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by V. C. Andrews (Author) "Whenever Dad didn't drive me home from school, a yellow school bus would let me off at an isolated spot where I would recover my..." (more)
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Chris and Cathy made such a loving home for fourteen-year-old Jory -- so handsome, so gentle. And for Bart,who had such a dazzling imagination for a nine year old.

Then the lights came on in the house next door. Soon the Old Lady in Black was there, watching them, guarded by her strange old butler. Soon she had Bart over for cookies and ice cream and asked him to call her "Grandmother".

And soon Bart's transformation began...

Fed by the hint of terrible things about his mother and father...leading him into shocking acts of violence.

Now while this little boy trembles on the edge of madness, his anguished parents await the climax to a horror that flowered in an attic long ago, a horror whose thorns are still wet with blood, still tipped with fire.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.



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Young Bart, son of Chris and Cathy who spent their adolescence locked in an attic, trembles on the edge of madness. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best in the series, Jun 28 2004
By Robin M Goffinet (Richmond, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: If There Be Thorns (Mass Market Paperback)
This sequal is a little different from the rest as it is told from the perspective of Cathy's kids Bart and Jory.

Bart is a troubled little boy who seems to get his jollies from torture and disrespect. Jory is the complete opposite. When the mysterious "Woman in Black" moves in next door, things get really interesting. Bart discovers that the man that has been his father all thru his childhood is not really his father, but his uncle and his mother's incestial relationship with him.

The woman next door turns out to be someone you NEVER in a million years expected her to be and the ending displays an almost supernatural sort of love. Read it! You won't be sorry!

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5.0 out of 5 stars the most disturbing book in the series, April 28 2004
This review is from: If There Be Thorns (Mass Market Paperback)
if you read flowers in the attic & petals on the wind, you might be ready to prick your finger with if there be thorns. out of all the books in this series, thorns is by far the most disturbing & suspenseful. cathy & chris are married with children & they would seem to be a pretty normal family if you didn't know any better. what seems to be an ideal home is threatened by a mysterious butler & an old lady dressed in only black who live next door. ofcourse, we don't have to be rocket scientists to figure out who the lady in black is or the creepy as sin butler. naturally, one of cathy's boys spend some time(a bit too much if you ask me) around these weirdos & the plot thickens. will jory & bart survive or will they suffer a fate worse than death such as depravity? will cathy & chris bring closure to their problems & the terrible memories of what happened not so long ago? v.c. andrews takes the pen away from our herione cathy this time around & places it in the hands of her sons bart & jory who give their perspectives on growing up & the unspeakable horrors or trangressions which take place in their young lives. once again, andrews enthralls with her woven tale of greed & punishment or tortured souls who seek out love & acceptance in all the wrong places. if you loved the first 2 books, you will absolutely love if their be thorns. if you were bored with the first two, this one has a better pace & really cuts to the chase quickly. the ending is truly touching but does give closure to the relationship of cathy & her mother. i, personally, feel flowers in the attic or if there be thorns are the best books in this series but i think petals on the wind was necessary & does answer our questions of how the children survived once they escaped the dreaded attic in their grnadmother's mansion. seeds of yesterday is also quite good but may be a bit far fetched for some. however, the ending of seeds of yesterday is bittersweet & finally puts an end to all the miseries which manifested in an attic nearly forty some odd years ago. thank you v.c andrews for the flowers. i loved--------your books. the writer that was hired to take your place sucks sad to say. :(
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3.0 out of 5 stars not as good as the others in the series, Jan 17 2004
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This review is from: If There Be Thorns (Mass Market Paperback)
I didn't think this book was as good as the others in the series, but it includes a lot of information about Jory and Bart in it that you probably want to know if you plan on reading the fourth book. Jory and Bart alternate telling the story, so it wasn't narrated by Cathy, but if she were to tell it, half of the information just wouldn't be there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
I LOVE THIS NOVEL IT WAS SUSPENSEFUL AND CREEPY, I READ IT IN 2 DAYS!
Published on Jan 6 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
I think this book could have been better written. I didn't like how it was written in the two boys' views. Read more
Published on Sep 22 2003 by shady1521

3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing when switching points of view
This story like MY SWEET AUDRINA confused me. It started with Cathy's point of view. Then it turned to the view point of her sons. Read more
Published on Aug 31 2003 by eliza19922001

4.0 out of 5 stars The weakest link
This book is terrific too, but not nearly as engaging as all of the others in this series. I think it's because it is from the child's perspective, and I think that tends to... Read more
Published on Jul 4 2003 by ruhruh1979

3.0 out of 5 stars Not very intresting
Although it is narrated by Bart and Jory,I didn't find it very intresting.Corrine deserves more suffer.Bart's attitude is to hostile.And I believe its more of the same thing. Read more
Published on April 20 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not as good as ........
The first two books in the Dollanger series. It's a good read though so try it.
Published on Mar 29 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars I think V.C. Andrews is sicker than her characters...
I have read many of V.C. Andrews books and they all horrified me. At first it was interesting because I had never read about these kinds of situations before... Read more
Published on Mar 27 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars possibly the best and the saddest
This is told by 14-year-old Jory and 9-year-old Bart, the children of Cathy (of the "Flowers in The Attic" series. Read more
Published on Jan 6 2003 by Saima Huq

5.0 out of 5 stars V.C. Andrews is a genious!!!
Not one of her books have been bad...and this one is almost as good as the first. I think the second one is the best.. Read more
Published on Dec 27 2002 by J. Fischer

4.0 out of 5 stars Bart rules this one! If he only knew...
I thought this story was wonderfully told! I loved the idea of Jory and particularly Bart narrating it. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2002 by Stephanie A. Rowe

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