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Summary: Deja Vu --- All over again
Review: While I did like the backdrop of Rain growing up in the projects, this story is a mix and match from some of the other series (Flowers series, and Heaven series). I did like the idea that the Grandmother was on Rain's side and not against her, but it is the same story of poor girl turn rich girl theme. Sibling love makes a return in this book as well. I would still recommend it if you are a V.C. Andrews fan, however, if you are new to her books, please start with the Flowers in the Attic series. You wont be disappointed.
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Summary: Good, but written hastily
Review: Yes, reading this story feels like deja vu -- imagine Dawn Cutler being black and growing up in a ghetto and you've got Rain Arnold. Still the story itself if quite good, although I feel the writer could have make more out of the plot and should have worked on it more, for example I couldn't understand why did Rain begin a relationship with Corbette when she already sees through his manipulations to get her. Also I would have enjoyed some fights between Rain and Alison.
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Summary: Am I wrong for wanting to slap Rain?
Review: C'mon give us some credit. All Rain is Dawn via an African-American girl. As a African-American I found this book(and broken wings) highly insulting. What is V.C. Andrews ghost writer trying to say? Perhaps he should find Mr.Peabody and his wayback machine and go back to 1950 where he belongs. Do all African-Americans live in the "hood"? Do they all read on a third grade level? C'mon do some research think of something new. Don't insult us we'd like a little change up. You can't just take V.C. Andrews novels and rewrite them into every other book you've made. The only V.C. like novel was Melody and that's still not saying much. How long are they going to keep this writer? At least take him to writing class so he can get some new ideals. As for the story of rain (sigh) Just read Dawn. It's just like Dawn. In fact don't bother buying any other novel. They are all the same Just replace the names.
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Summary: Rain
Review: Book Review: Rain Rain by V.C. Andrews is the first of five in her suspenseful thrilling Hudson series. Rain takes place in the ghettos of Washington D.C. surrounding the life of the main character, Rain Arnold. Rain grows up in "The Projects" with her mother, stepfather, sister Beni, and brother Roy where crime is an everyday occurrence. Rain is smart and gets good grades; she is always helping her mother around the house and tries to be a good daughter. Her sister Beni on the other hand always gets herself into trouble and hangs with the wrong crowd. Rain tries to avoid the streets as much as she can. Her brother Roy looks over the two girls and warns them to stay away from trouble. In a few situations both Rain and her sister are forced in bad situations that may lead to death. Their mother is hard working and caring, while her husband is a drunk who loses every job he gets. But Rain seems to think she is different and doesn't fit into the place she lives. The only place Rain has ever known changes in the blink of an eye when she overhears something that never should have been said. This secret will change her life in ways she never could imagine and everything she has ever loved is left behind. Under the circumstances at home Rain is sent to live with the wealthy Hudson family. Even though Rain always thought that she didn't fit into the place she was raised, she is also out of place living in the luxury she never had. Attending a prestige's all girls school Rain finds a talent in theater that will soon be her ticket to another new life. V.C. Andrews does a wonderful job of making this novel both sweet and aerie at the same time. She also captures your thoughts and pulls you in, keeping the reader reading and never wanting to put the book down. I really enjoyed this book and have already started reading Andres second. Also, she demonstrates well the differences of the two lives styles that Rain lives. I think this is open to anyone who likes mystery and love. This book will defiantly appeal to a young audience considering that Rain is a young girl who you watch grow up. I thought this was a great book and I am looking forward to reading all five.
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Summary: A pleasant surprise!
Review: This book is typical of the original VC Andrews series. If you ever enjoyed any of the Flowers in the Attic series or the Heaven series, you'll enjoy this. These books have never been literature, even when VC herself was writing them. They are not examples of great works - they are, however, rich with compelling, addicting storylines. These books are filled with mystery, scandle, incest, and images of the very poor and the very rich. These are things that most of us would never encounter in our ordinary lives. That's why these books work. And Rain is very true to the tradition. I just picked this up after not reading any VC Andrews for several years (they are by nature very similar in storyline, and you can get tired of it after a while) and was pleasantly surprised. I'm ordering Lightning Strikes and may try the Ruby and Melody series as well. Beware: Reading these books may be dangerous to your wallet - usually they're hard to put down!
