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Title: Secrets in the Attic (Secrets)
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| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star Setting myself up for disapointment |
**WARNING SPOILERS*
I'm not sure why I keep purchasing the new Andrews books. Call it morbid curiosity, or a desperate need to capture the atmosphere that was present in the first couple of series.
Needless to say, this book was atrocious. Poorly written and badly edited to boot. Besides the rushed ending (do we really believe that Karen's mother would give up the baby for adoption? And what does Karen have to say about this?). There is a really obvious mistake that occurs midway in the book and continues throughout. At first I was confused and thought it was put in to set the two girls up as lyers, but as it progressed i realised that it was just an error, that was not picked up in editing. The night before Karen murders her stepfather she has dinner at Zipporah's and is offered a lift home by Zipporah's father, Karen refuses and rides home on her bike. The the very next day Zipporah is informed by her Mother about the murder. But later in the book Zipporah tells everyone (police, father, friends at school) that the last time she saw Karen was when she went to Karen's house to do homework??? It's really poor when a writer cannot even keep track of his character's movements. Very disapointing! |
| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star Another great VC Andrews Book |
| This is another great book by VC Andrews! I've never been disappointed by her books, and this is no exception. |
| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star It pretty much sucks! (spoilers) |
It started out interesting. I couldn't put it down at first. But it just got silly. I found Zipporah to be a daft, weak main character that just never comes to life at all.
I felt like there was all this build up and the mystery would be solved but it just turned out Karen was crazy?! Ridiculous.
The ending was highly disappointing. I couldn't believe it!
I felt puzzled and like it was unfinished. Loose ends weren't tied up.
I believe the ghostwriter is getting lazy. He's not sticking to the old formula and the books are suffering.
This was the worst book I've read that has the misfortune of having the wonderful V.C.'s name on it.
I really loved the Landry series, the Cutler series, The Logan series, the Hudson series, even the DeBeers books. I love a lot of what the ghostwriter HAS done.
It just seems that his best days are behind him.
It's all crap these days.
Maybe it's time to lay V.C. to rest once and for all. |
| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star Antics in the Attic |
| I have to agree with the majority - this story is a little over the top in stupidity. I was able to figure out the problems way ahead of the outcome. It was quite obvious that Karen Stoker was a mentally unstable individual and both Zipporah and her brother Jesse were kind of brain-dead themselves not to see it. The police were brutally clueless as not to investigate the attic which was known as the girls' secret "nest" as they gathered there on more than on occasion way before the basis of the story took place. It was all so ridiculous and very predictable. I had read "Flowers in the Attic" 20 years ago and was completely engulfed with the storytelling. Obviously, the ghostwriter series cannot hold a candle to the writer, V. C. Andrews. |
| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star Been there, Done that |
| THis book started off interesting, but just left the reader completely dumbfounded at the end. Not only was the main character, Zipporah, a complete fool to almost the end, but the Karen character made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Predictable ending, too. Another beautiful girl goes insane and spends the rest of her life in an institution. Sounds familiar? ( Celeste, Belinda, Laura, Grace)...I think the ghostwriter is going to far. I'm not even looking forward to the next book, which doesn't sound interesting in the least. I borrowed this from someone, and suggest you do the same. |
| Secrets in the Attic (Secrets) by Pocket Star Product Description |
From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping
Secrets in the Attic Two Friends As Close As Sisters. One Killer Secret That Will Tear Their Small Town Apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic Karen shares one more secret with her best friend -- a secret to take to the grave.... |
