The most disturbing thing about flowers in the attic posted on march 12 2019 by katherine luck 1 comment in 1979 cleo virginia andrews known as v c.
Age range for flowers in the attic.
Subsequent books were written with this in mind however there are some very mature and disturbing themes in the flowers in the attic.
Fans of author v c.
I think at around age 13 i was okay reading these but it felt rather weird and the books are creepy for anyone.
Keep in mind that it was banned because of the incest included and.
Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
Andrews book of the same name may protest.
The acting is stiff the dialog stilted and production values are low.
Certainly flowers in the attic with its multiple intrigues and loose ends extends its plot over into the sequels petals on the wind 1980 if there be thorns 1981 as well as into the prequel garden of shadows 1987.
Based on what happens in the book this should be for older teens.
I d put it around age 15 16 at soonest assuming that it s a very mature teen reader and preferably 17 18.
Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c.
Keep in mind that i would prefer to shelter my own kids longer rather than expose them to things too soon.
Flowers in the attic is a 2014 lifetime movie directed by deborah chow starring kiernan shipka ellen burstyn mason dye and heather graham it is the second adaptation of v.
Incest first the parents then their children and in the sequel pedophilia when 15 year old cathy begins a sexual relationship with her guardian.
A sequel petals on the wind based on the novel of the same name premiered on may 26 2014 on lifetime the network announced the developing of the following books in the.
It keeps much of the key details but eliminates completely the themes that made the book a bestseller.
Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in.
Age 15 flowers in the attic i have never watched the movie but i read the book last year in 8th grade when i was13.
Based on a popular pulp novel flowers in the attic is a strange bird despite the story s iconic status.
My friends and i first read it at age fourteen and we all thought it was good.
To her fans published one of the trashiest books in the trashy paperback canon.