I would die to hear your take on My Sweet Audrina. That was my first taste of VC Andrews (Dawn being next) and it sincerely twisted my mind and affected my reading journey forever.
I read these books about 27 years ago, in middle school, and I'm so glad you're talking about them! Thanks. Will definitely look out for if there be thorns.
I thinkna DNC can also be used for abortion--- i seem to remember that George Carlin's mom was going to get a DNC to abort him, but changed her mind cuz she had a sense the baby was gonna do great things. (Carlin's mom had had other abortions/DNCs so she doesn't appear to have been anti-abortion)
*spoilers** Cory DIDNT DIE and there are followups in the Christopher's diary series about what happened to him. It messed me up bad to read it and I remember being angry at the author for doing this to me.... Great book series, 10/10, would read it again
@@shannonslutzky4754christopher’s diaries was written by VC Andrew’s son under her name. theyre generally accepted to not be canon as they retcon a lot of stuff and weren’t written by andrew’s herself
Love your take on these books! I read them around middle/high school age and didn’t pick up on a lot of this at the time. Looking forward to your next video
Thank you for these! I'm one of the many Gen Xers who read these in my teens. Revisiting them in adulthood is really eye-opening (I remember thinking Paul was one of the good guys in my initial reading, for instance). Thank you for taking these books seriously. I would be very interested to learn what you think about Andrew's ghostwriter and his impact on her legacy.
This is amazing. Please continue with the other sequels! I've read these books several times, but I feel that VC Andrews novels sometimes drag out scenes longer than they need to be. Your consolidation of these novels shows that the story behind this- and many of her novels- portrays generational trauma. You should do a whole series of her books!
As a fan of AOSIAF, VC Andrews, and gothic horror (who also thinks incest is very bad), it can be difficult to engage in analysis both in and outside of the fandom. Thank you for making this series. I don't know much beyond the first novel. It was marketed as a "forbidden romance" to my teenage self on tumblr. It's actually just deeply sad. Real horror and tragedy happens within our homes and families. Something not talked about is the horror that comes with looking like an abuser to thanks for highlighting it. I think Andrews is written off at large as a soap opera "trashy" novelist. As outrageous as some plots get, there's truth. A lot of everyone's actions make sense when you consider their traumas. Anyway, I can't wait for more videos from you
Female writers of the 70’s and 80’s always had even the “bad ass bitch” characters marry rapist and abusers. They got out of marriages via death or when another man “saved” them. I use to love these books and the ones by Jaqueline Suzan etc but now as a grown ass woman 50+ I cannot believe how little agency the women had. It’s sad.
Thanks for this!!! I read the series when I was way young to understand everything and how incredibly toxic it is, I question the sanity of my family when they let me read this but I remember I loved it, now… wellllll let’s just say I’m in kind of a shock but I reeeeeaaaalllly like your videos!!! Keep up!!!
Thanks for this!!! I read the series when I was way young to understand everything and how incredibly toxic it is, I question the sanity of my family when they let me read this but I remember I loved it, now… wellllll let’s just say I’m in kind of a shock but I reeeeeaaaalllly like your videos!!! Keep up!!!
am I the ONLY person that has *always* been disturbed by the blatant aryan superiority narrative woven into this series? even as a too-young reader that had so many adult themes go completely over my head, I was unsettled by this. fair skin, blue eyes, blonde hair are not only consistently touted as the most beautiful attributes to have, they are also conflated with virtues of grace, femininity, and innocence. edit: thank you for mentioning the gross tropes of Henny and Yolanda
Sorry the way i dropped actually everything to listen to this because its one of the only books i ever read that really made me remember it and it is core enough that i WILL re read the first two and actually try to trudge thru the rest of the books lol
It’s been a while since I read Petals, but when Cathy goes back to Foxworth for the party doesn’t she find Cory’s body in the attic as well?? I always remembered that, how Corrine was so evil at the end that after leaving the other siblings behind she took her dying son up into the attic and left him there alone to die. None of them ever really escaped in the end
No, because there were four already dug graves ( one of which was recently filled in ) that they come across the night of the escape... AND Cory is carried out by Big John because Cathy demanded that he be taken to a hospital...Hi Big John are words Cory said in his weak little voice ( but it's been over 50 or so years since I read those books)...VC Andrews ...I had to wait for each book to come out...After death the books that weren't finished were ghost finished & published... again if memory serves.
I remember crying when Carrie died and bein so angry with Corrine. I consumed so many VC Andrews books between age 12 and 14, I eventually became annoyed by the same tropes with the female protagonists and their groomer/rapist storylines.
I related to Cathy because she struggled to manage the trauma and abuse she suffered. What the VC Andrew Flowers series taught me is the cost to a person who chooses to pursue punishing an abuser. You can achieve your goal of ruining those people who abused you. However, it doesn't erase the past abuse or lessen the unprocessed pain and trauma. Instead, the time and energy could've been spent on learning how to manage her and Chris's enmeshment without incest, but especially becoming aware of how to defend herself from predatory "protectors" and accepting that none of the abuse they suffered before or after was their fault.
I loved this! I was first exposed to this series through the 1987 film. I read all the books years later. Looking forward to future videos. What about Garden of Shadows??
I literally started reading the series of Flowers in the Attic because of your video on the first book and now it is my current hiperfixation. I'll patiently wait for your next video! I kinda feel like the third book jumps the shark....
