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Summary: 2nd book of the Dollanganger series
Review: READ THIS BOOK 2nd OF THE SERIES!! I just finished reading the Dollanganger series. This was one of the better ones. There were 5 in the series : 1) Flowers in the Attic 2)Petals on the Wind 3)If there be thorns 4)Seeds of yesterday 5)garden of shadows. The best books were #1, 2, 5. I did not care for the 3rd book, but you should read it if you are going to read the whole series!! HAPPY READING! I reccomend this book!
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I read this book because I wanted to know what happened after Flowers in the Attic, which was a good read. This book, however, was a disappointment. 70 percent of it was Cathy having sex with someone (which she does a lot of in this book, with more than a few partners) or starting to have foreplay and then slapping him in the face and storming out. This book was bad. I'm glad I checked it out from the library and didn't buy it. I really do not care enough about Cathy's sex life enough to read about it in every chapter of a book. Not to mention her incessant self-doubt, worrying, and wimpy questioning of herself on whether or not she is the "Devil's issue." Get over it! And the revenge against the mother came much too late in the book. Furthermore, I was really turned off by the way Cathy is constantly telling the reader how beautiful she thinks she is. If you are looking for a good sequel full of interesting plot, substance and content, this one is not it!
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Summary: Yet another great novel...
Review: V.C. Andrews was a powerful writer. She had the ability to provoke so many emotions in a reader, and Petals on the Wind, was no exception. Although Cory didn't make it, Cathy, Chris, and Carrie are out of the attic. Although Cathy is confused about her and Chris's relationship, she is sure that there is only good times ahead of them... right? But when Carrie becomes violently ill on a bus they are taking to Florida, Cathy begins to worry. Fortunately, a kind woman named Henrietta Beech, (who is a mute woman), takes them to her boss, a doctor named Paul Sheffield, who hides sad secrets. He is taken with the three oprhands, especially when he hears their story of the attic... and their mother. Cathy, suffering from the emotional damage of being locked away in the attic, is confused about relationships, and drifts between Paul (who is 24 years older than she), Julian Marquet, (a fellow dancer with a violent temper), Chris (Her brother), and ultimately, Bart, (her mother's husband). Cathy is also still simmering with rage over her mother's betrayal, and when her mother will again cause a death of someone she loves, Cathy will have her revenge... Even at any cost.
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: I think this book was terrific!Cathy has alot of grit and determanation. I don`t really like the way Chris thinks about Cathy. I feel bad for Carrie who has to go to the that snobby school and breaks her leg. I love the part when Carrie falls in love! Cathy is really the main character. To many people died in this book though. V.C. Andrews really outdid herself this time. You must read this book!!!!!!!
Candice Brown
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Summary: Petals on the Wind, An epic Story
Review: Petals on the wind, by V.C. Andrews, is an extrodinary book of a family's struggle. It displays three syblings and the pain they go through in life. Carrie, Chris, and Cathy are locked up in an attic and mistreated by their mother and grandmother, because of their mothers need to regain her eheritance from her father. But that is all over now. The three children are on their way to a knew life, but where? They miss their brother who died fro being poisoned by their mother. And now carrie is sick, because she has been poisoned too. Fortunatly they are led to a doctor who helps them throughout life, and gives them everyting they need. The children grow older and struggle with love, their dreams, and thoughts of their mother. Cathy throughout the whole book, questions herself. Is she like her Mother? She is a strong charector, just trying to make it through the hardships of her life. Finally Cathy knows she has to do something about her mother. She has to make her feel the pain she and her syblings went through. This is a wonderful book to read, because it shows human emotion so realistically. It displays what children who are neglected and abused go through. Though a very long book, it keeps you hooked the whole time, bringing more and more interest to the story. I personally recomend this book to anyone who enjoys realistic fiction, and explorying the feelings of others.
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Summary: Fantastic Sequel to Flowers in the Attic
Review: After three years, four months, and sixteen days, Cathy, Chris, and Carrie Dollanganger have escaped Foxworth Hall. "Petals on the Wind" begins with the three children on a bus destined for Florida. However, their travels are cut short because of Carrie's poor health. They are assisted by a mute woman (Henrietta Beech) who takes them to her boss, Dr. Paul Sheffield, their soon-to-be guardian. The three children have a new chance at a "normal" childhood. They attend school, and Cathy and Chris even begin pursuing their personal goals: Cathy joins a ballet school; Chris later enters medical school. At her ballet practices, Cathy meets Julian Marquet, the son of her instructor. He is attracted to Cathy and pursues her until she agrees to marry him. All the while, Cathy is torn between these three men: her older brother Chris who never abandoned his love for her since they left Foxworth Hall; her much older guardian Paul who becomes her first lover; and Julian, her abusive new husband, who she married out of desperation rather than love. One of them fathers her first son Jory. Carrie, on the other hand, doesn't have as much success as her older siblings. She's constantly teased by her classmates because of her short size and large head, which makes her become more withdrawn and miserable. Then one last encounter with her mother leaves Carrie on the brink of suicide. Throughout the book, Cathy strikes out at Corrine, trying to ruin her mother's life any way she can. At the height of her revenge, Cathy steals her mother's husband away from her, becomes pregnant by him with her second son (Bart Jr), and publicly announces her imprisonment in Foxworth Hall. "Petals on the Wind" is the second book in the Dollanganger series, preceded by "Flowers in the Attic" and followed by "If There Be Thorns", "Seeds of Yesterday", and "Garden of Shadows". This was the first V. C. Andrews book I ever read and is still my favorite. If no other Dollanganger books had followed this one, I would have been satisfied with the series. As far as I'm concerned, "Flowers in the Attic" and "Petals on the Wind" are the only two books worth reading in the Dollanganger series. Although the other three all have their significance to the Foxworth-Dollanganger storyline, I was only interested in the lives of Cathy, Chris, and Carrie; no other characters captured my interest very much. Also, for being a sequel, "Petals on the Wind" is very successful and true. The effects of their imprisonment in the attic are life-long scars: Carrie's dwarfism; Chris's desire for Cathy; Cathy's bitterness. If you've read "Flowers in the Attic", "Petals on the Wind" is a must-read. It's the aftermath of the children's stay in the attic and how they choose to forget or remember what happened.
