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Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later
by Francine Pascal
Okay . . . I have a few issues with this one. Growing up I had read Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, and Sweet Valley University. I grew up with Jessica and Elizabeth and literally devoured many of the books. I'm having trouble with this one. I'll come back when I'm done - hopefully the issues I am having with it won't become so overpowering that I have to put it down - and fully review it, issues and all.
There was a lot to be desired here. After all the issues between the twins for a good part of the book, having it all wrapped up in a nice, neat bow in perfect Sweet Valley, where everyone ultimately gets what they want/deserve is a little unrealistic. And if Jessica - a twenty-seven year old woman - said "like" one more time I was going to pull my hair out!! How can you want to mature a character then still have her talk like she's an air-headed teenager? It just didn't work for me. And I should have cared that a beloved character - Winston Egbert - had died. But I didn't. I really didn't feel much for the characters I grew up with. Disappointing.
There was a lot to be desired here. After all the issues between the twins for a good part of the book, having it all wrapped up in a nice, neat bow in perfect Sweet Valley, where everyone ultimately gets what they want/deserve is a little unrealistic. And if Jessica - a twenty-seven year old woman - said "like" one more time I was going to pull my hair out!! How can you want to mature a character then still have her talk like she's an air-headed teenager? It just didn't work for me. And I should have cared that a beloved character - Winston Egbert - had died. But I didn't. I really didn't feel much for the characters I grew up with. Disappointing.