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A review by ijustincross
Ruby by V.C. Andrews
3.0
Ahhh V.C. Andrews. It’s nice to come back to something so formulaic and fun to read. As I’ve said before, V.C. andrews doesn’t write literary masterpieces; V.C. Andrews writes literary trash. And that’s what I love.
Ruby Landry’s life is decent. It’s not terrible compared to a lot of Andrews’ heroines. It’s not until she finds out some family secrets and people die (of course) that Ruby’s life starts to go downhill.
I loved the Casteel Family series. So far I’m not as sold on the Landry Family. Like I said earlier, I love Andrews because the plots are formulaic, it’s a pattern that I can follow easily but still enjoy. This one is A LOT like the Casteel family though.
1. Selling of children to be rich.
2. Horrible sister
3. Promises of a better life in a bigger city.
4. New evil mom
5. Car accident resulting in a wheelchair
6. Mean nurse is brought in because of wheelchair
And it seems like book 2 is also rooted in similarities with Ruby and Giselle getting sent to a boarding school for girls. The same thing happens to Heaven for a bit in book 2 of the Casteel series.
Did I like this book? Hell yeah. It was very fun.
Did it feel like I had read it before? Absolutely.
Ruby Landry’s life is decent. It’s not terrible compared to a lot of Andrews’ heroines. It’s not until she finds out some family secrets and people die (of course) that Ruby’s life starts to go downhill.
I loved the Casteel Family series. So far I’m not as sold on the Landry Family. Like I said earlier, I love Andrews because the plots are formulaic, it’s a pattern that I can follow easily but still enjoy. This one is A LOT like the Casteel family though.
1. Selling of children to be rich.
2. Horrible sister
3. Promises of a better life in a bigger city.
4. New evil mom
5. Car accident resulting in a wheelchair
6. Mean nurse is brought in because of wheelchair
And it seems like book 2 is also rooted in similarities with Ruby and Giselle getting sent to a boarding school for girls. The same thing happens to Heaven for a bit in book 2 of the Casteel series.
Did I like this book? Hell yeah. It was very fun.
Did it feel like I had read it before? Absolutely.