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V.C. Andrews

3.61 AVERAGE

mchammerrrr's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: No

saralalalaaa's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jkw7072's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sabiecee's review against another edition

4.5

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Wow, this was gutting and deeply disturbing, and I could not stop reading it. I loved the drama and I wanted so badly for the Dollanganger kids to be freed and loved. I have to read the next ones, now.

hlynna's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

eden_42069's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

allhailshadow's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad tense medium-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: Yes

friendofowlsandtitans's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Yes

mizz_mack's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-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: Complicated

absolutelynotstephanie's review against another edition

2.0

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Truly, just a depressing tale of a woman who loses her fucking mind after her husband dies, doesn’t go to therapy & attempt to be an actual adult, instead, then follows to lock her children in an attic for their entire lives and then try to kill them by starving them and then straight up murdering one of them. Actually, all of that makes the whole thing sound INTERESTING. It’s painfully slow and written so horribly/campy. Truly, so many people listed this on their “horror reads” lists, and this was considered a classic.

I understand it’s probably something hella nostalgic for a teenager growing up in the 80s, but really… ARE YALL OK?