by V.C. Andrews
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The final, haunting novel, in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions!The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Never received, 2008-09-30
If you want the product, dont use this seller. I have never received the book, so therefore, I cant read the series. The price was good, but a bit exspensive for not receiving the product. DO NOT USE THIS SELLER.
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 A solid 2 1/2, 2008-09-24
And so we come to the fourth and final book in Cathy's saga. It's back to Cathy's point of view. Some will say that Seeds of Yesterday is better than If There Be Thorns and I get the feeling that people say this because they prefer Cathy's narrative to Jory's and Bart's. Personally, I found Jory's voice quite boring. Bart, on the other hand, was very interesting and I liked reading about the things that went on in his head. In this book, Cathy is just a shadow of her former self. It almost makes me think that even Jory's point of view would have been more interesting. All she really does in this book is spy on people so she might as well be Jory.
I think V.C.A. was maybe getting a little bored when she wrote this. A lot is going on but none of it is really important. It's all been done before and in far more compelling ways. It's like she didn't have much of a plot so she just placed the characters in Foxworth Hall and had all kinds of crazy things happen to them.
Cathy and Chris have come back to the new Foxworth Hall for Bart's 25th birthday. After all, at age 25, Bart is supposed to come into his own. But due to unforeseen events, they are unable to leave. So they remain there for the next three or so years. Deja Vu. There's a new bad guy to take Malcolm`s place---his name is Joel and he is the brother of Corrine. Apparently, he didn't die after all but was rescued by monks. And now he's back to claim what's rightfully his. But not in an obvious way. He befriends Bart and acts like a surrogate father to him. Really, he becomes another John Amos. And so the rest of the book is Bart and Joel acting creepy and Cathy and the rest of the family acting scared. And now that I think about it, it's never exactly explained why Cathy and Chris feel trapped. As a teenager, I just accepted everything at face value, but now I question the facts I was given. I wonder if they really were trapped or if V.C.A. only wanted them to feel that way and so she kept them there longer than they really needed to stay there.
I agree with those who have called this book a "rehash" of earlier plotlines. Cathy and Chris are trapped in Foxworth Hall once again. There's the Malcolm clone named Joel. There are two little twin grandchildren who look just like Cory and Carrie whom Bart and Joel try to warp. And so on. Seriously, this family just keeps reliving the same tragedies over and over and over again and there's usually a Malcolm clone or two thrown in to make things interesting. We get it. Thank goodness it ended here. I think it could have ended with Petals on the Wind, in fact, though I did like reading about Bart's POV in Thorns.
The only thing I liked about this book was the character of Bart. I just found him to be one of the more complex characters in the series. Well, as complex as a character in a book like this can be. And some of the things he said were quite amusing actually, in a darkly humorous way.
But overall, I would not recommend this book unless you're just dying of curiosity. The ending is bittersweet---heartbreaking really---but a bit contrived as well. It feels too neatly wrapped up.
This is a V.C.A. original so it's my gut instinct to defend it. It's probably the best fourth book you'll find in any of the V.C.A./GW sagas. But that doesn't make it wonderful and the best book on earth and I can't pretend that it does. And furthermore, Cathy and Chris's relationship has become a bit trite and unrealistic. It's a sappy romance and not the tragic, disturbing, and yet grotesquely beautiful love story it once was. Cathy and Chris are just two little lovestruck cardboard cutouts---a shadow of their former selves.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 i sent it to my sister , 2008-01-16
i sent it to my sister so i couldn't tell ya, she seemed to be pleased though
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 It's better than thorns, but not by much, 2007-10-04
This 4th installment of Flowers goes back to a narrative by Cathy, who seems to be a little more with it, than the last novel which left the reader questioning her sanity.
This book follows the family back to Foxworth Hall where it has been newly restored by Bart, Cathy's youngest son.
This story introduces a new family member who disrupts the family harmony, and there is the usual tragedy and intrigue that Virginia Andrews books are known for.
It is a little weak on plot, and does leave a lot of questions unanswered, the sum up is rushed and convenient.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Ugh, 2007-08-15
I hated this book. I was so disappointed after I was done reading it. It was very boring and nothing happened. No crazy twist or anything. I had all these ideas on how the story could have came out so I was so excited when I started reading it but it turned out to be a huge waste of time. I know for a fact V.C. Andrwes(the real one) would have done the story justices.
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