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A review by ulaclare
Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition by V.C. Andrews
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I adored adored adored this book. The haunting horror of watching these kids be trapped in the attic, slowly dying and hanging onto a small thread of hope their mother will love them again. It’s so heartbreaking. Chris and Cathy’s relationship really highlights sexual violence and how it is rationalized when you love your abuser, even if he is your brother. What is heart breaking is we see Cathy swallow her abuse as what is right and has to be done because she. Hold have stopped him, her words.
Chris’s inscesrious desires for his mom graphing onto his sister is beyond disgusting. And his believe women have to take care of the family, blindly means when his mother fails his desires he turns to her. I was also so shocked at some of the sexual imagery being the imagery he has with his mom when he does things to Cathy. So so so creepy and hauntingly sad.
What is worse is the beginning of the book and knowing where it is going shows that both Corrine and Christopher are grooming their children. Her father saying Cathy could keep it in her heart that she was daddy’s special favorite, was a huge red flag, especially when her mother clearly shows contempt for her daughter as she ages.
Cory’s death being the only thing that made Chris move is so frustrating and furry inducing. That this boy wants to keep Cathy and Cindy in his control because he lacks control all elsewhere to me says that had he been given what he wanted, he would have let them rot in the attic.
Chris’s inscesrious desires for his mom graphing onto his sister is beyond disgusting. And his believe women have to take care of the family, blindly means when his mother fails his desires he turns to her. I was also so shocked at some of the sexual imagery being the imagery he has with his mom when he does things to Cathy. So so so creepy and hauntingly sad.
What is worse is the beginning of the book and knowing where it is going shows that both Corrine and Christopher are grooming their children. Her father saying Cathy could keep it in her heart that she was daddy’s special favorite, was a huge red flag, especially when her mother clearly shows contempt for her daughter as she ages.
Cory’s death being the only thing that made Chris move is so frustrating and furry inducing. That this boy wants to keep Cathy and Cindy in his control because he lacks control all elsewhere to me says that had he been given what he wanted, he would have let them rot in the attic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment