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Summary: Time makes you bolder, even children get older...
Review: I was recently having a discussion with a friend about how time changes your perspective... things that once seemed relatively simple can wind up being deeper and more complex than you realized, and things that once seemed very profound can wind up looking downright silly. The recordings of The Moody Blues are an example of the latter - in my early to mid-teens, they seemed timeless and full of wisdom, whereas now (I'm in my late 20's), they seem rather hair-brained (though still catchy in spots). Likewise, I remember reading _Flowers in th Attic_ at age 16 and being quite deeply moved by the story of children who lose their father, are forced into seclusion, and ultimately abandoned. The description of their struggle to stay sane and maintain hope while growing up behind closed doors seemed very real, as though the author were writing from experience of some sort (literal or figurative). Then, a year or so ago, I happened upon a book entitled _Petals on the Wind_, which identified itself as a sequel. On a lark, I decided to check it out and bring it home. You can imagine my shock to find I was reading, in essence, a soap opera, filled with wretched plot contrivances and gaily waving around the topic of incest as if it were just another card to be played. I only got a few chapters in before returning it to the library. So where does that leave me... ? I haven't gone back and re-examined _Flowers in the Attic_, and I probably won't. It's probably best to hang on to the vantage point that I have, which was that of its intended audience (a teenager). So, if you are a teen, I do recommend this book. It's a fast read, and you may get something out of it. Just make sure that this kind of book isn't all you read, and should you choose to pursue its sequels, do not take them too seriously.
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Summary: Flowers in the attic, a great book.
Review: Flowers in the Attic is one of the best books I have ever read. It goes into depth about everything. That`s the reason I choose to write a review about this book. The story is about a family who has to go live with there grandparents because the Father dies. The grandmother thinks they are spawns of the devil.(It will tell you why in the book). The problem is they can not let the Grandfather know that they even exist. So they are put up in the west wing of the mantion, which is a place where knowbody goes. There are four kids in this little room, the big brother, sister, and boy and girl twins in that order. The brothers and sisters under go alot of preblems in the attic They eventually go find a door and behind the door is a stairway to an attic. They make the attic a school room, a play room, and dancing room, and whatever else they need. The Grandmother locks the door of their room so they can never get out. She makes a very long and cruel list of rules and punishments. They have to abide by the rules or else. The point is that the Mother has to win the love of her father back. So he can never know that there are kids to. I would definatly recomend this book to everyone. It defenaltly is my favorite book, so go read it if you want.
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Summary: Maybe if I was 12 and this was the only book on the planet
Review: Now in my mid-20s, I finally read the book that was all the rage back in middle school. Who knows why I never read it back then...probably because the girls I thought too popular and too stupid were the ones toting it around. Who knew my intuition was so good? This book is [bad]. I work in a Library, and if we had a section dedicated to [bad], this book would absolutely go on the directional sign. As it is, this book stands atop the display for Young Adult fiction, and I think that also speaks volumes. The characters in Flowers in the Attic are completely one-dimensional and despite what the author would have you think, they do not grow. There's no sympathy for or doubts about the villans. The "surprise" betrayals are only surprises for those who were in a coma for the first few hundred pages. The dialog is completely unrealistic (and having listened to the book on audio tape, I can assure you this is true). Even as a middle schooler, I think I would have known that this book was glorified Charmin. However, if you are ever looking for a brain-rotting reading experience that will cause cavities in your cranium and not stress your intellect at all, this is for you. I admit that I listened to the whole thing - even after the first 20 minutes signaled that I was in for a doozy of a ride. The reason rational adults stick with this book is also the same reason they stare at traffic accidents. And it is because of this book's "traffic fatality attration" that I award it with two stars rather than the one star that its literary value warrants.
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Summary: Cold winter night
Review: one winter night back in 1985 I had to set up an keep putting wood in to an old wood stove to keep my babies warm alnight long I set there adding wood to this stove an came across a Book that was laying in this box to start the fire ' The book was .. (Flowers in the Attic ) By V.C. Andrews I pick the book up an set down near the old wood burning stove an began to read the first line of this worn book that layed with in the wood ' A story of a mother with 4 children I look towards the bed where my on children slept an tears came to my eyes how could any mother take her children an put them away in a cold Attic with no sun to warm there face a dark an scarry place' oh how scared the twins where to find that the outside was know longer there as they were told the twins where the ages of my own children an I kept adding wood to this stove to keep my on children warm on this cold winter night for every page I turn made me love my children even more an wanted to keep them from any harm an keep them warm ' if you think at times that your children are not your bright light that shines in your heart then read Flowers in the Attic it will give you the power to hold your children closer as I did on that cold winter night with Book in hand an eyes open alnight reading this story help me though the night it kept my eyes open knowing that tomorrow was a work day for me but it kept my heart pounding an gave me the power to keep going on .. buy it, own it, read it, shelf it or pass it on ..
