book review: Flowers in the Attic
This book is too depressing and the style of writing made it hard for me to read. Usually, I can finish a book in 2 days but not with this book. I found myself postponing it. Even going so far as to read another book while I am in the middle of Flowers in the Attic.
The only motivation I got to continue reading it was the need to know if they really escaped from that awful place. The mother and the grandmother gave me the creeps. The whole house did.
This was not a fun read. I didn't want to go to sleep after reading this for fear that I would get nightmares.
And oh yeah, the incest factor. It was the only thing that made me not cringe in the book. I mean, you could read between the lines, from the first moment that Chris looked at Cathy oddly, I got the feeling that there was something there. And I get that what they did is taboo but then how do you expect teens to live together and not have any feelings for the opposite sex.
They found love in a hopeless place.
There I said it. And I wanted them to get together.
So, the next question would be: "Do I want to read the sequel and complete the series?"
The answer is: "I don't know. I am undecided."
The only motivation I got to continue reading it was the need to know if they really escaped from that awful place. The mother and the grandmother gave me the creeps. The whole house did.
This was not a fun read. I didn't want to go to sleep after reading this for fear that I would get nightmares.
And oh yeah, the incest factor. It was the only thing that made me not cringe in the book. I mean, you could read between the lines, from the first moment that Chris looked at Cathy oddly, I got the feeling that there was something there. And I get that what they did is taboo but then how do you expect teens to live together and not have any feelings for the opposite sex.
They found love in a hopeless place.
There I said it. And I wanted them to get together.
So, the next question would be: "Do I want to read the sequel and complete the series?"
The answer is: "I don't know. I am undecided."