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A review by hisghoulfriday
Secret Brother, Volume 8 by V.C. Andrews
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
I'm going to save you 9 hours and 46 minutes of your time by summing this up in one sentence:
Not-so-secret brother gets taken in by a wealthy family, and continues to stare ominously at whiny teenage girl.
That's it, that's the entire book. All. 9. Hours. Of course, other things happen in the book. The whiny teenage girl goes on dates and whatnot but it's not relevant to the Dollanganger series. At all. It's been the most pointless book of the series so far. The last three books I've read have been so boring that I've started to actually miss V.C. Andrews' soap opera style of writing.
The story would have been so much more interesting if it was written from not-so-secret brother's POV instead of whiny teenager. We could've gotten a better insight into what's going on inside his head instead of just being told that he's staring at whiny teenager.
The narrator at least did a decent job of telling the story, and I'm extremely grateful that the library had a copy of this readily available.
Not-so-secret brother gets taken in by a wealthy family, and continues to stare ominously at whiny teenage girl.
That's it, that's the entire book. All. 9. Hours. Of course, other things happen in the book. The whiny teenage girl goes on dates and whatnot but it's not relevant to the Dollanganger series. At all. It's been the most pointless book of the series so far. The last three books I've read have been so boring that I've started to actually miss V.C. Andrews' soap opera style of writing.
The story would have been so much more interesting if it was written from not-so-secret brother's POV instead of whiny teenager. We could've gotten a better insight into what's going on inside his head instead of just being told that he's staring at whiny teenager.
The narrator at least did a decent job of telling the story, and I'm extremely grateful that the library had a copy of this readily available.