Flowers in the Attic The Origins C5

[autisticbookworm]

Has anyone watched this.? I read and loved the books as a teen and have seen a couple of the life time films.

I thought it was quite good, very different to Garden of Shadows the book it’s based on. It introduced new themes around racism and homophobia and changed some plots.

No but that makes sense of a clip I saw on Facebook the other day. It is getting so frustrating when they have a scene and nothing to tell where it is from, and happens so much! I read the books as a teen, but have only vague memories of GoS - wasn't it another 'surprise, they are related!' but with the grandparents?

It’s a prequel so all about how the grandmother became the type of person who would lock children away. They learn thst Cathy and Christopher were brother and sister rather than niece and uncle.

I always thought c and c were siblings, locked away with two younger ones? Such a weird set of books looking back now.

Corrine and Christopher were half brother and sister, not neice and uncle. They then had the four children in Flowers in the Attic. I loved all the books, the movies are a bit of a let down but I still enjoyed them. I feel Garden of Shadows was quite a diversion from the book.

I just re read Flowers in the attic book, I happened upon it in the library and thought I'd flick through it for curiosity sake. I read it as a teen and thought it would be absolute rubbish but I was surprised by how well written it is, it draws you in. It was even more traumatising the second time. Bloody Christopher was the reason they stayed. They could have escaped so many times and managed it so easily in the end only it was too late. Tragic

Sorry i meant corrine and Christopher