Flowers in the Attic

by Virginia Andrews

The haunting young adult gothic romance classic that launched Virginia Andrews’ incredible best-selling career.

Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive…

Chris, Cathy, Cory and Carrie have perfect lives – until a tragic accident changes everything. Now they must wait, hidden from view in their grandparents’ attic, as their mother tries to figure out what to do next. But as days turn into weeks and weeks into months, the siblings endure unspeakable horrors and face the terrifying realisation that they might not be let out of the attic after all.

Virginia Andrews is a publishing phenomenon, with over 100 million books in print. Still as terrifying now as it was when it first appeared, Flowers in the Attic is a gripping story of a family’s greed, betrayal and heartbreak.

• ISBN13: 9780007436828
• Publish Date: 1 September 2011 (first published 30 April 1980)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[chymerra]

https://readwithme2018.com/2018/11/29/throwback-thursday-november-29th-2018/

[notajammiedodger]

These books are just so horrible, disturbingly fantastic! I love them. And plan to re-read them very soon :D

[Angie]

Yes, this book is old, but I still wanted to read it. While the language is very dated, the story is still engaging and disturbing. It seems like V.C. Andrews took every horrible thing that happens within families, multiplied it by ten, and applied it to the Dollangangers.

So many times I wanted to climb into the pages and slap the mother. The reasoning behind her actions was so weak, and Cathy and Chris saw this and yet they still continued to believe her as months and years passed. I wanted them to grab the twins and make a break for it, before things got worse. But of course, they were too late.

By golly (LoL), those last 20 pages were insane! I can definitely see why this book inspired such a huge ruckus when it was published. However, the incest wasn't as shocking as it was made out to be, or maybe it's just me. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series to find out what other drama the Dollanganger kids get up to.

Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.

[Eve1972]

I read pretty much all the books by this author and they were all pretty good!

[ibeforem]

This is one of those books that I knew about by reputation but had never read myself. Or at least, I thought I hadn’t read it. My name is written in it with the date 8/12/93, underneath the names of my mother and 3 aunts and dates in late 1980. However, I don’t remember reading it at all!

Anyway, it wasn’t disappointing. I like how the secrets are alluded to and revealed bit by bit, and the final revelations are powerful. I’ll at least read the next book in the series.

[Linda]

3.5 stars