Here it has been changed to a Sweet Valley U shirt. And of course, Jessica sleeps in the same shirt. So at least THAT part makes more sense. Wakefield family worship is alive and well. I think SV just changes the freeway system very often. It makes me laugh that Liz writes for a free publication with few advertisers yet can afford to live in a New York apartment by herself, and with a doorman no less.
Anyone who knows New York rents knows that is highly unlikely, no matter how small said apartment is. There is a sly reference to the events of Dear Sister which creeps me out. Bruce almost raped Liz, even twisting her arms in an attempt to scare her into yielding to him.
She had to assault him to get away. That is called attempted rape. The timing of this book confuses me as well. Yet the events of this book take place in the late summer and by that point the twins have been 27 for at least 8 months because Jessica says she is 27 around the time she leaves Regan and gets with Todd.
Or maybe she was and I forgot. Does this mean that the editors took it out after all the bloggers started bitching about how she grew an inch? The cover is whatever. Girl on the cover Liz has different lips than girl on the back cover. No, really. Look at it.
Is it just me? So yeah, this review was harsh. But whaddya want? Rest assured if it was great, I would be singing its praises from the rooftops. Coming up next … I joyfully return to the original series with the Sweet Valley Saga. Sweet Valley Confidential. Hang In There …. It is strange how NOT excited I am at that prospect! So, I gotta say I both hate to love this book and do but at the same time love to hate it too which I really really do. Nostalgia and common sense are at war here within me.
All of them turned out for the worse! How depressing! This is more like Sucky Valley now and not Sweet Valley. This book was crazy. I got a headache from all of the huge errors. And speaking of the earthquake, the Wakefield house had been destroyed, but it was rebuilt during SVH:SY and the family lived with the Fowlers for most of that series. Overall, I was disappointed in the book.
I would have liked to have had a better glimpse into the lives of some of the characters instead of just randomly throwing them together. I really think Francine fucked with us on this one and hopefully will make it up to us on the next one.
It was pretty much what I expected for the first few chapters and then it went way off the tracks. So is Lila really manly or aaron really girly. I know they meant that just to throw us off for the twist but it made for an interesting image in my head. Also, Alice is credited with designing some of the most interesting lobbies in the business or something like that.
So she still can not break free and be a great architect — she has to have a very weird and niche area. Where is this great friendship? There was a chance to mine some real fun out of character who usually had her pulse on what was happening.
One thing I just have to comment on is the identical twin thing that is obviously hard to understand. I am an identical twin. My sister and I are friends with another set of identical twins we went to school with that oddly enough share our same birthday, and while no one could ever tell my sis and I, or our friends apart, it was easy for us to.
And the same goes for her. And personality tends to make how we look, right? My sis and I grew up loving these books, and I often laugh now after reading your posts wondering how I ever could have liked them. That said, maybe the attraction for me was because it was written about twins. Thank you for your very valuable twin perspective!
Found an interview with Francine that I thought you might find interesting. The reviews of the writing even before people knew that were just awful. But she admitted all the other books she had the concept and told the ghost writer what she wanted, but this was the only book she wrote on her own.
How sad. Wow … that explains a lot about why SVC was written the way it was that is, badly. Or maybe the editors just figured that if anyone would remember how the original books went, Francine would!
This was great. I completely missed the fact that Mr. It brings me comfort to know that there are so many other fans out there who are pissed about the book, but the more time I spend reading deconstructions of SVC and thinking about it myself, the sadder I get.
Like all of you I was really excited about this book. I planned on dragging it out a week or so reading a couple of chapters at a time while enjoying some nice nostalgics moments and glass of wine. Well I did drag it out slowly not with a couple of chapters and one glass at a time.
More like one chapter and a bottle of wine at a time! Just joking well sort of! Almost all the characters ended up miserable unhappy jerks.
It was depressing. Although it gives some great snark valley material. Please keep up your reviews. They are better than the books. Oh, the perfect one-sentence encapsulation of my reaction to SVC too. Come on, Francine. Stick to describing outfits. Managed to get myself here through your comment over at 1bruce1. FAIL at Steven being gay. And I am not anti-gay or anything, but seriously? It was for shock value and it was pandering because of course nowadays, unlike back then, everyone has to be gay, bi, or try.
Not only does that break the bonds of sisterhool on all levels, that is just plain wrong period. Where is the freaking loyalty? Wow, so Liz has gone from prude to slut, Jessica is stil the same and Alice is a feral who swears in front of her elderly mother?
