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electriclandBack in Grade 9, all* my classmates seemed to be obsessed with V.C. Andrews. I somehow escaped this bug -- I believe I was reading the complete oeuvre of Piers Anthony at the time -- so I was only vaguely aware of the plot of Flowers in the Attic.
Fortunately for those like me, as well as for the countless millions who devoured V.C. Andrews in high school but are afraid to revisit her, Leila at Bookshelves of Doom has done a fall-off-your-chair funny page-by-page recap:
No, seriously, just go read it.
My only worry is that this is part of a V.C. Andrews Reading Challenge. I am a little concerned about the effects on Leila's sanity if she has to read 10 more of these things. However.
*I went to an all-girls high school. So yes, all.
Fortunately for those like me, as well as for the countless millions who devoured V.C. Andrews in high school but are afraid to revisit her, Leila at Bookshelves of Doom has done a fall-off-your-chair funny page-by-page recap:
Page 3: Oh, good lord. I may not make it through.
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p49: I've discovered that if I read really, really fast, the awfulness of the prose doesn't sink in quite so much.
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p71: Wait, how old is Cathy supposed to be? Twelve? Fourteen? Because she sounds like she's in her eighties.
p72: Oh, she's twelve. Ask and ye shall receive, I guess.
p74: Christopher is also a carpenter. And he's nimble.
p77: And they're breaking the grandmother's rules willy-nilly. This can't be good. This family is very into being naked.
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p165: Momma sneaks their Thanksgiving food to them two hours later than she'd promised. Cathy's take: "Good-golly day! We sure did complicate her life, all right!" I'm starting to daydream about other children's & YA characters in this situation. None of the ones I can think of would have stood for this for so long.
p167: Now Chris is going on and on about the history of Thanksgiving and how people got to North America. I wish Cathy would stab him.
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p398: Thank goodness. I found a beer way at the back of the fridge. Now they're going to test their arsenic theory on the pet mouse. HERE'S A THOUGHT: WHY BOTHER? JUST RUN AWAY NOW. THEN THE BOOK WOULD BE TWELVE PAGES SHORTER AND MY LIFE WOULD BE MY OWN AGAIN.
No, seriously, just go read it.
My only worry is that this is part of a V.C. Andrews Reading Challenge. I am a little concerned about the effects on Leila's sanity if she has to read 10 more of these things. However.
*I went to an all-girls high school. So yes, all.
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