Finished Reading: November 19, 2007

This has just made my favorites list.

I really like Audrina because she is not perfect in every way. She can be weak. Sometimes she lacks that backbone and some spirit. But there are times where she’s also surprisingly strong as she tries to face issues in her life. Maybe she had been almost perfect, but the growth she undergoes adds layers of character in her and her development is one of the very good things about this story.

Even the other characters are interesting, too. I like the twist within the story, the horror of Audrina’s past, and even the Whitefern family with the issues among Audrina’s father, her mother, and her aunt. Her father, even with his good looks and easy personality, can also be very cruel. Her aunt, even with her hardness, is able to show a soft side. Vera is not just a villain — she’s a villain with a motive. Arden, too, is not the perfect lover. He’s got his flaws like any man, although I just wish he tried to understand Audrina’s adverseness to sex for the first part of their life together. I mean, he knew what happened to her. I don’t know why she got most of the blame in that aspect of their relationship when she could not help it at first.

Although the plot is too screwed up for reality, the characters are not far from the everyday man and woman who walks down the street.

Neiderman really won’t ever compare to Andrews. Unfortunately or fortunately for him or anyone else.

Tags: V.C. Andrews

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