Flowers In The Attic Book Genre

For personal reasons i was disturbed by the infamous incest subplot that the book has and the story always sounded very odd to me.

Flowers in the attic book genre.

As well as the dollanganger series andrews in her lifetime authored my sweet audrina 1982 and the first two books in the casteel series heaven. But neither the incest nor the distasteful sleazification of the storyline of the diary of anne frank is the most disturbing thing about flowers in the attic. With heather graham ellen burstyn kiernan shipka mason dye. Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in.

I wouldn t class flowers in the attic as of the horror genre but it is certainly a dark and rather twisted read. Andrews gothic novel the darker edge is the portrayal of child abuse and. The dialogue is horrendous. Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c.

Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of. I guess one negative aspect of the book is that the plot seems to be quite. Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.

The family saga gothic style horror picturesque southern surroundings and theme of incest in flowers in the attic are features of andrews s books and those that neiderman penned in her name. After the sudden death of their father four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother. Books like flowers in the attic have all the components of a best seller they have obsession fatal attraction mystery suspense entrapment death they also have an element of horror a dark incomprehensible edge to the narrative which stays with the reader long after they finish the book in the case of v c. Directed by deborah chow.

Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. That dishonor belongs to the dialogue. What the new flowers in the attic book gets completely wrong.