The Works of V.C. Andrews

[kali]

Yes, the "Yay, we're not really related after all, now we can date!" relationships are way worse to me than the biological relatives hooking up. Chris and Cathy were severely psychologically damaged and Heaven and Troy had no idea of their shared history. And at least those relationships were shown in a darker, more tragic light. Jimmy/Dawn and Annie/Luke were so syrupy and happy. The author treated them like they were a cute story about falling in love with the kid who grew up next door to you or something. But no, if you thought a girl was your sister or cousin for your entire childhood or adolescence? Falling in love with her is not adorable or sweet. This isn't Dawson and Joey, here.

[Queena]

Creepy Annie, creeped me out a bit too much. I had to stop at Fallen Hearts. I just can't keep going. I've read bad books, boring books, but I just can't finish this book a 2nd time. Going through my old books, I have all of V.C. Andrews books up until the last in the Casteel series. Most still look "brand new" I just can't keep reading them.

On a positive note, someone uploaded PDF's of almost all V.C. Andrews books. I've never completed the Hudson series. Although, I do own the first book....I was shocked, and intrigued that the Ghostwriter actually made a book with a non-white main character. It's a bit of a shock because almost all of the black characters in the Casteel series spoke like slaves in what appeared to be the 1960's. I know things weren't like they are today, but Master....really?

[Auroranorth]

Jun 9, 2011 18:52:33 GMT -4 kali said:

Yes, the "Yay, we're not really related after all, now we can date!" relationships are way worse to me than the biological relatives hooking up. Chris and Cathy were severely psychologically damaged and Heaven and Troy had no idea of their shared history. And at least those relationships were shown in a darker, more tragic light. Jimmy/Dawn and Annie/Luke were so syrupy and happy. The author treated them like they were a cute story about falling in love with the kid who grew up next door to you or something. But no, if you thought a girl was your sister or cousin for your entire childhood or adolescence? Falling in love with her is not adorable or sweet. This isn't Dawson and Joey, here.

Agreed. They did studies of kids raised in communal living situations- kibbutzes and such- and the kids tended to marry out because they saw the other children as siblings. I can't imagine going from "he's my brother" to "he's no biological relation- let's shack up!" without missing a beat.

[Deleted]

So after Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind, the Forever YA site has done a recap of My Sweet Audrina. This one seems much more fed-up/angry than the others, which were just flat-out funny snark, but there are still some choice quotes.

Audrina’s mother, Lucky, falls pregnant (the arrival of another Adare child is really more like a pronouncement of a grave illness, because these people suck and shouldn’t be allowed to populate the gene pool), but the combination of bourbon-laced tea and repeated beatings from Damian cause Lucky to go into premature labor and die while giving birth to a daughter, Sylvia. This makes Lucky as ironic a name-bearer as a stripper named Chastity.

Audrina grows very depressed and listless after Billie dies and she stays like that for a year or two and then one day she and Arden Lowe have it out about the fact that he is, you know, fucking her sister. Er, Vera, that is. Not Sylvia. Normally I wouldn’t have to clarify that, but this is a VC Andrews novel, so you never can tell. Arden Lowe is going to leave Audrina for Vera! He doesn’t want to, but Audrina has forced him to have an affair because of how she didn’t respond with overwhelming joy when he poked at her thighs for a few minutes and then shoved his half-flaccid dick in her whilst sweating on her face.

Then, the next day, Arden ever-so-briefly hints that maybe possibly in the future, one time when Audrina is super nice and says her pleases and thank yous, and has cleansed herself repeatedly using only the world’s finest douches, he MIGHT consent to go down on her. Audrina is overwhelmed with gratitude at this special gift that her husband of FOUR FUCKING YEARS is bestowing upon her, and stupid Arden Lowe is all “well, I didn’t do it before now because you seem not to enjoy it when I ram my half-flaccid dick into your dry vagina.” And this is the point where I pretty much threw my book down in disgust and pulled out my own hair. God, I’d like to think that no boy ever read this book and thought this was the way to have sexy times with a lady, but I think it’s possible that a few of them did and then they all ended up going to my college.

Anyhooskies, Audrina ends up in a coma. After she’s been in the coma for a few weeks, she starts coming out of it – enough to hear Arden Lowe and Vera talking about how they need to pull the plug. By the way, Arden Lowe and Vera are having sex again. I guess Audrina drove him to it, because of how she wouldn’t have sex with him while she was in a coma on life support.

The part about Milk Carton Vaginas is epic, but it does sound like reading so much Andrews has pushed the recapper over the edge.

[carrier76]

one of those awful V.C. Andrews turns of phrase that has never left me is "my breasts jiggled with the force of his lovemaking."

"Lewd and licentious smile". I have never heard that before in my life in any other context.

[Queena]

The review of MSA was made of 100% win!

[kateln]

Jun 14, 2011 15:43:06 GMT -4 Queena said:

The review of MSA was made of 100% win!

I have never read this book. But now I never have too--that review was just

I also have skipped workouts for two nights in a row, that site.

[Auroranorth]

Jun 11, 2011 3:41:05 GMT -4 @ronette said:

The part about Milk Carton Vaginas is epic, but it does sound like reading so much Andrews has pushed the recapper over the edge.

Totally epic. And I think if I'd tried reading that book on a plane where I couldn't hurl it against the wall every three seconds, I'd have sounded just as bonkers by the end.

[Queena]

Reading Web of Dreams that to read and enjoy her books, you have to throw logic, common sense, and maturity out of the window. Instead of running away, why didn't she go live with her Dad? She's also a bit, as we say fast. Hot in the pants. She's hanging with high schoolers, and of course has the same obsession with her breast as other Andrews characters. How ANYONE could marry Jillian is beyond my understanding. She's horrendous.

Almost to the Cutler series. I can't wait to see if Dawn is as dumb as everyone says.

[kathy1977]

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Reading Web of Dreams that to read and enjoy her books, you have to throw logic, common sense, and maturity out of the window. Instead of running away, why didn't she go live with her Dad?

Didn't Cleave VanVoreen die at some point in the book?

I can't even remember. I do know he and Jillian divorced but for some reason I thought he later died. If he wasn't dead then yeah, why wouldn't Leigh try to go live with him? He seemed to be the only sane character in all of the books.