Ah, young love.

[slemslempike]

What better way for the Guardian children's book section to celebrate valentine's day than with a review of Flowers in the Attic?

"When I read the book I experienced many different emotions: at times I was laughing, conversely at other times I was angered or sad."

"I guess one negative aspect of the book is that the plot seems to be quite unrealistic"

"it is an excellent book for many people: romance-lovers [...]"

I do wish I'd read Flowers in the Attic when I was a teenager, I feel I would have appreciated it much more than as an adult.

Comments

Re: Ah, indeed!

[jinty]

Blimey, I've obviously forgotten more about them than I ever realized!

[wonderlanded.livejournal.com]

And I think it's not until the last book, the prequel, that you find out that the children's parents weren't actually cousins or whatever but actually half-brother and -sister.

I love to think that there was someone at the Graun going through a pile of reviews thinking 'now, what shall we publish for Valentine's Day? Oh, here we go...'