Flowers in the Attic (Audioworks)

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Summary: good for an older reader
Review: well i started this book today and figured out that it was a little too adult for me it is a wonderfully well written book but i think it needs to wait untill i am a little older. i sugetst that other younger readers wait also

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Summary: a genuine horror masterpiece
Review: I read this as an adult, and I must say it is the creepiest book I've ever read. This was the work of a potent imagination, on par with the elite of horror literature (The Haunting of Hill House, Dracula, Rebecca, The Body Snatchers). Sure, the writing's a little crude at times--as crude as say, To Kill A Mockingbird--but Andrew's skillful imagination more than makes up for it. She writes significantly better in the fluffy sequel.

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Summary: it was ok
Review: i thought that this book was good but i was really mad at ... never mind don't want to wreck the storry for anyone who hasn't read it . i think that this is a ggood story . it has a lot of action . you should read it if you haven't .

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Summary: A sick book.
Review: This was the teenage cultural book of the 80's but unfortunately it is a sick book. I read it when I was about 14 or 15 and did enjoy it at the time. However, much of the book is too influential on teens. I would not recommend this book. Sex is taken too lightly (especially later in the series) and the story is rather grotesque.

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Summary: Good Book
Review: I read this book when i was fourteen. I still like it. In fact, I read all of V.C. Andrew's books. This book was interesting, but kind of messed up. I mean, it was all about incest! It's about an evil mother who locks her four kids in an attic for 3 year, and one kid dies. the older two, Chris and Cathy, fall in love, and Chris once rapes her. It's really corrupted, but other than that, it's got a good story line, and good characters. I would reccomend this book to most people my age.

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Summary: Mesmerizing, Frightening, a story I still think about
Review: I read this novel several years ago-when I was about 15 or 16-for the first time. It has remained my favorite since then. I have often thought that this story, more than any other, exemplified the dark shadows in the human heart. The story speaks volumes-if the reader can put aside their own paranoia about incest and abuse and the other things that go on in society that most people want to sweep under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. The story speaks to the vulnerability of children, how every child is really at the mercy of their parents. What happens in childhood reverberates throughout one's life. I thought Cathy was the most painfully real heroine-all of her emotions poured out on the pages-enough to fill your eyes with tears for all she could have been and what, you knewm she would become. She is full of justifiable hate, yet racked by guilt, desperate for love, consumed with desire, but at heart a good person. The incest was disturbing, but written so well, that even the most cold-hearted reader couldn't help but pity Chris and Cathy. Circumstances forced them to make choices that they might otherwise not have made. The story is haunting, the kind of thing that keeps you thinking long after the book is finished. Wondering if the children's horror were yours, how would you have turned out?

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Summary: This Is A Book You Can Truly Read More Than Once
Review: V.C. Andrews is an extraordinary writer. This book is an excellent example of that. This novel tells the story of four children who were locked up in an attic by their mother and grandmother. To make the story better, it is told from one of the children's point of view.It shows you their ups and downs. It will make you shed a tear if not crocodile ones. I recommend this book to both males and females alike.

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Summary: Awesome
Review: I liked reading this book. I enjoyed reading it because it always kept me on edge. There are many things I liked about this story. One of the many things I enjoyed was the fact that that this could very well happen in real life. It's not one of those stories that has fake characters and activities that could never happen. I really liked this book better than any other fiction story I have ever read. If you enjoy reading mystery stories, page turning stories, or the edge of your seat kind of stories, then the book called, Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews would be a great book for you!

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Summary: The Best Book Of All Time
Review: I love Flowers In The Attic. It was the first V.C. Andrews book I ever read. I'm now hooked to her writing. I don't read alot, but I can't stop reading her books. I could read Flowers In The Attic over and over again!

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Summary: The Book That Started an Obession
Review: I bought my first copy of this book (the one with the original cover, not the movie one) for 10 cents at a garage sale. I had it for a few years before I actually read it, but once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. I read it in one day and I have read every VC Andrews book I could get my hands on since. When I began reading this book, I really felt like I was getting to know the characters, and I felt like I was really a part of their world. I cried when their father died, not knowing the life the tradgedy would propel them into. I have never been so moved by a book!