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Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows

V.C. Andrews

3.61 AVERAGE

ayashelley's review against another edition

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on hold for now, my mom confiscated the book and i am now fighting tooth and nail to find it in the house

0liviamarie's review against another edition

3.0

challenging 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

blizzardinsummer's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad 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

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of course everyone always talks about *that* part of this book which is very much meant to make you uncomfortable and succeeds in doing so, but my main thoughts after finishing this is about the rage i felt every time the mother bothered to visit and the heart ache i feel for those poor babies. what a cruel, heart wrenching tale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Murder

odairannies's review against another edition

3.0

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had a hard time deciding how to rate this because although it was engaging enough all the incest stuff is just really icky, i cannot believe some people read it as KIDS

enid6030's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 más que 4. No ha estado mal, es entretenido y se lee rápido, pero me esperaba algo más de acción, o desarrollo psicológico. En el sentido de que esperaba encontrarme mejores personajes y una mejor evolución a lo largo del libro, y sí, han evolucionado, pero no tanto como me habría gustado en esos supuestos tres años. También creía que sería más oscuro y enrevesado, pero ha resultado ser bastante plano hasta las últimas 100 páginas. Le habría puesto un 3, pero los últimos capítulos se han puesto más interesantes. Seguiré leyendo la saga, a ver qué tal.

botchla's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

whyjesswhyjess's review against another edition

3.0

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Jail to VC Andrews.
Therapy to all yall that read it at 12 years old.

loulapeach's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

mcshnick's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Self harm

maes_books_'s review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Everyone is so distracted by the scandalizing nature of the romance that they forget to mention how well this is written!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Death of parent