Star: The Wildflowers (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Cloth))

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Summary: 'Star' Gets 5 Stars
Review: 'Star' written by V.C. Andrews gets 5 stars because it was an excellent book for a teenage girl. The book shows teenage girls that they are not the only ones going through a rough time with adolescence. It made me realize that no matter how bad I think the problem is that I am going through, there is always some else out there going through something much worse. This book made me want to cry at times and I recommend it for any teenage girl who is having a hard time dealing with life right now. It will make you realize that what you are dealing with really isn't all that bad.

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Summary: Not Worth Buying
Review: I am such a fan of V.C. Andrews. I, like many other readers, have every book shes written (and the ghost writer). These books are so small and thin, compared to Flowers in The Attic and the other books i have with V.C. Andrews name on them. It takes no time at all to read these, i would recomend this book to someone in maybe 6th grade. Please go back to some of the older styles, like the Logan series or anything. These past 2 series just werent worth buying, i read them, but i wont read them over and over like i do her other books. Please change before you loose other avid readers of her books.

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Summary: This book was a way too short!!!
Review: I enjoy reading V.C. Andrews,but these books are too short.I love those fat,juicy books that have you on the edge of your seat in suspence,not wanting to put the book down.With the Orphan and Wildflower series',the joy is over in less than an hour.Please make them longer-it would please alot of fans.

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Summary: Not the typical but still worth reading!
Review: I have always been a V. C. Andrews fan. My mother bought me my first. I can not believe that anyone (or thing) would put down one of her books. I enjoy these mini-novels because I am left wondering what's next! It is almost as good as a Stephen King book but on a different level. If you don't like the books, quit reading them. It will leave more in the stores for those of us who do like them!

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Summary: Where is the classic writing style of V.C. Andrews??
Review: I have every book written by VC Andrews and all the ones written by the ghostwriter. I must say that I am not impressed with the Orphans & Wildflowers miniseries. I think they are sort of an insult to VC Andrews' name. While I enjoyed the books in these miniseries, I could also anticipate what would happen in the book. No shocks or suprises, like her early works. Bring back the psychological horror, and the shocking suprises, the way VC Andrews would write!!

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Summary: UGH!
Review: I too am one of the fans of the older, more intense novels. The only one in this series so far with anything even remotely shocking is "Jade". The narrative style is horrible--considering that the girls are speaking, the language is very unconversational. Who would really tell an oral story using phrases like "She looked at me sadly, her eyes searching me like two tiny headlights." Which brings me to another complaint: Every girl uses the cheesiest metaphors, and none have a distinctive voice--each story sounds like it's being told by the same girl. If I hadn't gotten these first three for 1/2 off, I'd be mad at the waste of money. But I guess they were worthy of 1 star and $2.00 each for keeping me mildly amused for a few hours... I will buy cat and the reunion novels but only when they too are 1/2 off or in the used bookstores. I agree with the person who said these last 2 series have been an insult to VC Andrews' name and writing!

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Summary: Better than I thought it would be.
Review: I was suprised when I read Misty and Star. I did not think I would like the mini books but, I must say I am going out now and buy Jade and Cat. They are not as good as the original V.C. Andrews' books but they will do.

