V.C. Andrews
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 374 pages Rating: 3.77 | 41132 Users | 1078 Reviews
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| Title | : | If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger #3) |
| Author | : | V.C. Andrews |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 374 pages |
| Published | : | 1996 by Pocket (first published November 28th 1981) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Horror. Young Adult. Romance. Gothic. Thriller. Drama |
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Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her “grandmother.” Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home…and everything they love may soon be torn from them.List Books As If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger #3)
| Original Title: | If There Be Thorns |
| ISBN: | 0671729454 (ISBN13: 9780671729455) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dollanganger #3 |
| Setting: | Fairfax, California(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 41132 Users | 1078 ReviewsCritique Epithetical Books If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger #3)
Catherine and Chris move to Marin County and pretend to be husband and wife. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?I kind of liked that one of the kids was, like, just flippin' crazy, because if you don't think this kind of effed-up family dynamic trickles down to your kids, then you're pretty much just a selfish moron. (See Catherine and Chris.) Unfortunately, Ms. Andrews really seemed to believe she had a handle on the voice of a ten-year-old. She didn't, making this one darn nigh unreadable. Which is too bad,I enjoyed this book and its craziness. I think this has been my favorite in the series so far. I like that the narration shifted to the two sons because I found Cathy's perspective pretty annoying in the last book. I found Bart hilarious. I love that he's a total psychopath and no ones seems very concerned. He may or may not have killed multiple animals because they didn't love him enough, he constantly stabs at people with his knife, he hobbles around like an old man; he is a whole lot of
Book Review 3+ of 5 stars to If There Be Thorns, the third book in the "Dollanganger" series written in 1981 by V.C. Andrews. After the first two books, I didn't think you could keep the thrills and suspense going in this series, mostly because one family can only endure so much torture over the years. Surprisingly, I actually found I liked a large part of this book; however, it was a bit excessive and drawn out at times. The story, told from the perspective of Cathy and Chris' kids,
(Full review here: http://wp.me/p1Zgyz-7d )(view spoiler)[At the end of Petals on the Wind, Cathy was struggling with 2 small children and a dying (second) husband. Paul's dying wish was that she give in to Chris and allow him to provide for her as a husband would. So SHE DOES!If There Be Thorns starts up 9 years later, with Chris and Cathy living as husband and wife (ew) in Northern California. For some reason, I keep wanting to say they live in New Mexico, even though I know that isn't
Here we go again, picking up seven years later with the two remaining Dresden Dolls and Cathy's spawn. This time around Cathy is not our narrator, thank you Jaysus! Honestly, I cannot stand Cathy, shes just all around terrible and any goodwill or sympathy she gained in Flowers in the Attic was shredded by Petals on the Wind. This story is her sons Jory (I cant with that name) and Barts to tell. Jory (ugh, that name) and Bart (another ugh) are polar opposites. Bart is jealous of Jory and feels
Here we go again, picking up seven years later with the two remaining Dresden Dolls and Cathy's spawn. This time around Cathy is not our narrator, thank you Jaysus! Honestly, I cannot stand Cathy, shes just all around terrible and any goodwill or sympathy she gained in Flowers in the Attic was shredded by Petals on the Wind. This story is her sons Jory (I cant with that name) and Barts to tell. Jory (ugh, that name) and Bart (another ugh) are polar opposites. Bart is jealous of Jory and feels
I couldn't wait to start part 3 of the series. It was really different because this book is written out of the eyes of Jory and Bart (the children of Cathy) and so we see the story in a another way, then part 1 and 2. After I got used to this way of writing, I started to love this book. It was a good sequel and it had a good ending. It is a good story even though it is over a very controversial subject (incest). I do however hope Bart will turn a little more normal in the next book, but we will
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