on Corrine because he was subtly grooming her. And he wanted to fuck her it’s so nasty. He wants his daughter to be his mother and his pursuit of money I believe is also a incest thing too, you see wealthy families wanting to keep that money and objects (and women in this case) in the family.
Garland is a piece of shit. He’s a groomer too and I wouldn’t be surprised that all the grooming Malcom does is the grooming Garland taught him through his mother. His mother ran off but to me it signifies that she realized he groomed her and her son had incestious intentions because of it. Which a child desiring another child is a thing and we have to consider she was very very young because Alisia was 12 when she was courted by him.
Fucking 12. 16 by the time they wed and she’s all jovial and sweet. And it’s sad to see all the adults in her life blame her for her beauty for her rape (from garland and Malcom) and lose her life.
The last line is haunting from Olivia. That she sees Chris in the attic looking at Cathy. And it’s hint that she sees his incestious desires which could be true because Chris knows nothing else but a groomer father and a groomed mother.
The divide between the original writer and the ghost writer is apparent. Which could deter people from this novel.
Very interesting story I wonder what's going to happen when I read flowers in the attic