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Summary: This book was good but at some parts, no
Review: Well,firstly the 3,Christopher,Catherine and Carrie ride the bus to Sarasota and Carrie suddenly throws up violently.A mute woman,Henrietta Beech,brings them to her employer's (Dr Paul Sheffield) house.There,he accepts the chidren when he believes their pitiful story and takes them in.Cathy seduces him disgustingly. Chris goes on to be a doctor and Cathy a ballerina.As for Carrie,she is horribly teased in school by Sissy Towers,her roommate and some others.Carrie also does not grow very much and is ashamed of it.While in ballet,Cathy meets a dancer called Julian and she marries him.He is overpossessive while plays the field himself!Shortly after he dies from a car accident,(like her dad)or more likely suicide by cutting the tube, Cathy gives birth to baby Jory.(J for Julian,the rest for Cory)Soon, Carrie poisons herself from arsenic and dies too.While all of this was happening, Cathy plotts her revenge and seduced her mother's husband,resulting in her child Bart(same name)a long time later. At their Christmas party, Cathy confronted her mother and the truth spilled out.Even Bart turned away. She turned nuts and burnt the house down. She even told Bart that her mother was in the house to kill him while saving her.With their mother gone in the nuthouse, Cathy and Chris start a new life with Jory and Bart...
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Summary: A Horrifying but Magnetic Wonder of a Story
Review: I was first captivated by Flowers in the Attic many years ago when I first lifted the cover and engrossed myself in the poetic style of the author's chilling tale. The story itself is a phenomenal surprise. The events that occur for the four children from Gladstone, PA left me feeling bitter and restless. Luring me into the rest of the series, which is the most captivating of all the V.C. Andrews series, in my opinion. Petals on the Wind is a spectacular journey of Catherine Dahl's life that makes the reader feel the bitter vengence that boils through the heroine's veins. It is a sad and beguiling tale, but truly a great accomplishment for the wonderful author, Cleo Virgina Andrews. It has remained among my favorite books for years, and to this day, I still pick it up periodically to re-read. It is a must-have for any book lover!!!
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Summary: It could've been five.
Review: I would've given it five if Cathy didn't change so much. In "Flowers in the Attic" she was sweet, innocent, nice, caring, etc. Now she seems conceited, slutty, and whorish. The way she threw herself at Paul (and she did throw!) was disgusting. What was she doing? Practicing her seducing skills? I mean, "You're only 24 years and seven months older." So what?! He could be your Dad! I felt the time in the attic really gave Cathy some severe mental problems. Than Bart, that was slutty again. Can't she get revenge some other way than her body? I really wanted to see Cathy become a famous ballerina, than face Bart and her mother again. This time, Bart falls in love with her, her, not her young body, not her seducing skills, not how much she looks like her mom, but her. Instead, Cathy uses her body, not her mind or talent, to sleep with every single guy interested so she can get revenge. If I were her mother, I would be laughing my head off at her stupidity! I really felt bad for Chris too. The reason I gave it four stars instead of two is because of V.A's talent to put what is so looked down upon in society as such a normal,and sweet thing. I felt sorry for both Cathy and Chris, they were doomed by the grandmother and their relations (brother and sister.). And some of the things Cathy did, I did understand a bit, how she thought if she slept with Paul, her brother would be mad and forget about her. But how many times do you need to sleep with Paul? She's like an older version of Lolita, only more perverse.
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Summary: Sometimes, things happen that you can't control......
Review: Can anyone create characters like VCA? Everyone is developed well, but not too grandiose so you know EVERYTHING about them...that way, there's a little mystery. Julian has to be one of VC's best characters...so well-thought-of. When I read her books, I can hear Madame Marisha's Russian accent, see Jory dance, understand Chris's love for Cathy, and understand Cathy's need for revenge. I can feel their heartbreak when Carrie dies, feel Paul's mixed emotions about falling for Cathy, etc. etc. As for the incest. I just have to set this straight. What would the books have been like without it? I for one like Chris and Cathy better than Cathy and Paul....
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