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Summary: If you haven't read this yet, shame on you!
Review: I could not put this book down! There are some parts that are slow reading but the other parts make up for that. It is interesting to read how the children kept themselves busy while locked away in a room for years. Also, it shows how money can change people and V.C. Andrews showed this well in the mother of the children. I enjoyed the ending because it had a little twist that was just enough to make you go "holy crap!". I look forward to reading the other books by V.C. Andrews.
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Summary: Nothings more nerve racking!!!!
Review: Flowers in the Attic is the best book I have read ever since one of my parents friends gave it to me when I was 11. All the other V.C Andrews are brilliant but, this is the absolute best one ever. It is the beginning of a un-expected and awesome book series!!
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Summary: Wow, I was blown away!
Review: About 15 years ago, when I was a teenager, my best friend and her mother were into all things VC Andrews. I saw part of the movie "Flowers in the Attic" several years ago, and recently decided to see just what all the hubub is about.I just finished this book, and am blown away! This tale of greed, deception, love and hate will send you on an emotional rollercoaster right along with all the main characters. The characters truly come to life, as you sympathize with them some times, and get annoyed with them at others - just like your own friends or family. I highly recommend this book, particularly if you want to start (as I now am) a mission to "catch up" with all the VC fans and read all of her books in chronological order.
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Summary: Flowers in the Attic
Review: Yes it is a wonderful piece of literature yes it has wonderful detail but no it is not perfect. Four children being locked in the attic by there mom and grandma and then they begin to look at each other sexually that is deep. Okay but even thought the story doesn't make very much sense it is one of the first books that I can think of that actually has a brother and sister falling in love. Even though this book has deepness I have to admit it is quite depressing the majority of the time and has only a few periods of time where anything happens that truly captivates your attention. I would recommend this to people who have a lot of time on there hands and want to read a book that is only interesting at some parts. If you are a busy person I suggest something more like Bridget Jones's Diary.
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Summary: Wonderful!!!!!!!!
Review: This is an absolutely wonderful book that will have you trapped right from the first page.It's about four children who are locked away in the attic for four years by there selfish mother and wicked grandmother. Once you read this captivating novel you'll want to read the other three. This book had me thinking about it for weeks. I never wanted their story to end...
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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER!
Review: This is my favorite book i've ever read! The most shocking story i've read! i didn't suspect the ending!
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Summary: Betrayal and Heroism
Review: This book is one of the best books that I have ever read, it kept my attention the whole way through and I never wanted to put it down. "Flowers in the Attic" is the story of a selfish mother who locks her four children in an attic with the hope that they will be let out in less than a month. Corrine, the mother,loses her husband and can barely support her four kids so she moves in with her parents. Her parents are rich and her father is very sick, but Corrine was written out of his will when she disgraced the family, so her goal is to please her father so she can be written back into the will and inherit everything. Cathy and Chris, the two eldest children are supportive until the months turn into years, and their mother stops visiting, and the younger children become sick. The kids find out the mother has been planning to leave the children in the attic forever and all hell breaks loose. Even with the hardships that the children face, the eldest are heroic in standing up to their mom and being parents to their younger siblings. This book is extremely exciting even though it takes place in only a attic. With a little bit of incest and a evil grandmother looming, this book will definately grab your attention.
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Summary: I want my 2 hours back
Review: Well i was curious as to why V.c. andrews had any fans. Well after reading this dross of right-wing fantasy i have an idea. How many times did we to know the chracters to sympathise with were blond haired and blue eyed, of course the perfect aryan mold. I have read the Turner Diaries and Mein kampf but those two books never hide thier intentions. But andrews has mindless fans who soak up this twee crap without question. At least in the turner diaries we had a half decent story. I honestly cannot believe how vacuous the reading public has become. This is nothing but insalubrious reactionary slave fantasy. I can't even begin to describe the level of egocentric self asorbtion that are "chracters". I actually read danielle steel so to hell with the inculpations of me being an elitist. But no doubt this book will continue to sell and feed into the sub-conscious stereotypes.
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Summary: It IS Racist
Review: What a piece of trash....I can see why this woman has so many fans all over the world, since most people, sadly, are reactionary, like to be shocked, and give no thought to important issues. Oh, yeah, and the characters are pretentious upper class cliches much like those found in a soap opera, so consumed with the petty things in their lives that they fail to recognize anything else (I'm speaking here mostly of the mother, since the kids--even in this unbelievable 'story'--can't be anything but consumed with what they're going through). Even the name of the place they're at--Foxworth--reeks of fakeness. And it IS racist, promoting a world view of submissive black women (not that this woman's retarded fans would notice....or care). It even goes on for as long as a soap opera, stretching the preposterous story into more than one book. The author did this with all her stories, and she reached what I bet was her goal--she made a lot of money off the ignorance of people (not me though--a friend loaned me a copy). I'd chuck this in with Lavrle Spencer and the rest of the Harlequin romance trash. Do yourself a favor--read a Barbra Kingsolver novel instead, or something which can at least be called 'literature.' It's bound to be more realistic, more entertaining, and a million times better. Only stupid, bored, disillusioned housewives who used to be cheerleaders and grew up to marry husbands who treat them like dirt and fool around on them because they gained some weight having all those kids who now hate them would find any redeeming quality here whatsoever.
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Summary: Something out of Nothing
Review: When I read this book for the first time, my heart stopped for a while. The kids had to rely on their creativity to make something out of nothing. When you have nothing, all you can do is to make something out of nothing. As for Corinne, I was totally disgusted with her. She could have stood up for her kids and herself at some point if she had any gumption to do anything. For instance she could have looked up her childhood buddies and asked them for help to get the kids away from the attic and into school ASAP. Cory had a right to live. He didn't deserve to be poisoned at all. Neither did the other children. Chris, Jr. was very smart. He helped Cathy save her hair when Olivia put tar in it. He even made a wooden key. That is how Chris, Cathy and Carrie got out of the attic.
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