Do you think that the author of "Flowers in the Attic" wanted people to like the romance between the two siblings or to be repulsed?
shareIf anyone bothered to listen to the audio book the author explains some things about the book. I can't remember the wording (even though I've heard it twice - going to listen to all the audio books) but basically how she likes to put her characters in the dark and bring them into the light, because life can be a dark place.
shareUnless there is an interview with the author, we'll never know...even that may be a work of fiction, though. It may just be something that was in her head and she wrote it as a story; simply that.
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I doubt she wanted them to like it, since V.C. Andrews never had any siblings. I just think she wanted to show the result of extreme cruelty to children and what that could lead to.
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V.C. Andrews was a horror writer, but after her death people associated her with family drama.
I don't believe she had any agenda other than writing well enough to make people feel uncomfortable and even repulsed.
I don't think she was repulsed by the relationship or wanted the reader to be. That Cathy & Chris fell in love as teenagers, not adults, along with the abuse they suffered, highlights their innocence. As adults we can make choices and walk away from illicit lust. As children they were put in a helpless position.
Their relationship in books 3 & 4 (after they start living as husband and wife) is shown to be completely loving and healthy, far more so than the majority of relationships in either fiction or real life. Their childhood trauma drew them together and I think VC Andrews is trying to show why we should *not* be disgusted by it, in this very specific instance.