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Summary: The Authors Literary Devices in Seeds of Yesterday
Review: The novel, Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews is a very chilling ending to the series Flowers in the Attic. The author uses a dark gothic mood in this story. It takes place in the haunting halls of Foxworth Mansion. The dark settings hint that there will be terrifying things happening but its hard to know what will happen. The author describes the setting in a dark mood and the characters have dreadful personalities. The dark mood that is shown in the book has a great impact on the characters. Foxworth Hall corrupts anyone that lives there. The author also uses some irony. An example of irony in the story was when Chris was killed the same way his father was. There were many unexpected twists that made the story dramatic. During the novel there were some exciting parts but there were some slow parts too. Also some of the events were predictable. Despite the slowness and predictable events, this book was a page-turner because of the ending. In the first three books the reader becomes very close to the characters and in a way the story becomes a part of your life. It makes you feel sad when they are hurting and it makes you happy when they are joyful. Since this is the last book, the ending becomes the climax of the series because it is the end of the Dresden Dolls. After being through so much with the Dollanganger children it becomes tearful to see it all end. However the end was also kind of peaceful to know that the suffering is over. The turmoil began in the attic and it ended in the attic. This is a good book because of the way the author establishes a relationship between the reader and the characters. The author also did a good job of depicting the dark shadows of the mansion and the nightmares it caused. Although this was not as interesting as the first three books, it is still worth reading because of the shocking and emotional ending.
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Summary: Completely Heartbreaking!
Review: This is the fourth book in the Dollanganger series by the wonderful V. C. Andrews. I think it closely rivals the rest. The once good and innocent Bart has been corrupted by money and the family name. He has decided to rebuild Foxworth Hall on the very sight that the mansion of horrors once stood. It shall be an exact replica of the first. There will be an outstanding celebration of which everyone who is anyone is invited. Every thing goes down from there. This novel has many dark twists and turns, wonderfully colorful characters, (including a very grown-up Cindy and a wierd, bible-beating uncle Joel,) and if you've followed this series from the beginning, the ending will rip your heart to shreds.
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: This book could use a little spicing up don`t you think? Cathy was pretty noisy. Bart is still confused. Joel the long lost uncle gives me the creeps. Chris and Cathy need to learn that what their doing is not right. Jory is to be pitied. Melodie is ssssooooo WEAK! (...)
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Summary: Foxworth Hall Reclaims The Dresden Dolls
Review: Almost half a century has passed since both Cathy and Chris were in Foxworth Hall. When Corrine died fifteen years earlier (in "If There Be Thorns"), she left the mansion to her oldest son Chris, but only until Bart (her favorite grandson) turned twenty-five; then Foxworth Hall would belong to Bart.So, Cathy and Chris leave their home in California and timidly return to the house that held them prisoner for over three years when they were children. They're met at the door by an old man who claims to be Joel Foxworth, their long-lost uncle. He soon becomes Bart's mentor in the same manner that John Amos was all those years ago, using biblical threats of hell and damnation to manipulate him. Now with seven people living together in Foxworth Hall (Cathy and Chris, Jory and Melodie, Bart, Cindy, and Joel), there is plenty of drama. For starters, Bart plays an evil part in his brother's (Jory) dancing accident that leaves him handicapped for life. Jory's wife and childhood sweetheart (Melodie) turns to Bart for support and, instead, ends up in his bed. She later abandons Jory completely after giving birth to their twin children, because she's too shallow to remain with a crippled husband. Many more rifts are made within the family (alot of them with Joel's help), but one that grows wider is the relationship between Cindy and Bart. If you thought Bart's jealousy in "If There Be Thorns" was bad, wait until you read "Seeds of Yesterday". Now Cindy has a chance to retaliate against her vicious brother that she didn't have when she was younger. Although this book is an improvement after "If There Be Thorns", it doesn't have the same spark as the first two Dollanganger books: "Flowers in the Attic" and "Petals on the Wind". Cathy and Chris are no more than shadowy figures in the story, easily forgotten in the mess of their children's lives. Even though "Seeds of Yesterday" returns to Cathy's point of view, the book still felt like it belonged to Bart since he was the one creating all the chaos. In short, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book unless you're already into the Dollanganger series or a big V. C. Andrews fan. In my opinion, this is yet another disjointed story trying (and failing) to outshine "Flowers in the Attic" and "Petals on the Wind". The series mercifully ends with "Garden of Shadows".
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Summary: GOOD FERTILIZER FOR YOUR GARDEN TO MAKE THE SEEDS GROW
Review: Wasteful and distasteful. Those are the KINDEST words that can be applied to Cathy. She is truly a villainess. She is Olivia's granddaughter, all right. The same unquenchable thirst for revenge and the same cruel streak that colors her personality. Her oldest son Jory is a goody two dancing shoes and is boring and clueless for the most part. Jory's wife is a tired, pathetic cliche. She is a weak character who is very foolish like Alicia before her. Cathy's brother and lover Chris is a good man who allowed himself to make bad decisions, such as having a long standing incestuous relationship with his disgusting sister. Cindy, 16 at the opening of the story which is set in the late 1990s is Cathy and Chris' adopted daughter. A spoiled little tart, she takes advantage of anything and everyone and does some really stupid things. One singularly stupid act was for her to entertain a lover in the house where her "parents" and "brothers" were. Why she didn't check into a motel with the guy or at the very least lock her door remains a mystery. Of course we have a shadowy figure from the past. Bart is the only main character one could like. Cathy still treats him like dirt. The best part was when Bart spanked Cindy after she tried to spoil his party by dressing like a tart and humiliating him. She taunts him and Bart shows incredible restraint with this silly brat. Cindy was truly loathsome and odious, like Cathy. The best exchange was when Bart tells odious Cathy that "you all see what's wrong with me, but you close your eyes to the sins of your favorites!" He was right. Cathy was a monster who belonged in the compost heap. The attic again. The issues that launched the horrendous "Flowers in the Attic" play a "swan song" appearance in this last book. Fortunately, Cathy sang her swan song. She was for the birds.
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Summary: The Conclusion to the Dollanganger series
Review: In this book, Cathy and Chris have agreed to stay in the re-built Foxworth Hall untill Bart's 25th birthday when he inherits it. What a mistake.........for Bart's mind is now being filled with evil ideas by his butler, Joseph Foxworth. Who had been thought dead after an avalanche in Switzerland. He is Corrine's older brother and thinks that he should have inherited Foxworth Hall. What will Bart do to them?
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Summary: Weak ending destroys story's spell.
Review: Seeds of Yesterday had me enthralled for short passages and kept me interested in its suffering characters for most of its length. Although I do have to question why someone would put up with the abuse that Bart dishes out, I mean come on. However, when I reached the end I had to scream with frustration and rage. Clearly the author (Andrew Neiderman and NOT the late V.C. Andrews) had reached some sort of deadline and had to wrap the book and fast. All the plotlines are tied up so quickly that it was insulting! I wanted a stronger sense of closure, especially after all the suffering these characters had gone through. [....]Not recommended at all.
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Summary: Recycled plots, characters, etc.
Review: The Foxworths circle of life is now completed, with a new mansion and a new monster at the helm. Bart, for all the therapy given him following Thorns is now the master of a duplicate Foxworth Hall, while his "parents", adoptive sister and brother's family have become permanent houseguests. Unfortunately, what we're stuck with is a lot of recycling. The long lost Uncle Joel appears to be a less manaical version of John Amos from thorns, Cindy shows all the promiscuity of her adoptive mother without the revenge angle, and Bart is just a hypocritical jerk who expects everyone to tow his line, even though he does not practice what he preaches. Even the main plot of Flowers is echoed here: Cathy and Chris are stuck in the mansion with nowhere to go because of various circumstances. There is even a new set of twins Cathy mistakes for her dead siblings, and Chris meets the same fate as his father. The finale of the book, particularly Bart's sudden transformation, is unbelievable and trite. I realize many of Andrews's fans hail these books as an enduring love story between Cathy and Chris, but I find the whole notion disturbing. Had the two kept their relationship as brother and sister (which is how it should have been) I might have been more sympathetic. But their "marriage" disturbed me greatly.
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Summary: Touching......
Review: Chris and Cathy are absolutely my favorite characters. I couldnt find anything wrong with their romantic relationship. Well, they're siblings, i know.. but it seems just so natural to me that they're together. Both of them are incomplete without each other, they're miserable apart, that's why Cathy died after Chris did. Chris was her soul mate, as she was to him. Like Chris said together they stand, together they fall, and that's the way it should be.
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Summary: All things come to an end...
Review: Finally, we arrived at the end of the series. History indeed repeats itself as Cathy & Chris suffered the same tragic ending as their parents did. & like all series, it has to come to an end. Here we will see after so much dispute the characters reconciling with each other. I have travelled the Dolanganger's life together with Cathy & has seen her ups & downs, joys & pains. & when I see her wilful rest at the end, I was happy for her that finally, Foxworth Hall has found peace & happiness among its children.
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