Flowers in the Attic vs Misery: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror, Fiction
Flowers in the Attic
“Truly, when I was very young, way back in the Fifties, I believed all of life would be like one long and perfect summer day.”
Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series. The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. In 1993, Flowers in…
1 film adaptation
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Misery
Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon's number one fan, rescues the…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Misery has the widest readership — 855105 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Flowers in the Attic | Misery | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (855105) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (288) | 4.1 (1323) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1104) | 4.5 (1023) |
Reception
| Flowers in the Attic | Misery | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1104 | 855105 |
| Editions | 73 | 99 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 543737 |
| Reading it now | — | 19231 |
| Written reviews | — | 41012 |
| Wikipedia attention | 66454 | 14535 |
| Pages | 411 | 384 |