And so ends the tale of the Dresden Dolls....

This book was very good and had such a variety of moments ranging from heartbreaking sadness to white hot rage. The ending had me shedding a few tears for Cathy.

One thing that annoyed me throughout this book/bind-up is the fact that Chris and Cathy never truly did anything to get Bart away from the terrible influences of John Amos in his (Bart's) childhood or Joel in his adulthood. They (mainly only Cathy) were suspicious of the two men, and at times hated them, but they never took any action to save Bart from their evilness, choosing instead to only sit by and occasionally argue about doing something. I, in part, blame them for Bart turning out the way he did.

I always found Cathy's relationship with her brother to be on the disturbing side, but that being said, I did shed a few tears when Chris died in the same way that their father did. The ending, and indeed the lives, of the Dresden Dolls was so incredibly sad and heartbreaking. Nothing ever seemed to go completely their way. First it was their mother's actions and her parents, then in their adulthood, it was Bart and his ability to be so easily influenced by evil, religious men.

The shining spot in this story was Jory. He had his own tragedies, but with help of his loving parents, he was able to overcome them and find new love in Toni along with his little twins.

The ending chapter and epilogue was so bittersweet. With Cathy constantly mentioning her past, I knew something had to happen in the attic again. Though it was never explicitly stated, I believe she ended her life with arsenic to be with Chris and her twin siblings where the grass grows purple. The details of the attic revealed in her suicide note were heartbreaking in and of themselves. I knew she talked about the attic frequently, but I didn't suspect that she had been going up there to decorate it, snail and worm thing and all. It's beautiful in a tragic kind of way. ( )

And so ends the tale of the Dresden Dolls....

This book was very good and had such a variety of moments ranging from heartbreaking sadness to white hot rage. The ending had me shedding a few tears for Cathy.

One thing that annoyed me throughout this book/bind-up is the fact that Chris and Cathy never truly did anything to get Bart away from the terrible influences of John Amos in his (Bart's) childhood or Joel in his adulthood. They (mainly only Cathy) were suspicious of the two men, and at times hated them, but they never took any action to save Bart from their evilness, choosing instead to only sit by and occasionally argue about doing something. I, in part, blame them for Bart turning out the way he did.

I always found Cathy's relationship with her brother to be on the disturbing side, but that being said, I did shed a few tears when Chris died in the same way that their father did. The ending, and indeed the lives, of the Dresden Dolls was so incredibly sad and heartbreaking. Nothing ever seemed to go completely their way. First it was their mother's actions and her parents, then in their adulthood, it was Bart and his ability to be so easily influenced by evil, religious men.

The shining spot in this story was Jory. He had his own tragedies, but with help of his loving parents, he was able to overcome them and find new love in Toni along with his little twins.

The ending chapter and epilogue was so bittersweet. With Cathy constantly mentioning her past, I knew something had to happen in the attic again. Though it was never explicitly stated, I believe she ended her life with arsenic to be with Chris and her twin siblings where the grass grows purple. The details of the attic revealed in her suicide note were heartbreaking in and of themselves. I knew she talked about the attic frequently, but I didn't suspect that she had been going up there to decorate it, snail and worm thing and all. It's beautiful in a tragic kind of way. ( )

My review for If There Be Thorns is that the book does read very slowly in such a way that you are waiting for something exciting to happen. Sure this is a slow read, but in the end, the book is definitely worth the read. There are many shocking twist and turns that VC Andrews adds in the novel quite well. There is definitely scadelous stuff happening in all of the Dollanganger series books that make this series so hard to stop reading. In order to understand this book, you really need to read the books before this. The book is not hard to understand, but as said, the book is a very slow read. There are many grusome details in the book and it makes things so much more interesting in the book that make this novel an addicting read. In all, I love this series but this book was no a disappointment, but something different. ( )