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| Title | : | Heaven (Casteel #1) |
| Author | : | V.C. Andrews |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1990 by Pocket Books (first published November 1st 1985) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Horror |
V.C. Andrews
Paperback | Pages: 440 pages Rating: 4.03 | 21413 Users | 668 Reviews
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Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills.Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes. Someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent, fine and talented -- worthy of love and respect.
Then Heaven's stepmother ran off, and her wicked, greedy father had a scheme -- a vicious scheme that threatened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever!
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| Original Title: | Heaven |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Casteel #1 |
| Characters: | Heaven Casteel |
| Setting: | Georgia(United States) West Virginia(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 21413 Users | 668 ReviewsAppraise Of Books Heaven (Casteel #1)
This was a favorite from my early teenage years, so when I saw it on sale, I thought I'd see if the magic was still there. The answer was a resounding NO. Sad.The first half of the book wasn't so bad. Heaven Leigh Casteel (the name should have been my first clue...) lives in the hills of West Virginia, and her family is at the bottom of the pecking order in their small town. Actually, the Casteels live out of town, up in the hills. (Seven miles away from town, to be exact. Yet it only takes themWe read Heaven by VC Andrews for Episode 45 of The Bookstore. You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.It's really a shame that we lost VC Andrews so soon after she began getting published. I'd really love to have a few more interviews with her about her life. She's been central to the identity of so many young readers, that some times I can't believe we ever talk about anything else.Heaven is a teen girl, the oldest sister of the Casteel family; known in their small mountain town for
Well, I love V.C. Andrews now. The emotion, the messages and the subtle-ness. The characters, the complexity, the gray-ness of it all. I don't think I could make a coherent review if I tried, but I loved this book, now...where did it throw my shattered heart?
I originally read this back in middle school and for whatever reason I remember enjoying it in an ironic way. VC Andrew's writing has been called campy and melodramatic enough that it might have tainted my original point of view. Having read it almost fifteen years later, I am struck by how disturbing and haunting the story of Heaven's survival really is. There was actually one night that Kitty's antics left me so angry I had trouble sleeping. This wasn't a "fun" read but it was page turning. It
Here's another book that screws with the grading curve. If you look at other 4-star reads -- Frankenstein, for example -- there's no way poor VC Andrews can measure up. Yet my verdict stands...four shiny stars, the sign of a book I plan to keep around, & I'm not ashamed to admit it. (Don't look, Mary Shelley.)This book is loosely divided into three sections. The first is Heaven's life in the West Virginia mountains. As the blurb indicates, her Casteel family is hillbilly scum -- poor, dirty,
This year, I decided to do a 12-book reading challenge. Or, if I'm being more accurate, I decided to buy the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge book log because it was beautiful, and it contained a challenge, so I'm doing it.Anyway ... Challenge #2 is "Read a book you would normally consider a guilty pleasure". This was a problem for me. I don't have guilty pleasures. Philosophically speaking, I don't even believe in the concept except as a manifestation of the many things wrong with our society.
Heaven is one of my favorite V.C. Andrews novels, it's creative, vibrant and well-written, with a complex variety of characters and vivid scenery.
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