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Summary: A must-read!
Review: This is the last novel in the series, and I just loved it. I'm glad we finally got to meet the warped and enigmatic Malcolm Foxworth...AND see that the grandmother, Olivia, was at one time a human being. I also like Garland and Alicia. This book was haunting and unforgettable.
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Summary: A cold and twisting horror.
Review: Garden of Shadows, by V.C. Andrews was a dark and vengeful book. After Olivia marries Malcom she discoveries her blond haired, cerulean blue eyed husband is the not the romantic sweet man she thought she married. As the book goes deeper into the shadows of Foxworth Hall it becomes more twisted. I found this book to be cruel and depresing. It does keep your attention well with calmly revealing the secrets hidden in this awesome mansion. I thought this to be intriguing, yet harshly sad.
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Summary: The evil was spawned in a... GARDEN OF SHADOWS
Review: The one liner above this sentence is what immediately caught my attention at the bookstore a few months ago.Okay, so let me get this straight: Within "FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC", you meet the most perfect heroine you'd ever expect. Her name is Cathy. Her mother is a selfish, elusively beautiful woman with many terrible secrets that should have forever been locked away, or else let go of, if that was possible. And because of Corrine's (her mother) conceited, selfish ways she led her children up to a malicious attic where they had nothing to embrace but the dusty darkness....and each other....(THAT'S RIGHT!) In "Petals on the Wind", they barely managed to escape the certain fate that one of their siblings had never recovered from, and because of their shameful past and shattered innocence, the children were swept into the loving arms of a parent that dared to love them a thousand more breaths then Corrine ever did! Yet that still didn't stop the past from continuing its dark legacy in the Dollangangers' lives.... In "If There Be Thorns", the evil past grew despite Cathy and Chris's attempts to stop it, and in the final haunting novel of the Dollanganger Series, "Seeds of Yesterday", the past is monstrous in its enraged fury, leading to an unescapable path for the Dollangangers, unless their family finally banishes the evil forever...if that's possible.... And now, when I have regretfully finished the last book of the series, I was fortunate to come across a copy at a bookstore (whenever I go to a bookstore, they're either sold out or they don't have it) of the prelude to this shocking series. And as I picked this book up, I turned the pages, one after another, bought it, and read it at home. I loved it. Is just as devastating, emotional, and as remorseful as hell. This was disturbing, stunning, and beautifully put together. Yet, I am confused by many thoughts that won't go away in my mind. Olivia ("THE Grandmother") was given such a harsh life, one that was greatly portraited in this novel, but how can her stories contradict Corrine's and Corrine's contradict her mother's? It's very confusing, and though the questions will never be answered, I loved this book.
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Summary: If you liked Flowers in the Attic read Garden of Shadows
Review: I (being somewhat non-conformist) read Garden of Shadows before I read the other books in this series. However, reading this book tied everything together in my mind, and reading through The Flowers In the Attic, Petals On the Wind, and right now- If There Be Thorns, everything makes sense! My friends have been trading off the books and they all seem slightly confused, but one by one, as they finish the series, this is the book that ties everything together- so please, READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Ummm.. Don't know what to say
Review: I don't like this book so far. I haven't read all of it, and if my opinion changes, i intend to post another review. But after reading Flowers in the Attic, I find it hard to fall in love with Olivia like I did Cathy or any other heroines. She just seemed so harsh in FITA, that it's difficult to believe that this is the same grandmother
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Summary: it makes sense!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I read this right after FITA, but i didn't believe this was the same grandmother!!!!!!!!1 sorry but I did just love Olivia in the begining of this book. but it does explain a bit, and you then find out the whole truth that was never discovered!!
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Summary: This one really clears up a lot of my questions!
Review: Of the Dollanganger series, this one was the last one I read, and it gave me a whole new perspective on the situation. After reading Flowers in the Attic, I felt nothing but hate and disgust for Olivia Foxworth, but now having read Garden of Shadows, I feel mostly pity for the woman! She had a really horrible life, and though it is not excusable to treat innocent children the way she did the Dresden Dolls, I now understand that through her many painful years as mistress of Foxworth Hall, she had nothing left to give anyone but pain and hate. I highly recommend this book! You'll be as enthralled as I was!
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Summary: It actually makes you feel sorry for the grandmother!
Review: In the first book in the series I competely hated the grandmother and didn't see why she hated everyone so much. But this book totally explains everything ! All she wanted was for someone to love her and she got stuck with that rich jerk turned her into a cold-hearted witch. I loved this book so much that it inspired me to write one!
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Summary: THE TRUTH UNFOLDS!
Review: The truth comes out about the Dollanganger/Foxworth family in this novel! It's a deep, dark secret that no ones, not even Cathy or Chris, but Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth know. This secret will be forever hidden...read and find out what it is!!! It's over the deep end!!
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Summary: Very sad, very good...
Review: This is a gripping page turner you won't want to put down untill you finish. It is a great story of shattered dreams, and over comming the disapointments in life. The charecter developement is great and explains alot about certain things in later books.
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