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Summary: good leson learned
Review: V.C. Andrews was a great auther I am disappointed that she is no longer with us. Her books give a verey important lesson especially for kids like me who are adopted. the lesson is sometime your situation could be worst and be careful for what you wish for. everything that glitters is not gold.
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Summary: Same Old Story
Review: Okay, so V.C. Andrews has been there and done that with the whole brother/sister shocking sceret thing. For someone who considers herself a successful writer, she doesn't seem to put much energy into creating different and more dynamic plots.
Having already read the Landry and Casteel series, I was really hoping for something a little less redundant. Oh, and by the way, why do all of her characters end up doing the popular cute guy at school after only meeting him twice? Never mind the fact that her characters need to get a life and choose abstinence, and even then have obviously never heard of a condom and then are completely shocked when they're preganant . . .don't get me started. What about a relationship - at least some foreplay. So predictable.
Also, her obsession with Rain being of mixed race was quite irritating. What difference does it make? I think she made a bigger deal out of it than it was.
I really tried to relate to Rain's character because I thought the book had potential in the beginning but it just gradually went downhill from there.
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Summary: ALL BLACK GIRLS BEWARE
Review: V.C. Andrews should never write a book coming from a black persons view ever again. I was insulted by the way she depicts black people. First of all, Rain is sooooo special and beautiful because she is half white. Her mother was a rich white woman who couldn't keep her half black baby. (Why did she have to mess w/ a black man anyways?)Rain's new parents have been paid to keep her. (Are all black people so low?) Rain's other brother and sister are just so messed up in thier lives, but Rain- who came up in the same envirorment- is near perfect and not like anbody else. If you can get passed this horrible description of the black race then read the book.
V.C. Andrews completly ignored the fact that thier is soooo much culture and pride in the black community. The 'hood' isn't just crazy black people running the streets and working hard for nothing.
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Summary: V.C. Andrews at her best!!!!!
Review: I admit...i really wanted to stop reading all of V.C. Andrews' books after she died in 1987...none of the books thereafter had that special touch. I blundered through the Cutler,Landry and Logan series..and didn't feel any were too great...same story...same basic people, etc. I finally decided to try out the Hudson series and was pleasantly surprised...Rain was gutsy, mouthy and not a little miss goody two shoes like the rest! I read the book in 1 day and will move on to Lightning Strikes. P.S. To the reader from D.C.-----the Dollganger series was made into a movie quite a few yrs. ago..."Flowers in the Attic."
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Summary: Finally, a V C Andrews character with a little backbone!!
Review: Wow, what a refreshing change from previous Andrews books!! Rain Arnold is the strongest, gutsiest, I'd-want-her-on-my-side character that has yet been introduced in all Andrews books. The book starts by spinning the sad tale of Rain Arnold and her poverty-stricken family in the ghetto of Washington, D.C. To do this successfully, you must have one part drunken, no-good father, one part sassy, trouble-making sister and one part tired, overworked, underappreciated Mama. Mix this all with a delapidated apartment and a few gang members and you've got yourself a winner. Rain must navigate herself through a world ripe with death, pain, poverty and the unsympathetic reactions from those around her. The ultimate question on every die-hard Andrews fan's mind is, will Rain get herself the heck out of there? But of course, a true fan already knows that she'll go from rags to riches in soap opera fashion and jump from one crazy, dangerous world right into another. The only difference is that she'll be wearing designer jeans and will have the money to afford a plane ticket out of there, should she choose. I won't spoil the story for you. Suffice it to say that this story is different from others due to Rain's personality -- not one-sided at all and I truly enjoyed getting to know her. I also love that that many of the characters in the story are black, not blonde haired and blue eyed like so many others. However, it's similar in it's forbidden relationships and the aloofness that the wealthy seem to have in all Andrews' stories. Ruby was my favorite before, but I think Rain's depth of character has made this one tops for me.
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