Flowers in the Attic

by Virginia Andrews

[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.

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