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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
This story is so very twisted, but I couldn't put it down!
I wanted to give this book more than three stars, but there are so many discrepancies with regards to Celeste's and Betsy's ages that I couldn't give it more stars.
In the first book, "Celeste," when Celeste met Elliot, she told him that she was fifteen years old and was currently being home schooled. Elliot told her that Betsy was almost eighteen years old. In this book, Celeste once mentions during her narrative that she got her high school equivalency at fourteen years old then, another time when baby Celeste was three years old, she said something about get her high school equivalency two years ago. At that point, she had to be at least eighteen if not nineteen in order for Baby Celeste to be three years old.
With regards to Betsy, her dad referred to her as a teenager when he complained about her, but she had to be at least twenty one years old.
Another thing that bothered me was when baby Celeste was referred to as an infant when she was at least three years old if not four years old and why was she carried everywhere. Toward the end of the book, she acted more her age though.
Other than the problems stated above, I was intrigued enough to keep reading and it ended with a great cliffhanger which makes me want to read the next book, but I can't say that I'm a fan of the V.C. Andrews that isn't the original V.C. Andrews.
In the first book, "Celeste," when Celeste met Elliot, she told him that she was fifteen years old and was currently being home schooled. Elliot told her that Betsy was almost eighteen years old. In this book, Celeste once mentions during her narrative that she got her high school equivalency at fourteen years old then, another time when baby Celeste was three years old, she said something about get her high school equivalency two years ago. At that point, she had to be at least eighteen if not nineteen in order for Baby Celeste to be three years old.
With regards to Betsy, her dad referred to her as a teenager when he complained about her, but she had to be at least twenty one years old.
Another thing that bothered me was when baby Celeste was referred to as an infant when she was at least three years old if not four years old and why was she carried everywhere. Toward the end of the book, she acted more her age though.
Other than the problems stated above, I was intrigued enough to keep reading and it ended with a great cliffhanger which makes me want to read the next book, but I can't say that I'm a fan of the V.C. Andrews that isn't the original V.C. Andrews.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3/5
Definitely an improvement with the intrigue but I do have to admit, some things really was kinda meh or like what the fuck. For example, portraying the rape and manipulation of Celeste and Elliot as something less, and maybe even slightly romantic in some aspects, DISGUSTING. Other than that, this book was much easier to read.
It also drove me crazy how Celeste (Noble) refused to help herself, and I understand she is a victim; however, she was a frustrating protagonist to follow due to this.
Definitely an improvement with the intrigue but I do have to admit, some things really was kinda meh or like what the fuck. For example, portraying the rape and manipulation of Celeste and Elliot as something less, and maybe even slightly romantic in some aspects, DISGUSTING. Other than that, this book was much easier to read.
It also drove me crazy how Celeste (Noble) refused to help herself, and I understand she is a victim; however, she was a frustrating protagonist to follow due to this.
This book is second in the Gemini series, picking-up with Celeste - who has been forced to take on the life of her dead brother, Noble and deny her own child, "Baby Celeste". Her mother marries the father of Baby Celeste's father and kills him and then makes his own daughter, Betsey's life miserable. Mrs. Atwell believes Baby Celeste has inherited the powers to talk to the dead and sees her as some kind of new key. In the end, Celeste reveals herself and kills Betsey (by accident) and her mother dies, leaving Celeste to raise her own child and Betsey's son, Panther, among all the spirits.
The old VC Andrews books used to be really entertaining and shocking. Now that she is dead and they ghost-write them, they are too over-the-top and ridiculous. The writing is too simplistic and the plots are just shallow, I knew when I picked-up the book that it would be fluff, but "Flowers in the Attic" was actually interesting and didn't read like a 13 year old wrote it!
The old VC Andrews books used to be really entertaining and shocking. Now that she is dead and they ghost-write them, they are too over-the-top and ridiculous. The writing is too simplistic and the plots are just shallow, I knew when I picked-up the book that it would be fluff, but "Flowers in the Attic" was actually interesting and didn't read like a 13 year old wrote it!