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Summary: BEST BOOK!
Review: I'm 14, and I read this book a year ago. It is the BEST book I have EVER read in my LIFE! I reccomend it to EVERYONE who wants to be intreuged and likes to read GOOD BOOKS! This review will probably not help you in anyway, I just had to give honour to V.C Andrews for producing the best books ever published. RIP.
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Summary: The 1st & best book of the Dollanganger series
Review: READ THIS BOOK FIRST OF THE SERIES!! I just finished reading the Dollanganger series. This was one of the better ones. There were 5 in the series : 1) Flowers in the Attic 2)Petals on the Wind 3)If there be thorns 4)Seeds of yesterday 5)garden of shadows. The best books were #1, 2, 5. I did not care for the 3rd book, but you should read it if you are going to read the whole series!! HAPPY READING! This book is shocking and eye opening, i reccomend it!
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Summary: Amazing and Gothic
Review: This book is one of the best books I have ever read! It is the first book written by the late V. C. Andrews and not by the ghostwriter who writes all the books put on the shelves under her name today. Imagine, four children, locked away in the attic of their grandparent's massive mansion becuase their existance must never be known to their highly religious and extremely wealthy grandfather. They will spend the following three years wishing for a life filled with sunshine and human contact and planning what they will do when they are set free. But, before this happens, they will undergo the biggest betrayel possible from the mother they thought loved them more than anything in the world. Once you pick it up, you won't we able to put it down.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I have read all the books in this series at least twice. Really good read for those who enjoy intense stories.
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Summary: I wish I could give it 100 stars!!!
Review: This is by far the best book that I have ever read!!! It is absolutely amazing! I have never ever EVER read a book as amazing as this one! It is just so great!! It starts out with these four siblings. They have the perfect life. Everything is happy. Then the father is killed in an accident and that is when everything takes a turn for the worse!! The mother takes her children to live at her mother's house. The are forced to live in the attic for certain reasons. From here on, the web of lies and betrayal begins. Have you ever seen the movie "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment? This book reminded me of it a little, because after you finish reading it, you look back and you understand why everything happened in the story. You understand why the characters did what they did, because they did everything for a reason. When I finished reading it I was "Damn!". It has a very intricate story. Yes, I know that some think that it drags in the middle, but it is very interesting. And you have to pay attention, because that is when a lot of the things that makes the story so great occur. This is by far the best book that I have ever read. I read the next book "Petals in the Wind" and that one was also very amazing, but nothing can top the first one. I will be extremely happy if I ever read a book that was half as good as this one. Some people may think that it is not realistic, but I disagree. They may think that it would be unreal for a mother to leave her children in that attic so long and starve. But if you think of what is at stake, then hell yeah it is realistic. As sad as it may seem, but this book made me realize that although we really wish that love makes the world go 'round, it isn't necessarily true. It made me realize that greed and money makes the world go 'round. I know that it is a little depressing, but this is an absolutely amazing book. Order it! It is totally awesome!! You will like it! Some may not like certain parts of it and decide that they hate the book because of some parts of immorality, but it is still a great story. The characters who commited to immoral act weren't exposed to that sort of thing, because their lives were wated away in that lowly attic. You will see when you get there. You have to read this book. It is the greatest!! I just hope that VC Andrews other books are as good as this one. But once again, I would be very impressed if any were half as amazing as this one. I also started her other series "Melody". It wasn't as good as "Flowers". It is a good book, and I do often think about Melody and her situation from time to time, but the Dollanganger series is the best so far. Another thing that you must remember is that VC Andrews herself didn't write that series. She died, and they got someone else to continue writing books of her style in her name so her legacy could go on, but it ust isn't the same. I am going to read some of her other books that she did write to see if they are as good. Well, I better shut my mouth. I'll let you read it and find out for yourself how great it is. Order now! You'll dig it!
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Summary: Haunting classic
Review: The book is a very dark story about four children who are secretly locked away for years in their grandparents's attic with the idea that in doing so it will help their poor, widowed mother gain her father's vast fortune. The story explores many of the issues that adolescents face: isolation, loneliness, betrayal, and questioning authority and family. Loved this book as an adolescent. I could relate to the character's feeling trapped and stifled in a situation, wanting to break free, but not knowing how. The book is well written and keeps you in suspense. Be forewarned: some of the content is risque, to say the least.
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