Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger #1-2)
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: To be honest, I'm not sure why this book gets such a bad reputation. And my cynical side can't help wondering if even half of the people dissing this could write a debut novel HALF as good. Though to be fair, this wasn't ACTUALLY V.C. Andrews' first novel, it was just the first she published under her own name and no one knows what her old penname was because she didn't want her family to read those books for some unknown reason to do with "the content".Also, I kind of hate
I love all V.C. Andrews books. Always a twisted up family but a great story. Compelling
Ive watched the films. So I really enjoyed the books. They didnt wow me, but they are a very good read. Especially if youve seen the films, Id even say the books were better (as the case usually is with film vs book!).
Let me start off by saying this: these books are definitely dark and definitely not for everyone. The story starts with the Dollanganger family, happy and content. Then, on his birthday, their father is in a car accident and dies. The mother feels the need to go to her father, who had many years before disowned her. With a promise and a quick departure, the children are forced into an attic with sparse sunlight and little food from a grandmother who calls them Devil's spawn. Enough with the
3.5 stars.NOW I've read the entire book/both books in this omnibus. Still trash, kinda excusing pedophilia, but goddamn, I love vengeful Cathy.I love how deeply trash the story is and how seeing the Lifetime version of the story long beforehand enriched my experience. Now I appreciate the film 10000000x more! But yeah, so trash and so gooooood and there's a quote that made me go FUCK YEAH. However, the dialogue is atrocious at times and that rape scene that's instantly written off as not
Just finished reading PETALS ON THE WIND by V.C. ANDREWS .. Book Two of the Dollanganger Family series. They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terror! For Carrie, Chris and Cathy, the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds, even while they built bright, promising new lives. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist. And Grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault. Was it? Cathy
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Paperback | Pages: 187 pages Rating: 4.12 | 3578 Users | 174 Reviews
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Original Title: | Flowers In The Attic / Petals On The Wind |
ISBN: | 0007734204 (ISBN13: 9780007734207) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Dollanganger #1-2 |
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Just finished "Flowers in the Attic." The best I can describe this book is like a watching a car crash. You know you shouldn't watch, but you can't tear your eyes away. This book is vivid, descriptive, wrong, innocent, at times evil, but most of all it's dark. It's a dark mystery that sucks you in and doesn't let go. The incestuous relationship is troubling, and I have to ignore those parts because for me, I feel like it's just wrong. But in the characters' eyes, they're all right. It's love and you can't help who you fall for, even if it's your own flesh and blood. This book takes the phrase "keeping it all in the family" quite literally.Point Appertaining To Books Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger #1-2)
Title | : | Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger #1-2) |
Author | : | V.C. Andrews |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 187 pages |
Published | : | 2005 by HarperCollins (first published 1979) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Horror. Young Adult. Drama |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 3578 Users | 174 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger #1-2)
These books are pretty fucked up, that's all there really is to say. Four kids put into a horrible situation that fucks them up, I'd suggest not to read unless you have a dark, /dark/ mind.FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: To be honest, I'm not sure why this book gets such a bad reputation. And my cynical side can't help wondering if even half of the people dissing this could write a debut novel HALF as good. Though to be fair, this wasn't ACTUALLY V.C. Andrews' first novel, it was just the first she published under her own name and no one knows what her old penname was because she didn't want her family to read those books for some unknown reason to do with "the content".Also, I kind of hate
I love all V.C. Andrews books. Always a twisted up family but a great story. Compelling
Ive watched the films. So I really enjoyed the books. They didnt wow me, but they are a very good read. Especially if youve seen the films, Id even say the books were better (as the case usually is with film vs book!).
Let me start off by saying this: these books are definitely dark and definitely not for everyone. The story starts with the Dollanganger family, happy and content. Then, on his birthday, their father is in a car accident and dies. The mother feels the need to go to her father, who had many years before disowned her. With a promise and a quick departure, the children are forced into an attic with sparse sunlight and little food from a grandmother who calls them Devil's spawn. Enough with the
3.5 stars.NOW I've read the entire book/both books in this omnibus. Still trash, kinda excusing pedophilia, but goddamn, I love vengeful Cathy.I love how deeply trash the story is and how seeing the Lifetime version of the story long beforehand enriched my experience. Now I appreciate the film 10000000x more! But yeah, so trash and so gooooood and there's a quote that made me go FUCK YEAH. However, the dialogue is atrocious at times and that rape scene that's instantly written off as not
Just finished reading PETALS ON THE WIND by V.C. ANDREWS .. Book Two of the Dollanganger Family series. They were such brave children to withstand such suffering. Such clever children to escape such terror! For Carrie, Chris and Cathy, the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds, even while they built bright, promising new lives. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist. And Grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault. Was it? Cathy
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