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Summary: Totally Awesome
Review: This book was great! If your looking for a book that has to do with family then this is the book you want. It's about a girl that's father dies and they have to move in with their mothers mom. It turns out the mom's dad doesn't know the kids exist so they have to hide in the attic for a long time. The brother and sister get really close...maybe even too close.Kinda weird but it was still and awesome,thrilling, interesting book.
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Summary: Colorful Characters
Review: Andrews takes you into a wolrd of the rich and disturbed family in foxworth hall. In this book, there is greed, lust, romance, incest and sadness all rolled into one, After this book I was hooked on V.C and her intruiging novels.
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Summary: awesome book
Review: This book is all sorts of amazing. I saw the movie first, and though the movie is alright the book is 100 times better. Cathy is an awesome protagonist, I like Chris (unlike many other people), and poor Cory!!! I recommend this book to anyone who wants suspense!
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Summary: A beautiful modern gothic novel
Review: Okay, I realize that this novel is nothing resembling great literature. But that just doesn't matter nor does it affect my pure enjoyment of this series, as it is a well-written, completely engrossing story. Flowers in the Attic is a *fairy tale*. A dark, twisted fairy tale, but a fairy tale all the same. This means that the characters and situations within the story should NOT be expected to be realistic in any form. Anyone complaining about the lack of realism is not seeing it as it should be seen. It takes place in some strange, imagined land that almost mirrors our world but not quite. It starts out all shiny and happy, describing the perfect, blessed existence of this beautiful family, and then it descends into a nightmare. Many of the complaints about the shallow characters are accurate but in my opinion it fits with the theme. The characters here can be silly and melodramatic and stereotypical. Nobody in this book talks like a real person would. Some of the older male characters are never developed at all but just kept shadowy, sometimes sinister figures who want to prey on Cathy and other women. And Cathy...she is the ultimate fragile blond-haired fairy tale princess. Only the twisted, upside-down version. Others have pointed out that she is not a likeable character. This is true, especially if you have read the rest of the series. But I don't believe that she was meant to be likeable. The abuse she has suffered has made her too messed up to be likeable, and her increasingly selfish, cruel behavior makes it very hard to have any sypmathy for her. So how did the author manage to make me care so much about a character's story when I so dislike the character? It all lies in the telling of it, the subject matter, the horror that goes beyond evil villains and straight into the human psyche. The incest, for example, lends a deeply unnerving, disturbing, and tragic element to the series that no fairy tale monster could have inspired. I can't believe some people think this book would have been better off without it? Some need to gain a wider perspective. I've read this series countless times and I hope VC Andrews knew how much her stories touched people. That ghostwriter tries pathetically to copy her style and fails. His novels are all the exact same, and they are boring and tame to boot. He is scared or just unwilling to go to the places she explored. At my local bookstore they still keep his novels under Horror which is quite laughable. Andrews' books belonged there; his would be more at home under general young adult fiction. FitA is a story meant to get under your skin. It has been condemned in churches and to this day still brings about strong reactions in people, whether they are positive or negative, and so I think the story succeeded in its purpose. Love it or hate it, I doubt you'll ever forget it.
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Summary: Better than the movie
Review: I remember seeing this movie when I was young and decided to see how the book was. Well it was way better than the movie and now I am hooked. I am onto the next book Petals on the Wind and I can't wait to read the rest in this series. I don't want to give anything away, but you defiently have to read this book.
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Summary: The dark side of life blooms bittersweetly....
Review: I have been reading VC Andrews' books since I was 14 years old. I guess I picked this up to read for the third time recently because I was feeling a little nostalgic. I had read My Sweet Audrina recently, too, and was surprised at how much my perspective had changed. I admire Andrews because she always writes about forbidden romance. Also, the men in her book are typically abusive and sex-crazed. This, of course, makes for interesting reading. I love the fact that Chris and Cathy seem to have such a loving and innocent relationship when first they are sequestered in that despicable attic. Also, I love how Ms. Andrews appeals to our human senses...she really makes it abundantly clear that these children suffered when she describes the food, fresh air, summer romances, thrilling social lives and other basic freedoms that they dream about daily (and which we as readers tend to take for granted). What grows tiresome after about the 20th episode is the fact that the children are constantly expelling emotional energy by fighting with the grandmother, the mother and each other in such a way that it tends to be overdramatic. Also, her depiction of the men in the book tends to make them seem barbaric in every way (which is fine from a fictional standpoint) yet emotionally fragile at the same time. I suppose this is possible in the real world, but how realistic? Flowers is a gem. I like it because it stands out from the rest of the books in the library. Ms. Andrews really struck a chord when she wrote about all these forbidden topics. I highly recommend reading the entire series. Her books are fast, simply written and contain no frills. You can put it down for a few days and then come back to it and still know what is going on without having to re-flip. Enjoy!
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Summary: Most memorable book I've ever read!
Review: Like lots of others, I first read Flowers in the Attic when I was 13. This book instantly gave me a "love of reading" which I would wish for everyone. I have read literally hundreds of books since, but no other book has been as emotional and memorable to me. I remember each word of the book and probably could recite by memory the entire first chapter. The first sentence grabbed me and had me hooked until the last page. I know many people are put off by some of the content of this book, but I have to wonder if they even really read the book before making this opinion. The characters (especially Cathy) became like family to me--I know that sounds "corny"--but I can't imagine anyone that reads this book not feeling the same way. I hope V.C. Andrews knew how much this book meant to me and so many others. I have re-read this book so many times, and each time I become enthralled in the hopes and dreams and terrors of Cathy, Chris and the twins. This book is definately a "heart pounding" experience. I wish every girl (woman) the joy of reading Flowers in the Attic. And also, have Petals on the Wind (the 2nd in the series) ready to read as soon as you finish this book. You will be desperate to follow their lives.
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Summary: In two simple connected words: Nerve-Wrenching
Review: I hate this book!! That being said, you're probably wondering why I gave it five stars. The answer: it is so well-written that I might read it again, even as I ever-so loathe its contents.
V.C. Andrews does a fantastic job of thrusting the horror of this spine-tingling tale right into the reader's head -- atleast that's the effect it had on me! As the four children were kept locked away in a room for over four years, I kept wanting the terror to end, but I couldn't put the book down. I almost felt as if I were there too, suffering with them under the wrath of their wicked grandmother and the betrayal of their slowly-demoralizing mother. At the same time, the book was engrossing to a level I might never have seen before. I only wish V.C. could write with such electrifying power of a much more cheerful tale.
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Summary: The Story of The Dresden Dolls!
Review: Chris, Cathy, Carrie, and Cory were shut in an attic by their mother and grandmother. They have been waiting for their grandfather to die, so they'll be free. They were kept there even after their grandfather died, locked up for three years and five months. The grandmother was cruel and did horrible things to them. She put tar in Cathy's hair, severely whipped her and Chris, and starved them. After Cory died from arsenic poisoning, Chris and Cathy knew they had to get out with Carrie quickly, for she was pining away for the lost of her twin, Cory. Pale, weak, and thin, they escape to freedom though their journey to safety will be long.
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Summary: wow
Review: This is by far the BEST book I've ever read. I can't even count the times I've read this book .. and each time I can never put it down. I recommend this book to any teen OR adult who is looking for a truly great book!!
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