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Summary: Really terrible
Review: Is it just me or are her books getting worse and worse? I've read some of the other reviews of "Into the Woods" and I agree with the time line. CDs, Shania Twain, ... (was she even born yet?). This is all wrong! Whoever the author really is should STOP using VC Andrews' name!! I wish he/she would do some research before they start writing. YOU'RE DESTROYING HER REPUTATION! I'm glad I didn't buy the book. Everything is so predictable now. I don't think I'm ever going to read another VC Andrews book anymore. This was a total disappointment.
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Summary: Back to the V.C. future....
Review: It has been years since I read a V.C. Andrews' book; and reading one transported me back to the years I used to read them. Good reads.
Swept into the world of growing up struggles, a Daddy's girl, with a Mommy who wants to be a sister or best friend instead of a mother wrestles with confusion and constant change in a world where growing up comes too fast for some and too slowly for others.
Such is the stuff V.C. Andrews books are famous for. Flowery words with petal sweet imagery that help the reader to fall head first into the storyline and swallow all of it until the last page quenches the ravenous thirst...(Well, at least until the next book comes out).
It may have been years since I read a V.C. Andrews' book, but years faded away while I read, "Into the Woods" and how cool is it for a soon to be fifty year old to be lost in a good book??? Two thumbs way up for V.C.!
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Summary: Vintage V.C. Andrews
Review: Of all the new novels I've read, this one is the most V.C. Andrews in that the story is so intricate. I loved the turns and twists and I really got into the characters, especially on the naval base. It's a book for our times and yet it reminds me of the older books. I was glued to it.
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Summary: Does this schmuck know how to research?
Review: Okay, if you do the math, this book should take place in roughly the '70's or so. Here's a little lession for everybody. Before you sit down to write a novel that takes place years and years ago, you do research. If you don't do research, your characters might be listening to Backstreet Boys cds in Ancient Rome or watching Survivor while traveling on the Oregon Trail. When that happens, it is called an ANACHRONISM. Thus, having Grace listen to Shania Twain in the '70's is an ANACHRONISM! Therefore, that makes for a sloppy book that shows the author does not care one whit about it.
Why does the Andrews family keep this guy on? He stinks. Anachronisms galore, shoddy writing, characters nobody cares about or likes, and cliched plots - in short, a book that never even should have made it past the slushpile. But hey, if it had been Joe Writer writing this, it never would have made it past the slushpile. But with a big name splashed all over it, it gets published anyway, even though it's crap.
Good night and happy reading...just don't read this book.
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Summary: THE GLORY OF THE ORIGINAL V. C. ANDREWS RETURNS!
Review: So I am the first person to review this book. In a word - WOW! Into The Woods greatly redeems the V. C. Andrews ghostwriter! This is by far the most comprehensive, well-thought-out, and well written book he has done to date - with the exception of OLIVIA which will always remain one my favorites of the ghostwriter.I won't recap the book's plot but I instead want to point out Into The Wood's strengths! Most notably, in my opinion, this book plays out over seven or eight years -- not over a very short period of time -- and this is very similar to the original V. C. Andrews books. Also, this is an adult novel written for adult audiences and not just for teenagers - it is mature and is not about a young girl and her young girl school problems. Granted, while there is some of that, most of this story builds towards the climax and the committing of Grace Montgomery to the mental institution that will set everything in motion for the first book in the De Beers series - Willow. I cannot heartily recommend this book enough for anyone looking to a return of the original V. C. Andrews style. Suspense, intrigue, a young girl, an older man and a betrayal, a mother who becomes increasingly cold and wicked, and a shocking ending including a false pregnancy and a mental institution comittment! Let's hope this marks a return to the more in-depth books we have known to come and to love from V. C. Andrews and from the ghostwriter. Let's hope it is a preview of the next series or two to come. Is life grand or what? HEARTILY RECOMMENDED IF YOU LOVE V. C. ANDREWS AS MUCH AS I DO!
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Summary: This is a Great Book!
Review: The book, Into the Woods, was a great book. It really showed me that fame and fortune aren't everything. In fact, they can be the worst thing in the world. It also showed me that life is important and that you should stand up for yourself. V.C. Andrews has become my favorite author of all time! I love the De Beers Family series. Anywayz, read this book! It's the best!
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Summary: same story, different title
Review: The V.C Andrews family really needs to get a new ghost writer.The older books were much more entertaining with original plotlines and attention to detail.These last few books are so poorly written its hard to finish.
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Summary: One of the better books
Review: This is one of the better V.C. Andrews books to be released in awhile. I wasn't really fond of the Hudsons series and the first three books in the DeBeers series didn't impress me but this was a considerable improvement. I liked the fact that the book moved quickly and kept the reader wondering what was going to happen next. I knew most of Grace's story from the previous books in the series and it was nice to get the whole story from her point of view instead of Willow or Hannah's. After reading this book I am eager to read 'Hidden Leaves' to see how Grace's story finishes. This is definitely one of the ghostwriters better books.
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