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3.89k reviews for:
Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows
V.C. Andrews
3.61 AVERAGE
3.89k reviews for:
Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows
V.C. Andrews
3.61 AVERAGE
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?
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
I hope Corrine rots in hell.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Racism
trashy wuthering heights. and by god i loved every second of it
This book intrigued me the most because of the topic of incest. As I said before, I love to read books that involved taboo. But this is not the only thing that interested me. I like how the grandmother in this book is so evil (because I can relate…sort of) and so paranoid, so superstitious who believed that these innocent children are the devil’s spawn, who also blame them for what their parents did and how the mother became so selfish, how she became blinded of the richness she once again received, neglecting her children so she could live exuberantly, making her Cathy, her eldest daughter hate her and eventually his oldest child Chris detest her too and her twins Cory and Carrie became estranged towards her, and how these children grew from healthy, beautiful and lively children to thin, depressed individuals torn between trusting, hoping for the best and giving up.
The story is truly horrifying. Whose mother in their right mind will lock their children in her childhood’s home after her husband died and their own richness disappeared, for three years? I knew she has her reasons but still this is very wrong. Sure, she gave the children things, expensive things and their grandmother still give them food once that the children should make last the whole day but to be locked in that attic, to be not able to run and be basked in sunlight, it’s so sad. As the time passed by, their mother changed and their grandmother did something evil after catching them in an inappropriate situation. They were so starved and parched to the point that Chris has to slash his wrist so the twins could drink his blood, they also ate mice that they captured. There is also this scene where the grandmother whipped the two of the oldest children until the whip broke.
So tragic this story is. It is so filled with lies, pain, betrayal and false hope.
The story is truly horrifying. Whose mother in their right mind will lock their children in her childhood’s home after her husband died and their own richness disappeared, for three years? I knew she has her reasons but still this is very wrong. Sure, she gave the children things, expensive things and their grandmother still give them food once that the children should make last the whole day but to be locked in that attic, to be not able to run and be basked in sunlight, it’s so sad. As the time passed by, their mother changed and their grandmother did something evil after catching them in an inappropriate situation. They were so starved and parched to the point that Chris has to slash his wrist so the twins could drink his blood, they also ate mice that they captured. There is also this scene where the grandmother whipped the two of the oldest children until the whip broke.
So tragic this story is. It is so filled with lies, pain, betrayal and false hope.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
My sister is a huge V.C. Andrews fan, so we read this together. This book is deeply disturbing, but you can't seem to stop reading it, like a car crash where you can't look away. A lot of people mention the horrible incest and rape. I'd like to add that the ease in which the mother gradually abandons her children for money is unsettling, and the cruelty of the grandmother is shocking. Andrews also said this was based on a true story.
i read this when i was ten (shouldn't have been allowed) and it's truly stuck with me since. not in a good way but alas