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Avg. Rating: 4.1
worst of the series
I thought "Flowers" was a horrific masterpiece and "Petals" was unbelievably entertaining--both 5 star books; but "Thorns" was passable (3 star), and this last one is easily the worst in the series. There was almost no plot to speak of, and it was as if the entire book was almost completely composed of filler. Cathy spents the entire book telling us and her errant children that "Your father and I will always be there for you. We love you and care about you, and only want you to be happy...." Chris is still the clueless bimbo he had always been. Jory is boring and too mister goody two shoes to be believed. Cindy is Cathy in "Petals" but she is too underdeveloped. Only the enigmatic Bart is still fascinating, as he had been in "Thorns." The villain of this book, Uncle Joel, spends much of the story in the background--all he does is look hateful and about to pounce--but he NEVER does anything. Also, if only Andrews had the skill to wrought this book in a third person omniscient, she would have had the framework to build a more satisfying narrative; but instead, what we have here is Cathy spending much of the book eavesdropping on the other characters to find out what is going on.
Cathy's touching reflection on her life
Seeds of Yesterday is slow paced and does not have as much action as the last books, but is nonetheless beautiful. Although this book mostly involves Bart and Jory, it is told through Cathy's point of view. This book is the closing of the entire series. "The Dollanger Series is over," Cathy says at the end. It's very bittersweet and made me cry. Not surprisingly, this book involves death. Finally, Cathy gets closure and peace towards the end of her life. She realizes that it has been worth something. She comes to the conclusion that her life wasn't valuable because of what she did, but because of who she loved. The last four books ended with characters seeking vengence. This book has characters who are able to move on or even forgive the family members that hurt them. This is so touching because who wants to live their last few moments hating someone? All good things must come to an end, unfortunatley. This is the last book of this wonderful series. Do not pass it up if you have read the other four.
Sad and predictable
Predictable:Although this is the first book that I read of the series and I don't know if a will read the first three, I can say that you will know exactly what will happen in the next page of the book since the beginning till the end, nevertheless the book will keep you reading and trying to guess what will happen next, of course I would make some changes to the end of the book. Sad: First of all is very sad that two brothers love each other in other way than brothers, how many times a woman can be a widow? How many times can a mother catch her daughter in bed with her boyfriend? And I'm not talking about the accidents, the way that Bart made everything his own way... and many things more. This book will really make you cry.
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