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Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ]
A whole new world was opened to me with this book; its shockingly disturbing, awesomely trashy and completly madness with all the incest.



The whole incest topic caught my attention because I've never read a book that dealt with incest before. And as a teenager, its sort of overwhelming with the subject matter- the incest, child murder by there dearest mother, emotional abuse- that is so appalling.
The plot itself is really amazing but the book isnt well written.
This book made me feel literally sic
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Katey
Feb 26, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was such a depressing book to read and I don't really know what captivated me to read it, let alone finish it.
I think I just wanted to know that the kids were going to be OK and make it out of the attic.
I don't think the incest parts of the novel were necessary and made me feel quite sick reading it.
It makes me wonder what the author's life was like or if she just had a sick and twisted imagination. In saying that V.C. Andrews is/was a great author I just wish all her books/series had happy
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Jayme(theghostreader)
Jan 03, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Melissa Ames
Apr 24, 2010 rated it really liked it
Jenn
May 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: pre-2010
LeeEllen
May 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
BookFiend
Jul 03, 2010 rated it liked it
Angela
Sep 14, 2010 rated it really liked it
Joyce
Sep 30, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1-in-series
Mercy
Feb 01, 2011 rated it really liked it
Saturnus
May 14, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Alba BookPics
Jul 03, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned
Poly
Sep 13, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: horror, chick-lit
Rebecca
Nov 05, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
[ JT ]
Feb 10, 2012 marked it as recommended  ·  review of another edition
Crystal
Oct 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jessica
Nov 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: e-book
Melinda
Mar 27, 2014 rated it really liked it
Gretchen
Feb 01, 2015 marked it as to-read
Erika
Feb 16, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Amy J.
Aug 04, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: horror