#176 in Horror
My Sweet Audrina
- 382
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Andrews’s “My Sweet Audrina” is a dark, unsettling family gothic set in a Victorian mansion in the American Mid-Atlantic of the 1960s and 1970s. It deals with heavy material, including rape and post-traumatic stress, alongside illnesses such as diabetes. Some readers find it overlong, hard to place in any genre and peopled with characters they cannot stand. It is meant for readers drawn to gothic family secrets who can face its darkest themes.
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About the book
My Sweet Audrina is a 1982 novel by V. C. Andrews. It was the only stand-alone novel published during Andrews' lifetime and was a number-one best-selling novel in North America. The story takes place in the Mid-Atlantic United States during the 1960s and 1970s. The story features diverse subjects, such as brittle bone disease, rape, post traumatic stress disorder and diabetes, in the haunting setting of a Victorian-era mansion near the fictitious River Lyle.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 11 | 15% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 61 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is My Sweet Audrina?
It has 382 pages — shorter than 54% of the ranked books in Horror.
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