As an avid reader of V. C. Andrews smut, I am livid with this poor excuse of a movie adaption. Why is is SO hard for Lifetime to get these book-to-movie adaptions even remotely accurate? Casting: ALL WRONG, with the exception of Dawn who at least looks the part. Everybody else makes me irrationally angry. Writing: Terrible. Huge chunks of the story are missing, making the movie incredibly clunky and confusing. Perhaps a voiceover with Dawn's thoughts would have helped make the story more cohesive? And why do they keep changing names that don't need to be changed? Acting: Awful. Possibly due to poor writing. I need somebody to write a good version of this movie please!! Like the 80's version of Flowers In the Attic.