I swear, but not in front of my Mum! The thing I liked about SVH was that there was no swearing and no sleeping around. It was why I read it instead of tacky Mills and Boon. So disappointing! So many inconsistentancies. And sorry but Jessica and Todd getting married is too creepy for words. This book is gross. I absolutely agree about everything with this book. Also, Francine did not even write the originals so I think she just pulled characters out of her head and made them do what she wanted them to.
Your review was hilarious!! I guess Francine was losing it towards the end of the series there or too busy with the thought of a tv show.. Or something!! Yes I always wanted to punch goody goody Liz in the face too!! Lol never got to the books where they got busy or said Fuck!
Need to get those! Great page love Snark Valley! I agree with everything that everyone has said. Double love was and sweet valley high is glorious eighties trash. But now in they are only 27?
I know the whole saga spread out forever but they should be in their 30s at least. I mean I know 40s is too old but???? I have always adored bruce even though he was an ass. I like him and Liz together actually. But everyone else is seriously fucked up. She tore up the world we love and everyone in it.
And yeah bruce tried to rape her. She forgot? And where is amy slutton? Or olivia davidson? Nicholasmorrow always one name or any droids peeps? And steven gay? I laughed and laughed and laughed. What crap. I also remember jessica dating aaron dallas. Oh my god! I was about to order this book but stumble upon your review..
Thank you so much for an entertaining read! Love from Stockholm. Todd and Jessica were together. On and off for a while, I believe. It was a big thing in the books. Her and Liz. And it was disgusting the way he tolerated it.
Not to mention unbelievable. Many of us would hate Liz more than Todd did for it. And dammit, it was tiring. Come on. Now to be fair as far as being unfaithful goes, Todd committed a few. But only a few. Considering all of it… It really does make a sad, divine, karmatic kind of sense.
ALL of it does. Oh, come on. They had a lot of conflict in the books… Some of the best real romantic tension between them. Check out the book series. She had a secret liaison affair with him for a while. In one, she fools around with him after getting her sister arrested for vehicular manslaughter. In another book, she has a long- time affair while him while Liz was missing him the whole time.
Elizabeth and Jessica have nothing in common. At all, do they? Just like Elizabeth and Todd. It makes a sad, hard sort of sense that THEY wound up together…. S : Thanks again, Snarky Valley. Your blog is a real find… like striking oil in your backyard. Yes, lots of plot holes. The series was known for a lot of stuff not washing. And there is a lot of illogic. Nonsense, even. But it was a soap. For children, mostly. Notice all the teens were always perfect, like models. At any rate, the two conspire to get their friends gossiping about how Dana likes Aaron and Aaron maybe likes Dana within earshot of the two, and then they invite them both to go see a movie at the Plaza.
The two seem to blush a lot around each other, so Liz feels like her plan is working. Then it turns out that they actually have things to talk about. Then Dana gets a card from a secret admirer and shows it to Liz. Meanwhile, Liz blows up at Todd about the card. She accuses him of intentionally sabotaging the set-up.
The band has token black male student Andy Jenkins in it. The other bands are local, as well. They kiss, she sings, the Droids win.
Then they write notes to Todd and Liz, pretending to be Todd and Liz to get them to make up. Everyone is happy in their heteronormative little bubbles. The B-Plot involves Jessica getting pissed about Aaron getting serious with someone other than her because she likes to keep him in her rotation.
Again, that is literally her thought process in this novel. Andy tells her to try Spontaneous Combustion. Spy, the leader of that band, sounds promising on the phone, so she enlists the help of Lila. Turns out the dude is not hot, and kind of a letch. This is literally the secondary plot in this book. It goes nowhere. I remember liking Dana Larson a lot when I was little, but I suspect that was because she wore weird clothes and sang in a band—both things I desperately wanted to do.
The two seem to blush a lot around each other, so Liz feels like her plan is working. Then it turns out that they actually have things to talk about. Then Dana gets a card from a secret admirer and shows it to Liz.
Meanwhile, Liz blows up at Todd about the card. She accuses him of intentionally sabotaging the set-up. The band has token black male student Andy Jenkins in it. The other bands are local, as well. They kiss, she sings, the Droids win. Then they write notes to Todd and Liz, pretending to be Todd and Liz to get them to make up. Everyone is happy in their heteronormative little bubbles. The B-Plot involves Jessica getting pissed about Aaron getting serious with someone other than her because she likes to keep him in her rotation.
Again, that is literally her thought process in this novel. Andy tells her to try Spontaneous Combustion. Spy, the leader of that band, sounds promising on the phone, so she enlists the help of Lila.
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