Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Sep 22, 2007 Jessica Haider rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

I read a whole bunch of VC Andrews books in junior high and high school. This was the first one I read and is perhaps the most well known of her works. I tore through these books and would always buy the new ones as soon as they appeared on the bookstore shelves.

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Jan 18, 2021 Karlita rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic-challenge

I had to sit on this one for a couple of days and let it sink in. The story was overall creepy and uncomfortable. It just went at a slow pace and the characters didn’t evolve quickly enough for me. I would give this a 2 star except for two things: the female characters being the driving forces and the last two chapters. I really don’t get the hype on this one. And why oh why would anyone read this in school? I mean “forbidden love story?” Let’s agree to disagree.

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Jan 05, 2015 Lydia Presley rated it really liked it

Shelves: dark-fiction, horror, fiction, 2015

First, let me get a few things straight. I don't know in what universe this book would have been acceptable to read at 12 years old, but I think part of the horror of this book is the thought that 12 year old kids were reading it. I mean, if you were a pretty knowledgeable 12 year old who could handle graphic sexual abuse, incest, physical abuse, and mental abuse and be able to put the book down and go along your way unaffected, then... I guess more power to that 12 year old you. But let me tell ...more

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Sep 22, 2013 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-adult, f-ed-up

Completely ludicrous, but at the time I loved it and read the next books in the series quite eagerly.

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Jul 21, 2008 SGK rated it it was amazing

what can i say.....one of those books that every girl reads in junior high and becomes hooked on. absolutely no redeeming value, but a guilty pleasure back in the day....

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