Flowers In The Attic Novel Review

Andrews novel falls flat by youyoung lee ask any girl in her thirties and she ll likely have an inexplicable soft spot for flowers in the attic that chilling v c.

Flowers in the attic novel review.

Flowers in the attic is 412 pages long and is rather a sad story. While at the university of virginia hospital for treatment she developed a crush on her young doctor. A review in the washington post didn t mince its words describing it as deranged swill that. He and his siblings had been locked away in the attic for over 6 years to preserve the family wealth references.

Four flowers in the attic with neither the sunlight or the room to spread their roots and grow. The book has much more of an icky cringe factor than jerry or jeremy where the salacious details are part of the entertainment of fifteen minutes of the tackiest loudest and most violent people on tv. This unidentified relative claimed flowers in the attic was loosely based on a faintly similar account. Kindle edition verified purchase.

Flowers in the attic has elements of dark fairy tale. A little ti west can be detected in a shot or two. The children are betrayed by the person who should love them the most and they have no one to turn to but each other. I went through a flowers in the attic phase years ago lots of people did a guilty guilty pleasure.

Cathy with her long flowing blonde hair is reminiscent of rapunzel or a princess locked up in a dark tower. Flowers in the attic review. As disturbing as flowers in the attic may be it s a damn fine addition to the horror genre. I was a little apprehensive about reading it again because the main plot twist is at the end and i remembered it clearly.

This book is very special as it is one that never loses its charm. Lifetime s gamble on the v c. To this day i still feel this is one of the most heart breaking stories i ve ever read. The grandmother is cruel strict cold and severe looking and controls their behaviour and environment through corporal punishment deprivation judgement authority and humiliation.

Andrews novel passed around like a dirty secret at slumber parties and middle school playgrounds. Reviewed in the united states on may 13 2017. Life is hard and their health is fading. I read this book for the first time when i was 13.

196 forty years ago this month flowers in the attic the debut novel of one vc andrews was published.