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

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

I read Wuthering Heights about five years ago and I found it thoroughly frustrating. I didn't find a single character even vaguely appealing, and I remember finishing with a real sense of relief that it was over. At the time I wondered whether I would have loved it as a teenager, but I think even then I would have wanted them to pull themselves together and stop being such moody drips...