Flowers in the Attic (Dollanger Saga)

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English language

Published Oct. 20, 1999 by Tandem Library.

ISBN:
978-0-88103-113-3
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OCLC Number:
44023341

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4 stars (3 reviews)

Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series. The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. In 1993, Flowers in the Attic was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels."

Also contained in: Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind

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5 stars

After a long break, I finally sat down and binged through the rest of Flowers in the Attic. Hard to believe I started this in 2018, but I am happy to say I didn't need to reread anything. I remembered everything that had happened when I read it prior which is always a sign of a good book.

Now that I've finished it, I have to say I sort of wish I had been able to experience this book without knowing the general story, or all the spoilers, or what made it so infamous. For example, I already knew the donuts were poisoned. It had the benefit of allowing me to notice all the foreshadowing in the book, but I'll never know if I would have picked up on what was coming if I hadn't already known.

Either way, I loved the writing style and the characters. It was a …

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