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Summary: this book is beyond words
Review: a loving couple is enjoying their lives with their 4 children
until the night the husband is killed on his birthday. the mother
is hopelessly in debt, so as a last resort she asks her rich
estranged parents for help. so she packs up the house and the kids and moves in. what the children do not know is that their
grandparents hate them because of the sins of the parents. so the
children are forced to live in isolation in one bedroom and an
attic for a playroom. this book shows that even people with
moneyn are sadistic and cruel and it is saddest when it happens
to children. this is a great four part series that everyone should read.
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Summary: I love this book!!!
Review: Flowers in the attic is the thrilling tale of a father who dies,his wife and childres don't have enough oney to pay the bills so the mother(Corrine)has to write a letter to her parents to ask if her four children(Chris,Cathy,Carrie & Cory) can live there.
So in the middle of the night they come to Foxworth hall.
the grandmother takes the 4 children to an attic room and Corrine tells the children they will stay there for ONE night, but days turn to months,and months to years.
It's at the end when they decide to escape,but they learn that the grand father who had to forgive Corrine as she married her half uncle so she come get all the millions in the will,Cory dies,and Chris and Cathy fall in love.
If you want to finds out what happens to Chris,Cathy and Carrie read PETALS ON THE WIND.
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Summary: Not THAT bad, but still pretty abysmal...
Review: I read this because of two things: Stephen King's insistence that this book was bad and my childhood friend's insistance that it was good. With all due respect to my childhood friend, I'm going with Mr. King.The concept of this book is actually pretty cool and there were times in this book that were genuinely exciting. Unfortunately, V.C. Andrews couldn't pull her idea off. Her story is bland and the characters are one-dimensional. The grandmother is a bible-thumping stereotype. The mother is a silly, selfish nit. Carrie and Cory are whiny, annoying brats and Chris... well, Chris was just unbelievable. Especially his dialogue, which was incredibly, incredibly high-flown. I also hated Cathy. She's a small, callow, selfish person who never changes or admits that she's wrong. The opening chapter was one of the most sacchrine things I've ever read and the finale made no sense at all. Why oh WHY did she throw away the donuts? Forget not wanting to "sink to the Grandmother's/Mother's level." She killed her son! Shouldn't she by law be obliged to send her to prison? Oh well. Two things I do want to put in perspective before I send this out: 1.) I didn't really mind the incest. I guess growing up in the Jerry Springer generation has jaded me and 2.) Yes, there are actually mothers out there who would do things like this to their children. It's sad, but they're out there, and I say that because in reality it's dangerous for us to turn a blind eye to that just because we want to envision mothers to be perfect. Okay, I'm off my soapbox. Anyway, skip this novel. There's better stuff out there.
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Summary: Taboo Topic
Review: This book is about incest between a brother and sister. The incest occurs because they are locked away in an attic during puberty and have no other outlet for their emerging sexuality. I found it disturbing that this book is so popular, given its taboo topic.
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Summary: a very good read!!
Review: Flowers in the Attic was one of the best books i have ever read. It had a very original storyline and i could not put it down. my favorite part in the book was the end when they finally get out of the attic they have been living in for almost four years. i really felt bad for the twins, who had to endure so much at such a young age-it was heartbreaking. Cathy and Chris had to grow up so quickly and act as parents to Carrie and Cory. the relationship that develops between chris and cathy is very warm and sincere. it is very easy to see that they really did love eachother, and needed eachother. chris was my favorite character. cathy described him so well, he was a very good looking boy that grew into a handsome young man. he was the smart and sensible character that always knew what to do when things got tuff. he was brave and admirable, especially when he had to slash his wrists to feed the twins some nourishment when the grandmother starved them for three days. when reading this book you begin to fall in love with chris' looks and personality. the thing i hated in the novel was how she made it seem that chris raped cathy, when she could have easily stopped him. he was a very good brother and was the reason they stayed alive in the prison they were forced to live in. there is some incest in the novel but it only shows the love chris and cathy shared. they are real soulmates and are truly meant to be together forever. it was very sad when cory died and it made me hate their mother even more. this novel has to do with horror, suspense, love, betrayel, lust and survival. i enjoyed it very much and recommend it to someone who is 12 or older. i am fourteen and thought it was a great book and couldnt stop reading it. you should definetly read the book!! i loved it, and loved CHRIS!!
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Summary: Powerful Beginning
Review: "Flowers in the Attic" is a haunting tale of the four Dollanganger children who were locked in a room for three years. After the death of their father, the children (Christopher, Catherine, and the twins Carrie and Corey) went with their mother to live in their grandparents' mansion. They are locked in a room adjoined with the attic for the night. The night lasts into weeks, the weeks into months, and then into years. The book was written in classic Andrews form - descriptively written so that the words come alive until you can almost see everything for yourself. The characters are wonderfully developed and satisfy your most soap opera-ish of needs. You can do no wrong by reading this book. Widen your horizon and take a step into the garden...
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Summary: Flowers in the Attic
Review: This is a great book i want everyone to go out and buy it i couldnt
put it down i read for 6 striaght hours to finish this book i cant wait to see the movie but i read the reviews of the movie and it sounds ok i cant wait to read Petals on the wind it was so sad this book because **** died i dont wanna give any hints out because u have to buy the books there is alot of sexual parts but nothing that doesnt fly by fast and gets right back to the storyi cant wait to read the rest of the series i am going to order them off amazon right now so please go buy this book u wont be able to put it down from the moment u pick it up untill the moment it ends
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Summary: It will make you Gasp!
Review: I first started reading VC Andrews when I was in 15 years old, I am now 32 yrs old. Her books make you feel an assortment of emotions for the characters. This book made me cry and in the end happy. Evil people always get what they deserve in the end.
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Summary: My Second all-time fave book
Review: My all-time fave book is Petals on the Wind. I first read this book way back in 6th grade, and 23 years later, I'll still pick it up when I'm looking for something to read. I've lost count of the number of times I've read it. It's such a powerful book, that it makes incest acceptable in this story line. If There be Thorns and the books that followed were good, but have not endeared themselves to me as the first two, probably because after If There be Thorns, we had to wait for the follow-up books back then, and they just weren't the same.
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Summary: Unforgettable!
Review: I first read Flowers in the Attic when I was 13. I thought then, and still do, that it was a fabuous book. V.C. Andrews brings the four Dollangager children to life, so much so that I felt myself almost believing they were real. I cried for what these fictional children endured at the hands of a fanatical and sadistic grandmother and at the thought of what a once loving mother would do to her own flesh and blood for money (and while some of it may be a bit far fetched, you don't have to look much farther than the nightly news to know a lot of this could happen). There are most defintiely some disturbing situations in this book and it is defintitely not appropriate for any younger than early teens. But it is a great read, a real attention getter and holder.
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