Olivia

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Summary: It was O.K.
Review: This was a long awaited book! I was surprised however with the modern talk in it, usually V.C. Andrews books are written to the 1940 era~! They made Belinda seem to be this horrible disgusting ..., and Olivia to be mean. I this this ghost- writer is trying hard to fill in for Andrews, but the books just arent as captivating as they used to be! I find i am finished with the book, and feel like i was expecting more~! My favorite books were the Flowers in the Attic series. Im not saying to copy that, but i like that plot line the best, everything else since then has been the same plot with different wording. Maybe try a new Idea rather than changing the words of what she has already written!

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Summary: Why Olivia?
Review: Ok, so this book was better than that awful orphans series, and maye better than Melody and Heart Song, but Music in the Night was the best, the single best ghost written book, then comes unfinished symphony and now Olivia. I was under the impression that Olivia would reveal some terrible secret of the Logan/Gordon family. All it revealed was how wild Belinda was and the conspiricy between Oliva and Nelson Childs. There was nothing surprising about it. It makes me wonder if from now on the V. C. Andrews book are going to decline. I thought so with Melody and HEart song, Unfinished Symphony was a little better (it bothered me majorly how Melody called Haille "mommy" all the time, she's older, she shouldn't call her "mommy")Then Music in the Night came out and it revived my V. C. Andrews expectations, it was in my opinion the best GHOST WRITTEN book, better than all the cutler and landry novels. Then that horrible orphans series came out, and I was expecting Olivia to bring me back into the world of the logans. I wanted to hear more about Grandma Olivia when at the end of Music, she touched Laura's dead face and said, "In a strange way, I envy you, my dear" It made me wonder what she was talking about. Now I know it was because Olivia was so practical and didn't follow her heart like Laura did. But all in all, I wish that there were more ghost written books like Music in the Night.

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Summary: The Old V.C. Andrew's is back!
Review: This book was more of the V.C. Andrews I remember. I have been a fan of V.C. Andrews for almost 20 years and have collected each of her books. After reading her last series I was considering not buying another one of her novels. "Olivia" has changed my mind and I will still consider myself a fan if the writers keep up with this caliber of writing.

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Summary: worth reading for any fanof this author.
Review: i really enjoed reading this book. it was the best series overall. i started reading this book and i couldn't put it down. if you love V.C.ANDREWS you'll love this and all of her books from start to finish.

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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: Other novels by V.C. Andrews were more interesting. It was easy to understand. I was unware that the Logan series had a fifth novel. I am wondering if V.C. Andrews will have any new novels coming out soon.

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Summary: More of the same V.C. Andrew's ghost written material
Review: "Olivia" was an OK sequel to the "Logan" series. I did, however find myself rather bored and could hardly wait to finish it and read something else. This "ghost-written" material is the pits. Belinda is an airheaded brat who always has to have her way and finds out in the end where all that playing gets you. Olivia is purely cold-hearted and loves playing a real-life general to all in her path. Read this ONLY if you read the rest and need to finish the series.

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Summary: Read some real literature
Review: I used to be a huge fan of VC Andrews, meaning, I enjoyed the dark bubble gum she wrote while she was actually alive. Like the faithful consumer they want me to be, I have bought each and every book and actually read it as the quality of each book declines and the price increases. VC Andrews must be turning over in her grave because of the garbage they are putting out in her name. Now, onto the actual BOOK. Because it's been over a year since they first came out with the last "books" in the Logan family series, it was hard for me to remember all the extremely complicated plot developments, etc.. I was confused at many points, and disgusted at the lack of fact checking (if Olivia was about 60 in the 1990's, when the Melody books seem to take place, then she would have been a teenager in the 1940's and would most likely not have owned a television set). It was just a smut novel, like the Starr report. All elements of characters, setting, or theme have been obliterated in order to promote SEX SEX SEX between any and all characters. The stern, loyal woman who was developed in the earlier books is now a girl who won't sleep with her own husband, but lusts after a judge? Give me a break. The sweet and demented old lady is now a conniving teenage slut? Please. I know the books will still be published as long as there are people like the others to put up their misspelled hailings of this garbage. If anything, VC Andrews was about showing how selfishness affects everyone, not how many books she could sell without writing any of them. If VC Andrews was truly the fervent writer she is supposed to be, then she would feel that the art of writing is not about money or cheap books after one's death. I've always felt that it is about the process of writing and seeing your thoughts shared to the world in rows of tiny, perfect letters. Please respect VC Andrews' name and stop this garbage. Thank you.

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Summary: It wasn't in the same class as other VC Andrews books
Review: The most recent novel in the logan sega was a real bore. In the past. this series has been full of the smutt that is VC Andrews. I found you last novel to be directed towards a preteen audience rather than a tashy adult novel. I hope if she continues this series the next book will have more of the gushy smut that we love.

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Summary: The best character study of all the books.
Review: I found this to be the most lyrical and well written of all the V.C. Andrews novels. Every character is fully fleshed out. You really understand the grandmother and how she became the woman she was in the earlier novels.

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Summary: One of the ghostwriter's best books
Review: This is the first V.C. book I've really enjoyed in a long time. I was afraid this book would be a retelling of Olivia Foxworth's story, or worse, Lillian Cutler. However, this book, and its main character, are very different from those other stories. Olivia Logan will never win the "favorite heroine" award, but she may win the "least victimized" award. This book was much better than the Orphans series.