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A review by bowarner
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
5.0
God I love a fucked up gothic horror about intergenerational trauma!
I love what this book said about victim hood. By putting the children into traumatic situations the grandmother creates the perfect conditions for unhealthy attachments to arise - and then uses the consequences of her actions to justify abusing them. The fact that readers were so shocked by what happens I think is testimony to how much we'd rather ignore what goes on behind closed doors and blame victims of abuse for not being well adjusted.
I need to read on to find out if the mother gets what's coming to her.
I love what this book said about victim hood. By putting the children into traumatic situations the grandmother creates the perfect conditions for unhealthy attachments to arise - and then uses the consequences of her actions to justify abusing them. The fact that readers were so shocked by what happens I think is testimony to how much we'd rather ignore what goes on behind closed doors and blame victims of abuse for not being well adjusted.
I need to read on to find out if the mother gets what's coming to her.