Virginia Andrews Flowers In The Attic Review

This was one of the earliest books i remember reading as a young adult.

Virginia andrews flowers in the attic review.

I was captivated by the relationships which is probably from where my love of reading and writing family dramas was born. Flowers in the attic by virginia andrews review when i read the book i experienced many different emotions. After their father is killed in a traffic accident their mother has no choice but to take the family to live with her parents the fanatically strict but impossibly rich foxworths. Forty years ago this month flowers in the attic the debut novel of one vc andrews was published.

They also have to put up with their grandmother and her crazy rules. 5 stars to v c. Flowers in the attic has elements of dark fairy tale. I found it while i was searching my grandmas gorage and my copy is like thirty years old.

Flowers in the attic by virginia andrews review. Flowers in the attic by virginia andrews is the story of the dollanganger children. She uses the language that would have been used in that time period. This novel was refreshing to read as it is completely different to anything i ve read.

A review in the washington post didn t mince its words describing it as deranged swill that. Join the site and send us your review. The grandmother is cruel strict cold and severe looking and controls their behaviour and environment through corporal punishment deprivation judgement authority and humiliation. At times i was laughing conversely at other times i was angered or sad.

Children s books children and teenagers friendship books for children and teens. She also kept the dark gothic style throughout the book yet she didn t make it seem as if it were moaning. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for virginia andrews. Andrews s flowers in the attic.

Cathy with her long flowing blonde hair is reminiscent of rapunzel or a princess locked up in a dark tower. Dollanganger 5 book set. It is about 4 kids sibblings that have to live in one room and an attic together without anyone knowing they exist. I think it is.

Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Flowers in the attic author virginia andrews nigel honeybone 08 12 2010 book reviews although she passed away in december 1986 virginia andrews name lives on as one of the world s biggest selling novelists with over seventy million copies of her books and stories in print.