Flowers In The Attic (Dollanger Saga)

Twisted, sick and mesmerizing... One of the stories that marked me the most as a young reader. I highly recommend it!

Wow. I haven't thought of this series in decades. I read them in high school and was horrified and addicted. I think the writing was a great hook, too.

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YUCK

Ah... the coming of age, a teenaged girl's rite of passage... and a handy tip to remember, arsenic in the turkish delight icing sugar! Sex, incest, Sex, angst, foreboding... GREAT!

I read like 30 years ago. I think it is time for a re-read

A good beach read.

I used to read everything V. C. Andrews wrote, then I realized I was looking at everyone I met as someone who would hurt or abuse me in some way and I thought about it and realized the root of the dark misery I was feeling were these books. They are entertaining but I came away feeling dirty.

I read this book a long time ago and not to say that I enjoyed it, but I found myself embroilled in to the family life and the reasons why the children were locked in the attic. I also then became hooked on Virginia Andres writing. She draws you in, keeps you interested and gives you enough information at every opportunity to help you get to know each and every character throughout all of the...more

I read this book a long time ago and not to say that I enjoyed it, but I found myself embroilled in to the family life and the reasons why the children were locked in the attic. I also then became hooked on Virginia Andres writing. She draws you in, keeps you interested and gives you enough information at every opportunity to help you get to know each and every character throughout all of the books in a series. She ends the stories well and I am always happy with the outcomes. She also makes you feel sorry for those that have behaved outrageously and you start to feel for them and perhaps understand why they did such dreadfull things. I watched the film and that was terrible...   hide