If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger, Book 3)
by V.C. Andrews, Virginia C. Andrews
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Read in March, 1982
I'm doing this one from memory as well, so please bear with me. If I get anything wrong, just let me know and I will amend it below my original review.
If There Be Thorns is the third book in the Dollanganger series. The story continues with the incestuous siblings, Cathy and Christopher Sheffield. However, the focus is now shifted to half-brothers Jory and Bart Sheffield, Cathy’s two boys.
Cathy and Christopher Sheffield raise the boys together even though she feels that one day t...more
If There Be Thorns is the third book in the Dollanganger series. The story continues with the incestuous siblings, Cathy and Christopher Sheffield. However, the focus is now shifted to half-brothers Jory and Bart Sheffield, Cathy’s two boys.
Cathy and Christopher Sheffield raise the boys together even though she feels that one day t...more
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Read in January, 1988
I say again that my copies of these books were used when I got them and are completely tattered and dog eared now after reading through them twice. I don't know if I will read through them again (I probably will - a guilty pleasure), but these gave me hours of enjoyment as a teenager so I can't seem to give them up. They will probably remain on my bookshelf until my daughter is old enough to ask about them and then I will hide them away! Lol...
Anyway, in this book Cathy and her children l...more
Anyway, in this book Cathy and her children l...more
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I think in my collection, I listed one Cherry Ames book, even though I read a million. I listed one Diana Gabaldon book, even though I read them all. But for the dollanganger series, each addition held my interest and showed the progression of the story in such a satisfactory way that it could have been read as a standalone.
For the genre of horrible trashy sensationalistic romance, this series cannot be beat.
I do not feel the same way about V.C. Andrew's other books. I think that they ar...more
For the genre of horrible trashy sensationalistic romance, this series cannot be beat.
I do not feel the same way about V.C. Andrew's other books. I think that they ar...more
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I'm embarassed that I ever read anything by V.C. Andrews. Her novels are disturbing on so many levels.
This book is worth reading the last page. Simply know that throughout this book this young boy is reading the diary of a twisted man and becoming warped as he does. No need to waste your time on the book, just know that and skip to the last page. A most twisted ending - but for once V.C. Andrews chose to have a twist that is not twisted in a perverse sexual way.
By the way, I wouldn...more
This book is worth reading the last page. Simply know that throughout this book this young boy is reading the diary of a twisted man and becoming warped as he does. No need to waste your time on the book, just know that and skip to the last page. A most twisted ending - but for once V.C. Andrews chose to have a twist that is not twisted in a perverse sexual way.
By the way, I wouldn...more
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Read in January, 1985
I'm going to copy and paste this to all of them!!!! I feel like I have to justify this and all of the other V. C. Andrews books on my list!! I read these when I was young and loved them! My sister and I poured through them- they were obviously trashy for our age (probably the appeal) but mom let us read ANYTHING- as long as we were readung she was ok with it! And that paied off- because both my sister and I still read for pleasure daily. You can't beat it! Hey- and why be a book snob???
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Sort of embarassing to admit... but VC Andrews and Stephen King were the books in 4th and 5th grade that really got me "hooked" on reading- probably for all the wrong reasons- the thrills, the sex, the sinfulness that I couldn't watch on TV... don't regret it, but am shocked that I tore through so many of her books when they really were such crap! :)
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Read in January, 1991
I pretty much kept reading these just because I wanted to find out what happened to the characters out of morbid curiosity. If there was a weird sex scene I skipped it. If there was something that was too scary of violent I skipped it. I still managed to walk away kinda disturbed, but I guess the first book in this series set a good example because I still cared about them in a weird detached way.
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Read in July, 2008
This is a really, really bad book. The second book of the series was pretty bad, but still readable--I seriously think I am going to just skip ahead to the end because this sucks so hard. So, here's my advice to those reading the Dollanganger family series: Don't read beyond the first two. This isn't even good garbage.
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Once again, these were some pretty fab books when I was young, I don't regret reading them or think that they're crap nowadays, they helped me get into reading just as much as the rest of the books that I read as a child and young adult.
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Wow..I remember reading the whole V.C. Andrews series when I was in the 6th grade! I also remember not being able to put the books down because they were so good. Yes..this family puts a whole new meaning to the word, "dsyfunctional!"
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i picked this one up in an airport once. it was okay, but i think at the time i may have been too young for it. maybe i'll read it again sometime. i think i was probably about 15. it was kinda eery.
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Read in June, 1980
Yes, a little ashamed to admit that I read the books, because of the content.. but still Loved the series, but will have to re-read this one! I cant remember the details as much as the first one.
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Read in April, 1983
Part of the V.C. Andrews series that really started my love of reading back when I was about 11 or 12.
I loved all four of the series from Flowers in the Attic to Seeds of Yesterday.
I loved all four of the series from Flowers in the Attic to Seeds of Yesterday.
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The first and most important of the Andrews series. Felt oh so wrong while reading it and yet no girl of my generation could put them down! I enjoyed every page of every book.
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Read in December, 1997
This book was as delighting as the previous ones. I really liked the books when I was younger, but if I were to read them again, I do not think that I would enjoy them as much.
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These books kept me reading as a young teen so at that time I would have rated them a 4 or 5 since I believe anything that gets a kid to enjoy reading is a good thing.
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
only VC Andrew fans
Didn't really like the 'flow' of this book. Andrews wrote in a different style that I was not comfortable with. However, a must read as it is in the series!
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Read in January, 1995
recommends it for:
dog killers
The only thing I remember about this book is that the kid kills his own dog and that this book was horrible and fucked up like all of VC Andrews' books.
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Read in January, 1998
I think this one was my favorite of the saga. It's hard to say, but this is the kind of series you really find yourself needing to read the whole set.
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Oh that evil Grandmother! I really can't remember what age I was when I read these books, but it was a great escape from my childhood.
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