Secrets in the Attic

Read in a few days and lived up to the rest of the books by this author.

V. C. Andrews was a top notch writer. The book was hard to put down and the ending was shocking. I’ll be reading the next book that ties into it called Secrets in the Shadows. Wish Ms. Andrews was still alive to write more of her excellent novels.

So many twists and turns in direction of plot. Karen was so be!ievable and had Zipporah and Jesse convinced of her treatment at her step father's hand.

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Secrets in the Attic tells a story from the point of view of the protagonist, Zipporah, about the hiding of her friend Karen in the attic and all the drama surrounding this event. Without giving away too much—in case you want to read this—events in the story unfold to where you question the veracity of Karen’s story, as well as who else might be involved.That being said, when did Neiderman’s latest works even begin passing for writing? Does he have an editor reading over it before it goes to print? I knew V.C. Andrews herself had a tendency for purple prose, but at least it was couched in such a way that it was dramatic and appealing. Although this book is not hard to read, it took me months to get through it, largely because it rambled and just didn’t hold my attention. Page after page was filled with characters that didn’t inspire a great deal of interest or loyalty, and to illustrate Niederman’s penchant for poor descriptions, we have to endure awkward descriptions like these:“It was supposed to be a collection of scary stories told around a campfire. Most of them were silly to me, but there was one that sprang to mind as if it had been written on springs.”“I could see his anger bubbling in his eyes and around his mouth. It was as if his skin erupted with tiny volcanic explosions…..then he roared with such power I thought I was blown back into the wall.”“At least to the public, he was a jovial man with a soft round face my mother said looked like a bowl of vanilla pudding with two plums for eyes, a walnut for a nose, and a banana for a mouth.”The writing and the character development is so bad that you wonder if this isn’t just some inside tongue in cheek satirical joke by Neiderman. SPOILER ALERT. The character Karen can’t seem to do anything but compulsively lie and manipulate her way through any situation, every other sentence she’s telling someone they’re “thick”, and it’s questionable why Zipporah—who has allowed herself to be drawn in and used as an errand boy and an accomplice—even puts up with it all. Perhaps most frustratingly, none of the implied questions or plot points introduced in the beginning are answered or put to rest at the end—was Karen being molested by her stepfather, or was she just crazy? If she was molested, is the child her stepfather’s, or Jesse’s? Did Karen’s mother really know about any of it, or was she just another innocent victim of her daughter’s lying?2/5 because I did wonder at times where the story was going, however the writing was so poor and the characterizations so flat reading it felt like a waste of time.

All VC Andrew books r great

Just another great story from one so gifted. I am so glad Mrs.Andrews left other manuscripts for us to enjoy. Thank you to her family for allowing us to read these wonderful books.

Enjoyed reading both books the author really keeps you wanting to read more of her books .

I was dubious about this book, because of the bad reviews. But I enjoyed it. I have severe visual impairment, and can only read Kindle, not books. (The clue is in really big fonts available). I do wish that Amazon had Flowers In the Attic. This book is connected to another series and is good bearing that in mind. Unlike others I knew this was written by a ghost writer, but I've enjoyed the work of the real Andrews and the Vanders company equally well

I was a huge fan of Virginia Andrews from years ago introduced to me by my eldest sibling. I recalled vividly not being able to put the book down until had reached the last page, and couldn't wait to start a new one of hers. I would started this book few weeks ago and had yet to pick up where I had left off. I am afraid this ghost writer of V. A has failed to grip my imagination.

Vc Andrews is one of my favorite authors, she twist and turns so much it keeps me guessing. I just hate putting down the book I want to keep reading it, Really pulls you into the story

great value book enjoyed reading this easy to read interesting storyline liked the characters mysterious to find out what happens next

this story line had me fixed to the book, not for the first time, Highly recommend.have to get more of Virginia Andrews Books..