amira63 's review for:

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

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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

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What can I say like...I've heard the illusions and the jokes and then I read this book for the first time a couple years ago and was absolutely shocked to find out that this was a masterpiece lowkey. Its not without flaws I'd never say that but I'd argue this is a piece of gothic horror literature that is overshadowed by well tbh I think because the main characters are children and that's lead to a miscommunication in who the intended audience is. But this is at its core a horror novel and tbh the incest in here is part of the tragedy but like The Death of Vivek Oji people are like, welp incest is in the book clearly the author wants all of us to think incest is OK 🙄🙄🙄. Like you do not have to engage with triggering content, you don't have to like the novel or whatever but be serious. Anyway, I'll probably have a much neater review when I read it for the third time cause so many thoughts that are spinning in my brain.