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A review by emilyusuallyreading
Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews
2.0
What I Liked
Jory's character is strong and so likable. Everything he endures after 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.
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 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.
Jory's character is strong and so likable. Everything he endures after
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the accidentWhat 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
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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 issuesChris. 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 sandIt 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.