- Hardcover: 316 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (July 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671431226
- ISBN-13: 978-0671431228
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,269,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Beautifully written, macabre and thoroughly nasty…it is evocative of the nasty fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and The Babes in the Wood, with a bit of Victorian Gothic thrown in. … What does shine through is her ability to see the world through a child’s eyes’ Daily Express
‘Makes horror irresistible’ Glasgow Sunday Mail
‘A gruesome saga…the storyline is compelling, many millions have no wish to put this down’ Ms London
‘There is strength in her books – the bizarre plots matched with the pathos of the entrapped’ The Times
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'Beautifully written, macabre and thoroughly nasty!it is evocative of the nasty fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and The Babes in the Wood, with a bit of Victorian Gothic thrown in. ! What does shine through is her ability to see the world through a child's eyes' Daily Express 'Makes horror irresistible' Glasgow Sunday Mail 'A gruesome saga!the storyline is compelling, many millions have no wish to put this down' Ms London 'There is strength in her books -- the bizarre plots matched with the pathos of the entrapped' The Times
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Whenever Dad didn't drive me home from school, a yellow school bus would let me off at an isolated spot where I would recover my bike from the nearest ravine, hidden there each morning before I stepped onto the bus. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This story was a very worthy follow-up from Petals on the Wind. I couldnt put it down. Told from the perspective of Jory and Bart (Cathy's sons), this tells the story of their lives. Everything was fine until a mysterious old lady moves in next door, shattering the saftey bubble that Cathy and Chris had placed around their family. Bart takes a liking to this lady as he feels nobody understands him, and when she asks him to call her "Grandmother" and her butler "John Amos Jackson" starts to tell Bart tales of horror about his family things take a turn for the worse. Especially when the freaky butler gives him the journal of Malcolm Neal Foxworth and tells young Bart to read it every day. Jory suspects his brother is going crazy and all the family start to feel wary of him. Slowly the secrets that Cathy and Chris thought they had buried come to light and the family must cope in every way. This story has twists and turns in unlikley places and it is truly a thriller among thrillers. I cannot wait to start Seeds of Yesterday and then read the Prequel.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Well, I've noticed that a lot of V. C. Andrews books have many different review on them, but surprisingly, there is only one for If there be Thorns? This is Virginia's third published book and a helluva lot better than any of the ghost written books, so I don't understand why more people didn't review it? First of all, it starts off with male narrators, this is the only one with male narrators, but two!?!? I think this was very clever of Virginia to write about this. Everyone knows that the Dollanganger and Casteel and Audrina books are gothic horror, but we all know that the Dollanganer books are at her most gothic, and she defines it well in If there be thorns, I mean, Bart behaves so bizzare and weird. Jory is the perfect one, I could feel Malcolm's presence everywhere in it, just like in Seeds of Yesterday. Also, it has actual journal entries of Malcoml Foxworth himself! It's like he's narrating a small portion of the series. You learn more of the truth, you even get hints about the dreadful secrets revealed in Garden of Shadows in this book. It's one of the best of the eleven that Virginia wrote, the ghost written books are very good, but they will never be Virginia's novels. This is one of her 100% written novels, so it should be more widely admired and appreciated, at least more than ghost written books like Melody, Ruby, Tarnished Gold, Twillight's Chile, etc . . . feed back welcome. ~Tom Nordlum
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read V.C. Andrews' If There Be Thorns. At the end of Flowers in the Attic, I hated Corrine so badly. In Petals on the Wind, I didn't care much for her, but in If There Be Thorns, it made me feel so unbelivably sorry for Corrine. No matter how bad she treated her children, I still think that Cathy should have forgiven her. Oh well, when I read Seeds of Yesterday, I'll review that. TTFN (Ta-Ta for now)
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Great buy
This was my first order and was very pleased with quickness of dispatch and delivery.The book was in good condition and at a good price will be ordering again very pleased.
Published 7 months ago by Caz
And so the story continues...
This book doesn't have the same feel as FitA or PotW, but is still a wonderful book. People wonder why Malcolm was the way he was, and Bart's reading of his journal helps to shed... Read more
Published 16 months ago by M
The Dollanganger saga continues...
Written from the perspective of Cathy's sons Jory and Bart, this is a gripping and worthy follow-up to the previous books. Read more
Published on 5 July 2004 by Kittencat
Excelent
I found this book both gripping and emotional. An amazing folow-on from Flowers in the attic as the children try to carry on with their lives. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1999
Superb follow on from Flowers in the Attic.
This book is both gripping and emotional, the plight of the remaining three children grips the reader to the end and leaves you screaming and crying for the next installment. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 1999
I was a little disappointed
i read every single one of these book series except for the last one. i think this book was the worst. the first 2 books were fabulous because it was so exciting and interesting. Read more
Published on 8 April 1998
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