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Summary: I'm only giving it one star cuz I half to
Review: If your a so-called V.C. Andrews ghost writer fan then you'll probably like this book. But if your a fan of the Real V.C. Andrews then your like me and hated it. I don't know why I read these books there always the same. Whimpy sappy girl grows up in some kind of sterotypical slums and is the smartest one out of the family of yokles or hood rats. She is smart beautiful and well spoken. She never gives her mommy (momma) any trouble or her evil Daddy (pa0. And she is a wonderful singer,dancer,painter,actress or all of the above. Then one day her rose color glasses are knocked of by some kind of soap opera betrayal. She is sold or kidnapped. Get some new ideas for crying out loud people are hip to your same ol same ol plots. Give up while your miles behind Mr.Ghost writter. Never send a man to a woman's job.
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Summary: annoying and detrimenatl to your health
Review: Immaturity, an annoying naive outlook on the world, and good looks are the defining characteristics of the V.C. Andrews daughters. They are also somehow intrinsicly(sp?)more special and sexually more "pure" than their jealous peers. That and they usually experience the horror of rape only to seek no legal help nor counseling and it doesn't seem to have as an adverse effect on their lives as in the real world. Just like "Mommy" when she was raped probably by the same jerk i.e. Dawn by Philip then Christie by Philip.
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Summary: Andrews Best in a While
Review: In the conclusion of the Hudson series, Rain's daughter, Summer, happens upon tragedy and rises above it. she does not show fear at the sign of trauma. It WAS GREAT
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Summary: Who is the girl on the cover ?
Review: In the introduction, the writer describes Summer as having turquoise eyes, ebony hair and slightly dark complexion with freckles .... so who is the brown-eyed, medium-brown haired girl with creamy white blush skin on the cover and inner jacket of this book ??? I guess details don't matter to anyone associated with the production of this novel. Artwork doesn't have to match the text and the publisher doesn't care if they conflict. This book is intended to quickly separate $$$ from our wallets simply because it has the name 'V.C. Andrews' emblazed on the cover. (And I'm really surprised they did manage to spell the name correctly.) My collection of these books stops today. And frankly, I wish I was smart enough to have stopped much earlier.
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Summary: STANDARD FARE -- SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, SECRETS LIE
Review: It comes as no surprise that Rain gave her only a child a nature themed name. It comes as no surprise that in the fourth installment, Summer would be the narrator. Rain, Summer and the Hudson bunch are by far and away the best Ghostwriter aka V.C. Andrews characters. Fortunately things work out for this bunch. Never one to pass up a chance to throw in the brother-sister thing, Summer predictably hooks up with her step uncle Roy's stepson, Harley. Although they are not related (thank goodness), they did have a fraternal relationship as children. So as usual, we got that fraternal mix into the works not to mention a truckload of dirty linen that is about to be washed and some skeletons that come dancing out of the closets. Standard fare.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: It was a good read- I was very pleased to see that sometimes things can work out happily in these stories. Summer was a great child who knew about true friendship and not keeping secrets- that was a first. Good book, can't wait for the next.
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Summary: Sadly lacking the V.C Andrew magic
Review: Ive been an avid reader of V.C Andrews books for a long time. Her books were always so well written, that i would have never thought that they would be so lacking in all aspects. When i finished reading The End of The Rainbow i was really depressed. I was hoping that maybey the Rain series would live up to the rest, but it didnt. The whole story seemed rushed and undeveloped, it lacked the usual magic that made her books fantastic. Although i cant ever give up entirely on Neiderman because i love V.C Andrews so much, i'll just keep hoping that this book isnt the end of the rainbow.
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Summary: Similar yet different from the usual V.C. Andrews...
Review: OK, I've been reading V.C. Andrews books since I was 13. So of course, when I started reading the Hudson series, I was expecting the same story line-girl comes from a poor family, finds rich relatives or is adopted by rich ones, is still loved by a brother or some other relation, gets raped by some jerk, ends up marrying the guy she always thought was a relative, has a beautiful daughter, the family is rich, the daughter is a princess to everyone, daughter is real naiive, falls in love with someone who is like a family member but not really, there is a trashy aunt who tries to corrupt the daughter, she finds out the family secrets, the girl from the first book and her husband die in an accident and the poor defenseless daughter is left all alone. Yet, by the end of the book, everything is good, and it is a happy ending. And the book always ends with some cheesy sentence. And while Rain did start off with basically the same story line, The End of the Rainbow was really different from the typical "daughter's book". First of all, this book really breaks away from the typical white-bread thing, most of the couples in this series are mixed-race couples. Also, when Summer gets raped, instead of being the typical V.C. Andrews heroine and keeping quiet about it, she actually tells on the guy and gets him in trouble. And even though I was expecting it, thankfully Rain and Austin do not die! But there is still a scene where Summer is trapped somewhere, like the daughters in the other books. And in this book there is trashy Aunt Alison, whereas in the other serieses there was Aunt Clara Sue and Aunt Fanny and Aunt Fawn. But I definitely think that this was the best series that the ghostwriter has written so far.
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Summary: VC Andrews Must Be Turning Over In Her Grave!
Review: OK, OK. VC Andrews books are a guilty pleasure but this was unbearable. I can't wait to sell it on Ebay or Amazon Auctions. Talk about boring - all you had to do was skim the pages and you got the story. And the story is another rehash of mean people, inner/inter family love, etc. The ending made no sense and hopefully the ghostwriter will realize that the next time he is writing a series to stay out of the present time for the time for all the books. This book could have been written by a 12 year old!
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: Okay, now anyone who reads V.C. Anndrews' novels knows that there are always 5 books! With 5 books you get the explanation of how the whole mess started in the first place. As far as I can tell there is no plan for the 5th book. But that is not the only reason I am giving this book a low rating. The other is that it was the worst one in the whole series, which was unimpressive to begin with. But the bad thing about a series is that once you begin them you just have to finish-if you know what I mean. The main character for End of the Rainbow, Summer is not one that you can fall into, and is very unbelievable and one dimensional. The plot is boring. This book is written in V.C. Andrews form but it has none of her style. I suggest if you want to read V.C. Andrews, read V.C. Andrews, and not a ghost writter who can't fill her shoes!
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