Garden of Shadows
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Garden of Shadows

by V.C. Andrews

1987•Drama•376 pages

Taste attributes: dramafamilyimaginarysimplelinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshipself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeA heightened novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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About This Book

Dollanger Series #5 Garden of Shadows is the "prequel" to V.C. Andrews' phenomenally popular Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic and continued with Petals on the Wind, If there Be Thorns, and Seeds of Yesterday. In Garden of Shadows we travel back in time to meet Malcom Foxworth when he was young, dashing, filled with ambition. On a trip to Connecticut he meets Olivia Winfield.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaFamilyInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceComplex relationshipSelf destruction/implosion

Subjects

Car accidentsStrokeHeart attackAvalancheBreast cancerMarital rapeDysfunctional familiesIncest

Details

Author
V.C. Andrews
Published
1987
Pages
376
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