Flowers In The Attic Book Genre

Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.

Flowers in the attic book genre.

After the sudden death of their father four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother. Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in. 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. For personal reasons i was disturbed by the infamous incest subplot that the book has and the story always sounded very odd to me.

Andrews it is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary. Andrews s novels combine gothic horror and family saga revolving around family secrets and forbidden love frequently involving themes of consensual incest most often between siblings and sometimes include a rags to riches story. The dialogue is horrendous. Andrews gothic novel the darker edge is the portrayal of child abuse and.

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. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. Directed by deborah chow. I guess one negative aspect of the book is that the plot seems to be quite.

What the new flowers in the attic book gets completely wrong. That dishonor belongs to the dialogue. Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c. Her best known novel is the bestseller flowers in the attic 1979 a tale of four children smuggled into the attic of their wealthy estranged pious.

Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of. 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.