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All That Glitters (Landry Saga) |
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All That Glitters (Landry Saga)  Rating: Rating:  - SuspensefulAll that Glitters, begins a year after Ruby returns to Houma, and gives birth to Pearl. The book is very suspense-filled, and has many dark chills in it. It is sort of like a soap opera. But it has the same senario as all of past V.C. Andrews books. What makes it fun, is that it takes place in the swamps of the bi-yu!!! I found it suspenseful and faced-paced because, in the first half of the book, Ruby marries her half-brother, Paul. But they keep their distance from each other! Still they both pretend Pearl is their child, and they reside, in the deep swamps of Houma. All of a sudden that brick wall falls, and Ruby is living with Beau in New Orleans, as her twin sister Giselle. There is a chilling climax that will leave you reading the last three chapters without putting the book down. You will enjoy it! Although you might think Ruby is a little self-ish to the people who love her the most. Rating: - GREAT , Suspensful !This was great! It was very suspensful,Gladys made me so mad! I felt kind've sorry for Paul though! Rating:  - Good style, weak plotI read every single V.C. Andrews novel and I dare to say that they went downhill right from here. The first two Landy books were good - they were similar to the other series but there was something charming about it, also, I liked Ruby's character. In this book, I honestly wanted to kick her butt. First of all - why did she marry Paul? She knew not only that he is her brother, but also that he is deeply in love with her. Secondly - this whole pretending-to-be-Gisselle was ridiculous. Everyone knew how different these twins were despite their looks. Ruby behaved selfish throughout the entire book, so did Beau. And all of the others died, I think ... is that supposed to be a plot?! The style is good - but that is not enough to create a good book. Stick to "Flowers in the attic" and the original VCA-novels. You will be disappointed with this one. Rating:  - The Third Book in the Landry SeriesIt's been years since I've read "All That Glitters," so I figured a "4" rating would be accurate enough. However, this book happens to be where I paused from reading Andrews' following books. Instead I went back to her old series, because I was getting a bit bored with the same plot lines. I had held out this long hoping something would change; it didn't. Stopping in the middle of this series is probably why I didn't particularly like the Landry books--or maybe it's vice versa; I don't know. But I did like the Louisiana setting. That's one thing I like about her books: the setting. In "All That Glitters," the main relationships between 18-year-old Ruby Dumas (the protagonist), her wealthy halfbrother/childhood sweetheart Paul Tate, her twin sister Gisselle, and her baby's father Beau Andreas come full circle to where they had begun initially in "Ruby." Ruby returns to the bayou and reluctantly marries Paul in order to provide some stability for her newborn daughter, Pearl. And Gisselle and Beau elope for their own twisted reasons--Gisselle's: to get even with Ruby; Beau's: to pretend he's still with Ruby. But then the men switch places yet again when Gisselle falls into a coma (thus explaining the Sleeping Beauty-like front cover), and Ruby's not-so-well hidden feelings for Beau are allowed to be played out when she pretends to be his wife/her own sister. This whole scheme was quite bizarre (why Paul agreed to this, I can't understand), though it was fun to read. Still, my opinion of Ruby certainly changed afterwards. Paul, like a lot of the lovers/relatives of the heroine, is the typical doting--more or less obsessed--male protagonist, and you almost feel sorry for him. That or you want to smack him in the head to wake some sense up in him. Though that's kind of a moot point by the end. During all this romantic drama, a few more characters die, such as Daphne (no big loss there--she's just the evil stepmother), as well as a few more important characters (their deaths are rather tragic). "All That Glitters" is the last book told from Ruby's point of view. The following book, "Hidden Jewel" (#4), is passed on to her daughter, and the series wraps up with the prequel, "Tarnished Gold" (#5). And if you started in the middle of this series, then don't forget the first two: "Ruby" (#1) and "Pearl in the Mist" (#2). |
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