And they often center stories around young people, making them obvious picks for curious young readers. They are both interested in the loss of childhood innocence. They aren’t afraid to root around in salacious and shocking subject matter. After all, they share a lot of sensibilities. One could even imagine in a different world, Andrews would get similar treatment, with star-studded adaptations on the big screen instead of the Lifetime network, or serious reviews in distinguished outlets.

They are instead many a reader’s foray into adult fiction, along with Stephen King. They were not originally marketed as books for teens or tweens either, yet here we are. Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, currently categorizes them as fiction, as opposed to teen fiction, on their website. They’re About Young People But Not FOR Young People I’ve written before about what I personally love about the subversive trash that is Flowers in the Attic, but there has to be a broader pattern, right? So I’ve come up with a few theories about why V.C. It’s amazing that these 40-year-old books can still hold young readers in their thrall. These short descriptions barely scratch the surface of the grotesque gothic drama within, honestly. She has an unreliable memory but wishes to be as loved as the first Audrina, her murdered older sister. My Sweet Audrina, for example, chronicles the life of an isolated girl named Audrina. Other books by Andrews take on similarly twisted topics. I loved this piece in The Toast chronicling some readers’ first encounters with the scandalous text. That novel follows siblings Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, trapped in an attic by their flighty mother and cruel grandmother and left to fend for themselves, with dire consequences. Andrews, frequently Flowers in the Attic.

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