Flowers in the Attic
Book • 1979 • Family
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Cathy often says she wishes she had the body and sensuality of her mother
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Corrine Dollanganger is whipped with a willow switch, and while there is a minor description of the welts on her back, there is no further mention of them, and there is no description of the act being carried out.
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The grandmother, again. (She also abuses her daughter, the Dollanganger children's mother)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A variation, the main character's parents keep telling them that they'll be able to leave the attic once the grandfather dies, but (Spoiler): one of the major twists of the book is that the grandfather died while they were in captivity and they were still not let out.
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The grandmother is abusive to all the Dollanganger children
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dead mice
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Are there spiders?
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There are spiders and bugs all over the attic.
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Are animals abused?
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A pet mouse is poisoned to death, but receives no intentional cruelty from it's owner.
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A mouse.
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Does a pet die?
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A pet mouse name Mickie.
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Assault
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Christopher rapes Cathy at one point.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
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Children are forced to drink Christopher’s blood for nutrients while being starved
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Cory dies. The mother claims it was due to an illness, but (Spoiler): It is revealed she poisoned him.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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While they initially go willingly, the children are kept in captivity against their will.
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Mental Health
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A character contemplated to jump off the roof but decided against it.
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One of the most well-known elements of the book is the incestuous relationship between the main character Cathy and her older brother Christopher. We also learn the main character's mother was married to her half-uncle, causing her mother to abuse her and her father to shun her.
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Does a car crash?
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The main character's father dies in a car accident. We don't read about the accident itself, just the mother and her children learning about it.
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