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Summary: All i can think of is what a sad way to make money.
Review: I'm a huge V.C. Andrews fan. That is, the REAL VC, and not the ghost writer of Andrew Neiderman. My one star rating is for all the mini series books out there. What a marketing ripoff. By the time you buy each individual little book in the mini series, plus the final book that reunites them all, you will have spent considerably more than the price for one normal sized VC book. Now that the hype of the series has died down, i find that they go and finally publish all the books together in one massive volume, like they should have done in the first place. The real VC would not have pulled such a horrible money-making stunt like the publishers are doing. The mini-series books have a hastily-written feel to them, as if the publishers needed to get some kind of VC book out on the shelves asap, with little thought to the content, or even if the faithful VC fans would even care about a mini-series like this. The VC magic was totally absent from any of the mini-series books, and i felt like i was reading a "young adult" teeny-bopper VC Andrews, instead of the old "adult" VC Andrews we all love. I think all of the books in the mini-series should be put in the Young Adult section instead of in the horror section of the bookstore. They feel like a cross between a weak version of R.L. Stine books and some other book aimed at 12-year-olds. There really is a juvenile feel to these mini-series books that i did not like. The ghost writer has gotten worse with each series, and it was obvious many series ago that he has adopted his own modern writing style, even though the story is told in the first person. I never liked this current "modernization" of the VC Andrews stories. The older books were the best ever, because they were written by the real V.C. Andrews, and had memorable characters. Tell me, does any true VC fan care much for the new crop of characters in these mini-series?? NO! Compare the new books to the books in the Flowers In The Attic series and Heaven series. It's like compairing junk to a treasure. It's so obvious that the Andrews family is in all this for a share of the money they are making off the ghost writer's books. I wish Andrew Neiderman would stop attaching V.C. Andrews' name to the stuff he writes. VC would not be proud. Her stores were ten million times better and more interesting than these damned mini-series books. The fact that the name V.C. Andrews is a copyright is a shame. Why doesn't Andrew Neiderman just write the books and put his name on them? We all know he's the one writing the books, so just stop with putting VC Andrews on the cover. It's become a joke now. We all know the writing and story ideas are nowhere near as good as the ones the real VC used to write. Please skip all the books in any of the mini-series. If you want to read the REAL V.C. Andrews, then stick with the first few series she wrote. For those who don't know, she died in 1986, shortly after Dark Angel, the second book in the Heaven series, was written.

Rating:
Summary: All i can think of is what a sad way to make money.
Review: I'm a huge V.C. Andrews fan. That is, the REAL VC, and not the ghost writer of Andrew Neiderman. My one star rating is for all the mini series books out there. What a marketing ripoff. By the time you buy each individual little book in the mini series, plus the final book that reunites them all, you will have spent considerably more than the price for one normal sized VC book. Now that the hype of the series has died down, i find that they go and finally publish all the books together in one massive volume, like they should have done in the first place. The real VC would not have pulled such a horrible money-making stunt like the publishers are doing. The mini-series books have a hastily-written feel to them, as if the publishers needed to get some kind of VC book out on the shelves asap, with little thought to the content, or even if the faithful VC fans would even care about a mini-series like this. The VC magic was totally absent from any of the mini-series books, and i felt like i was reading a "young adult" teeny-bopper VC Andrews, instead of the old "adult" VC Andrews we all love. I think all of the books in the mini-series should be put in the Young Adult section instead of in the horror section of the bookstore. They feel like a cross between a weak version of R.L. Stine books and some other book aimed at 12-year-olds. There really is a juvenile feel to these mini-series books that i did not like. The ghost writer has gotten worse with each series, and it was obvious many series ago that he has adopted his own modern writing style, even though the story is told in the first person. I never liked this current "modernization" of the VC Andrews stories. The older books were the best ever, because they were written by the real V.C. Andrews, and had memorable characters. Tell me, does any true VC fan care much for the new crop of characters in these mini-series?? NO! Compare the new books to the books in the Flowers In The Attic series and Heaven series. It's like compairing junk to a treasure. It's so obvious that the Andrews family is in all this for a share of the money they are making off the ghost writer's books. I wish Andrew Neiderman would stop attaching V.C. Andrews' name to the stuff he writes. VC would not be proud. Her stores were ten million times better and more interesting than these damned mini-series books. The fact that the name V.C. Andrews is a copyright is a shame. Why doesn't Andrew Neiderman just write the books and put his name on them? We all know he's the one writing the books, so just stop with putting VC Andrews on the cover. It's become a joke now. We all know the writing and story ideas are nowhere near as good as the ones the real VC used to write. Please skip all the books in any of the mini-series. If you want to read the REAL V.C. Andrews, then stick with the first few series she wrote. For those who don't know, she died in 1986, shortly after Dark Angel, the second book in the Heaven series, was written.

Rating:
Summary: Eh....
Review: In the second story in the Wildflowers series we hear Star's story. Star likes to put up a tough bravado but the truth is her past is filled with pain. In Dr. Marlowe's therapy group she tells the story of parents that constantly fought, and a mother that never really wanted to have kids. As she continues to tell her story Misty, Jade, and Cat may realize that Star, under her wise cracks is just like them. I found this book to be a nice read, but not really up to par with the rest of the series. I liked reading this book. But compared to the other two in the series I've already read (Misty and Jade) it was just lacking something. Neverless I'm still reading the series (Cat is on my shelf right now and I'm going to buy the full-length novel Into the garden). I reccomend this book to fans of a series but try to get it from your library instead of spending your own money on it.