Seeds of Yesterday ¦ VC Andrews ¦ Review

My 2024 review of the final book in VC Andrews Dollanganger Series (chronically speaking, that is), Seeds of Yesterday.
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[@AnotherJenn42]

I read this as a teenager, but never revisited it. Every book in this series could have ended the story. Since the core of the story is Cathy’s resentment and need for revenge against her mother, that does definitively conclude in If There Be Thorns. This book is almost an epilogue to catch up on the damage done by her actions and a lot of it seems unnecessary.
It is disappointing Cathy and Christopher ended up exactly like their parents. Considering their history, I would have thought they would make a conscious effort to avoid that.
Interested to hear what you have to say about Garden of Shadows. That book is … well, that book exists.

[@Manfred-nj8vz]

Always nice! Have you ever thought to read / talk about any novel by Nikos Kazantzakis? The Last Temptation or Christ Recrucified?

[@beingheardmedia6339]

Yeah this book was hella frustrating. Cathy though is shackled by her guilt - as she should be! That's why she stays with him. She knows damn good and well that Bart's nuttiness (genetics aside) is her fault, her AND Chris'. Chris was a SHIT. He was NOT wonderful. He was conducting a perverted sexual relationship with his sister. And everyone, Jory, Cindy and of course Chris and Cathy just sort of shrug their shoulders and say oh well. No wonder Bart went nuts! He became a religious zealot partly because of his "parents'" perversity. So I can't count him as a total villain. The big problem with the Dollanganger series is this underlying notion that if the person is BEAUTIFUL then they must also be GOOD. And if they are GOOD they must be forgiven everything, no matter how off the wall it is.
Sadly, I remain team Bart (#teambart) in this story. Because as bad as he is, everyone else is ACTUALLY worse. And the only thing I hold against Melody is leaving her kids. Because you can't just live in this kind of madhouse. And Cindy was a little ho' bag, lol (it's funny cause it's true...)