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Summary: terrific, thought provoking
Review: I loved this book so much!! I was really surprised when it turned out to be the mother who was so evil. I liked how the author made the mom so sweet and loving in the beginning and then she turned so evil. I felt betrayed, as if I was one of the kids. You should definetly read this book!
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Summary: An excellent, thrilling, set of books.
Review: I loved reading about the Dollangers! This books are sad, yet not too much. I couldn't get my hands of these books until I knew the end. Great
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Summary: BETTER THAN THE MOVIE
Review: V.C. ANDREWS USUALLY HAS THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL HER FEMALE LEADS IN HER BOOKS, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WITH THE DEATH OF CATHERINE'S FATHER AND MOVING BACK WITH THE FAMILY THAT HAD DISOWNED HER MOTHER, IN SECRECY OF COURSE...DOWN TO THE INCESTOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER, THIS STORY WAS CHILLING DOWN TO THE BONE. FOR SOMEONE TO EVEN THINK A PARENT COULD DO SUCH THINGS TO THEIR OWN FLESH IS HORRIFYING. OVERALL, THE BOOK WAS ONE I COULDN'T PUT DOWN AND FINISHED WITHIN ONE HOUR
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Summary: One of the greatest novels ever written
Review: when i first picked up Flowers in the Attic. i was immediately
won over. it's interesting title caught my eye and when i started to read it i couldn't put i down. it tells a wonderful
story of children caught in a bizzar situation. a book that
whirls the reader to the last page.
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Summary: It was a great book
Review: This book was a great start to V.C. Andrew's five book series. It was written with feeling and detail that made you want to read on. After reading this book I continued to read many more of her books. I would recommend it to anyone over the age of 12
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Summary: Wonderful book, you feel what Cathy and Chris feel!
Review: The book Flowers in the Attic is fantastic! It is for all ages, for all can enjoy it! You hate to put it down and the sequals are as good as the original! I read this book when I was 13 and keep rereading it!! Read it and you will agree! A lovely, feeling book!
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Summary: Information on author
Review: Virginia Cleo Andrews died on December 19, 1986 at the age of 62 from breast cancer.
Horror novelist Andrew Neiderman is the ghost writer for her later writings.
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Summary: A Truly Extraordinary Novel
Review: I was absolutely mesmerized by this novel and the movie of the same name, and I've never forgotten it, never will. As far as really, really captivatingly weird storylines go, this one has to rank near the very top. This is the story of a brother and sister who were disowned by their very rich and strict parents because of their unnatural love for one another. They have four children together, but then he unexpectedly dies. As a result, she returns home and falls at her parents' feet, begging forgiveness. Her stern father beats her as punishment, which she submits to so that she will appease his wrath and get his love for her back, and get written back into the will. But the existence of her four children must be kept a secret, since her father would never accept them. This shameful incestuous secret is kept locked away up in the attic--that's where the children are kept hidden and out of sight. Their mother visits them and keeps promising that soon they'll be let out of the attic and everything will be just fine. In time, however, her love grows cold and she visits them less and less, selfishly preoccupied with her happy new lavish lifestyle and the new man in her life, while her children start to get sick. Two of them die. Their food is being poisoned. The two eldest surviving children begin to realize that their mother has been slowly, methodically, and calculatingly killing them off! Will they be her final victims, or will they escape Foxworth Hall? This immensely popular novel has sold 40 million copies! It's such an engrossing story!!David Rehak
author of "A Young Girl's Crimes"
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Summary: A classic
Review: You'd be very hard pressed to not hate Corrine, the mother of her 4 children that she locked up in the attic. So beautifully written, excellent character development; this book just grabs you and refuses to let go. The only gripe I have with this book is the time gaps, but it IS written over a three year period, all fitted into 400 pages. A must read.
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Summary: The Book That Started It All...
Review: Flowers in the Attic was the book that began VC Andrews's career. The tale is haunting and tragic, and though a bit far-fetched (though who ever said it wasn't?) it is not the insane crazy mess some make it out to be. It's brilliant, if you ask me.
So you know, Cathy speaks in tones like "Good golly day!" because the book is set in the 1950's. Believe it or not, people spoke like that. I found it entertaining to listen to the dialogue myself.
The characters in the story are rich and three-dimensional. Even the main characters are not portrayed as perfect, such as Cathy and Chris (unlike in the GW's stories later on).
Everyone seems to focus on the incest as though it's the theme of the story. It's not. It's one part of it, an undertone, if you will. The plot is much, much more than that. The incest only adds to the horror and trauma of it all.
I saw the movie for the first time years and years ago, and it wasn't until I read the book that I got hooked. The sequels are just as fascinating, but nothing can compare with Flowers in the Attic.
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