Reviews

Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews

cosmicruin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Child abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

irisleiva21's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nicola949's review against another edition

5.0

Think I'll do a re-read and relive my childhood! My rating reflects that I loved all the books in the series when I read them but I'll need to update once I've re-read. I wonder if my 'grown up' opinion will be different to that of a thirteen-year-old who had never read anything like this before!

indigo666's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

novelesque_life's review against another edition

1.0

When I read these novels back in the day I would have given them 3-3.5 STARS and now would say about one Star


I started reading VC Andrews books in the 1991 and stopped about 2003.

I have read:
-Dollanganger Series
-Casteel Series
-Cutler Series
-Landry Series
-Logan Series
-Orphans Series
-Wildflowers Series
-Hudson Series
-Shooting Stars Series
-DeBeers Series
-Broken Wings Series

As a preteen reading these novels was a rebellion and the gothic theme also seemed cool. I stopped reading this author because the novelty wore off, the novels are too formulaic that I could not tell one book from another and gothic aspect was lost.

jennifer1130's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was very slow going until the final chapter where it all happens! Total shame, because it could have been better if the action was a bit spread out. 

jake_leicht's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

paop's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

cdccx12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

emilyusuallyreading's review against another edition

2.0

What I Liked
Jory's character is strong and so likable. Everything he endures after

Spoiler

the accident

is realistic, from his bitterness and despair to his resilience and decision to persevere. I really enjoyed reading about him.

What I Didn't Like
Joel as a character drove me batty. At the start of the book, it seems as if he is a relatively normal - while legalistic - old man. He says he hates his father so much that he won't even call him Father... but after a few chapters of normalcy, he talks about his father with admiration, he condemns the family, and he makes all sorts of threats without any actual culminations of them. Also - I'm not certain why Joel kept referring to the "evil twins" since he didn't even know them, as he was living in Switzerland during their lifespans.

Bart's character is also confusing. He doesn't have a constant. His mood swings are a part of his character, yes, but the ending troubles me

Spoiler

just like that, Bart is fine and humble and not crazy and not psycho and makes BFFs with his sister and doesn't have any more issues

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Chris. I've been a Chris fan in the other books, but he was barely around in these, as if he was an inconvenience. Completely clueless as to everything going on.

The "pranks." It was never really decided who was tormenting Jory - from the

Spoiler

Samson disaster with the wet sand

to all the tacks in his chairs and the bugs in his tea and the person who would open his windows during a rain storm. That was there to scare the reader, but never really came to an acceptable conclusion. The same with that weird phone call to Cathy. It just felt like these plot points were so poorly plotted out that they ended up making no sense at all.

It seemed like the whole story was building up to this epic climax of fighting back between Chris and Cathy and the dark Foxworth legacy... but it never happened. It built and built and built and built. And then the book ended. What an unsatisfying way to end a story.