Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

52 reviews

kates_cupcakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I went into this book blind and I enjoyed it so much. The story behind it is incredibly bleak and honestly so sad. Not being able to trust your own flesh and blood is an absolute nightmare. Add to that being hidden, going through the onslaught of puberty and becoming a parent to your own siblings is horrific. Don’t parentify your kids!!! I can only imagine the amount of therapy these kids would need after this. The ending was a complete shock that had me gasping at my phone. It truly shocks me that anyone could be as cold and heartless as the grandmother. I don’t know why she is like that but I hope she would heal! The descriptions of the space the children have to live and play in are so vivid that you can imagine yourself in the attic and on the roof with them. I cannot believe how immersed I became in this book when I would listen to it, it was like being in a new world. It’s hard for to recommend because of the content but it is a great classic book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment

madi_summerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Car accident

jess_tries2read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Mind the content warnings!!! 

I couldn't put this book down. I needed to know what happened. It is not because of scandalous intrique (see the content warnings as soon as you Google it) but because the author did a great job making the characters seem so real. This book is told through the perspective of one of four children locked in a wing of their grandparents house for a long time through odd circumstances. Yes, it has a lot of wild hooks, but I think the point of this horror story is to show how witches and villains from fairy tales can exist in our world, and for trivial reasons. The book also bears a big warning for how religious zealotry and trauma can mess up a family for generations to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death and Incest

Minor: Rape and Medical content

morgue666's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

absolutely devoured this after watching the same 4 and a half hours long youtube video as everyone else. had to dock 0.5 for the rape scene that was much better (imo) as the consensual sex scene in the lifetime adaptation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

giu_lia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I never felt this unconfortable and at the same time enthralled by a novel. I legitimally couldn't stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Rape, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

greysun69's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

TW: Child Abuse, Incest, Gaslighting, Child Neglect, Manipulation, Child Confinement , Racist terminology, Ableism, Religious Abuse, Rape, Sexual Coercion, Victim Blaming, Misogyny,Suicidal Ideations, Death of a parent, Self-harm

3.5⭐️ This book is a classic and for that reason there are certain things that didn’t age well such as the term “tar baby”, “retarded”, and the word “ugly” being used to describe a person with a incest-caused birth defect. Although the preteens didn’t speak like preteens, I suspended my disbelief just to read this book. Honestly, this shit was sad as fuck. I was sad for the manipulation of the brother that was supposed to be the smart one. The twins and Cathy all saw that the mom was a liar and couldn’t be trusted but Chris always wanted to believe in her. If by some miracle you weren’t marred by this book or movie, look up the trigger warnings because I may have missed some. The mother pissed me off more than The Grandmother did. The book described that a loving mother was changed by greed but she was simply a narcissist playing the role of a loving mother. The grandmother was simply a bxtch. Those little fxckers didn’t have to kill that mouse! I didn’t like the end but that’s because of cliffhangers.
The book was well-written and I’m willing to read the next book. The movie and the book were similar, but there were key moments in the book that were changed in the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

corporatelobotomy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

this was just... sad. that's all i can say. so, so incredibly sad. it's true when they say all children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

moonytoast's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thehaylflayl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Vomit

clmoore's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment