Dawn

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Summary: Slightly weaker, yet still palatable
Review: DAWN(actually the whole Cutler series) was one of the weakest novels by the author, which I attribute to the ghost writer's "settling into the original author's style". Many events that took place in the book were exactly the same as those in HEAVEN and FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC. I would _not_ recommend DAWN to someone who has never read any of V.C. Andrews novels. However, the novel still had enough originality to keep die hard Andrews fans interested, as well as regular fans. Overall, DAWN had some disappointments, yet the book is still worth a good day's read.

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Summary: DAWN CUTLER
Review: The beginning of the Cutler series was great all the way up to Midnight Whispers, however, they start getting repetitive. Like everybody's behavior is the same (drunks, incest, people talking to themselves, someone has a baby with a relative who isn't really a relative).

The rest of the Cutler series become predictable. Incidentally, though, V.C. Andrews created masterpieces. Even though I could tell what might happen next, or was perturbed by the behavior of a character, I enjoyed reading the stories.

I'm an avid V.C. Andrews reader. I'm glad her relatives have kept up with the style of writing that V.C. Andrews started.

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Summary: Great
Review: This is as good as Flowers in the attic! I Love this book, I HAVE to get the other novels! I Recomeend this book to any person who like to read thrillers.

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Summary: Dawn- interesting but predictable
Review: Dawn was a very interesting book. I thought the plot moved along quickly enough to keep me from getting bored. A girl discovers she was kidnapped, and is taken from her family and put into a new one that is full of deceiption and sin. I have read a lot of V.C. Andrews books, though, and they are all very similar, so there was nothing surprising in this one. The characters are interesting though, sometimes even a little comical because of all the emotional stress they put on themselves. It's a book i would recomend to someone who was bored.

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Summary: I really liked the book "Dawn" .
Review: That was the first novel I read of the V.C. Andrews collection. I remember I had told my friend once how do you read so many books and such long ones in such a short period of time cause I have a problem with reading long books cause they can get boring, but when she told me about the book she had been reading called "Dawn" that she was so into the book that she couldn't put it down it was good. So I decided to check it out for myself so I did and I couldn't put it down neither it was so sad at the begining that it made me cry cause they were very poor and always moving and losing friends, and then it made me feel happy for Dawn and Jimmy that they had maybe found a better life maybe and that Dawn had fallen in love with Phillip and him with her, but then it became sad again when she found out the truth about everything her family, her boyfriend her whole life was just turned all around as if she was never meant to be happy in her life I felt so bad for her even though it was just a book it made me feel something inside it made me feel thankful that I have a good life even though I have problems I am thankful for what I've got.Then I read the rest of the "Dawn" series they were really good books also I really enjoyed reading about Dawn and I think it would make a great movie cause it is very emotional sad, but yet exciting I thought the book was great.

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Summary: Great
Review: This is almost as good as Flowers in the attic! I love this book, I HAVE to get the other novels! I Recomend this book to any person who likes to read thrillers!

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Summary: First Book in the Cutler Family Series
Review: After reading the Dollanganger and Casteel books, I pretty much knew what to expect from V. C. Andrews' third series (the Cutler family series). A lot of her stories deal with the rags-to-riches theme, and in "Dawn", the leading 14-year-old character (Dawn Longchamp) learns that her current impoverished family (which consists of an older brother, Jimmy, a baby sister, Fern, and parents) is not really her own. Dawn is really the daughter of a wealthy family in Richmond, Virginia, who own and operate a prestigious hotel on the coast named Cutler's Cove Hotel. As if that weren't shocking enough, Dawn soon discovers that two of her classmates (Clara Sue and Philip) at Emerson Peabody School are really her siblings--and Philip also happens to be Dawn's boyfriend. The chances of that actually happening are about a million to one, but the taboo of incest is in all of V. C. Andrews' books, whether it's plausible or not.

Following the revealed secrets, comes the emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse. Dawn is returned to her "rightful" family, and she is immediately disliked by her sister Clara Sue, as well as her matriarchal grandmother. Philip, on the other hand, refuses to allow their relation to get in the way of his scoring with her. In the background are Dawn's biological parents, both of whom are pretty delinquent and submit under Grandmother Cutler's command. The only security Dawn has comes from her other "brother" Jimmy, who later expresses his years of restrained feelings for her, which she reciprocates. (Jeez, if it's not one brother, it's the next.)

Even though this book (and series) is pretty good, it's not the most original storyline in the world, nor is Dawn Longchamp-Cutler the greatest heroine I've ever read in a V. C. Andrews book. The ghostwriter (Andrew Neiderman) relies too much on the redundant family drama Ms. Andrews outlined before she died; you can pretty much deduce the surprises laying ahead for the character. Nevertheless, I still find myself drawn to these books. No matter how bad your family life may be (speaking within reason), you can always read a V. C. Andrews book and say, "I'm glad I'm not in her shoes."

After "Dawn" comes "Secrets of the Morning", "Twilight's Child", "Midnight Whispers", and "Darkest Hour". Recommended for V. C. Andrews fans.

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Summary: Dawn
Review: This was the first VC Andrews book i had read, and i must say, i loved it. I liked it so much that i hunted my school library up and down to find the sequals to the Dawn series. (our library isnt very organized!) Ive read the first 3 books in the series within the week and i cant wait to get back to school on monday to get the fourth! I must admit, my grabbing that book, reading it and liking it, was purely coincidental. I needed a book for silent reading in english so i just grabbed one. Im glad I did! Once i finish the Dawn series i plan on reading all of VC Andrews books.

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Summary: Dawn
Review: I had only read a page of the story Dawn and it caught my ayyention in a snap, we had a 3 day weekend from schooling and i asked her if i can borrow the book for the time we were gone.finally she said yes and right at that i started to read it.i couldnt stop reading, it was like a curse i actually stayed up till 2:00am reading the book.the only way i could stop was my mom or hiding it from myself. i know i might sound a little crazy but i really like this book.

thats how i found this website because i was looking for the rest of the books. i cant wait to see what happens with dawn,jimmy,philip,clara,grandmother cutler,mom,dad and all the rest.even though she may be a little unlucky i must say she is kinda lucky for atleast one a love to care for her.im glad i got to speak on this book it really gave me some hinta about life.now if you excuse me i need to see where i can buy the other books. ^_^ ~julie~

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Summary: the cutler series
Review: This was one of the best VC Andrews books i have read but there all amazing, V.C.Andrews is a great writer of thrillers and i must say, i loved it. I liked it so much that im going to hunt my school library to find the sequals to the Cutler series. Ive read the first book in the series within the week. I needed a book for novel assignments in english so i just grabbed it. i plan on reading all of VC Andrews books. its an amazing book and V.C.Andrews is the best writer i love her books and there the only ones i will read.