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The Patmans of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High)

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This was my favorite saga from the series. I loved hearing about Vanessa Saxton (Emma Elliot) and Katherine Richmond. Some of the parts were predictable, but that is how it was supposed to be! The two sides can't together until the very end, so you have to understand that point to get the book. I can't wait till a new saga comes out!

Anyone who has enjoyed reading the popular Sweet Valley series will definitely enjoy this book solely based on the character of the wealthy Bruce Patman. This story explores the lives of his ancestors, both from the maternal and paternal sides of the family. I agree that some of the characters have short stories about them since there are just a bit too many characters that the author wants to discuss. These stories mostly deal with the topic of romance, but there are several which talk about real historical events that took place. A main focus is also how Bruce Patman became so wealthy and ended up living in Sweet Valley.

I was quite disapointed when I read this book. I thought it would be a bit like The Fowlers of Sweet Valley but I was wrong. It was almost nothing like it said on the back. I wouldn't call it a waste of money though; it did have it's moments. But I wouldn't recommend it to you if you are interested in what it says on the back. It's almost nothing like it.

Tis book follows the stories of Bruce Patman's ancestors, from Lady Sophie to the present day. It was quite good, but a bit confuing trying to get the two sides of the family straight. There were much more characters in this then in the other two- I'd have preferred less characters and more detailed stories. It didn't really inspire me like the other two did- I could read them over and over again, but this was just wasn't intresting enough. Get the other two, the fowler's and the wakefield's, read this one if you really like them but not first or you might be put off.

I must have read and reread this book at least a dozen times when I was in middle school, and man, it definitely didn't get better with age.

These Sagas take the innate, amazing cheese of the Sweet Valley books and combines it with historical events and sweeping generational stories. Think about it like historical romance novels for younger teens.

Bruce Patman is one of the more easy-to-hate Sweet Valley characters, so why the Pascal machine thought his family's story would interest us is a mystery. (Wait. That's a lie. The Fowlers and the Patmans were both wildly wealthy. We all love stories about rich, beautiful people. Just ask my BFF Cecily Von Zeiealskdjf.)

Starting out with a forbidden love in old England between a titled lady and a common stableboy, the Patman story sweeps across the ocean--exploring the Civil War, a Fitzgeraldian New England, and the Wild, Wild West. (The West is where the best passages of dialogue occur. Think of the cheesiest Western you've ever seen. Multiply that by six, and you have about one fifth of this book. So many "Darn Tootin'! Tarnation! There's a snake in my boot!" type exchanges that you want to turn the Auto-Western back off and read it normally. I think that maybe the coalition of writers had a contest to see who could be most stereotypically Western.)

Buy this if you were a Sweet Valley fan, or read this at any point while growing up . Don't buy this if you're not--you won't appreciate it like us.

(PSST. The Fowler one is WAY BETTER. Justsaying.)

There are four sagas in all, but I liked them all. This one focuses on Bruce Patman's ancestors. First we are introduced to Lady Sophie, a British noblewoman who falls in love with a stablehand. They want to get married, but it is not allowed because Sophie is a blue-blood and her sister betrays her while her family has the poor stablehand 'exported' to America.

However, Sophie marries and when she sees that her daughter is also unhappy, she refuses to let a repeat of history happen. The stablehand is Bruce Patman's ancestor, but so is Sophie, as the novel follows both of their descendants, and while Sophie couldn't be with the one she loved, their descendants have more opportunity than they did, though not without some struggles. Like the other Sagas, this was a lot of fun to read.

I am a life long fan of the works of Francine Pascal. Her stories are wonderfully written, quirky, and totally relatable to real life. With the Sweet Valley Sagas come a different kind of writing that you don't come around very often. The sagas tell the stories of betrayal, lost love, and dreams coming true and also undone. It's a wonderful series and one of which I own every book. If you are a lover of any of the Sweet Valley books then these are a must read. They tell the stories of the people the came before Lila, Bruce, Jessica, and Elizabeth. I have read them all over again and again because of how the books just lure you in with the wonderful stories:)

i like this book-- not really as good as i had hoped but it'sokay... pascal still hasn't lost her flair...i hope fracinepascal'll write a saga for todd's family too...he's my fave character

I was never a fan of Bruce Patman so I did't like this book as much of the Fowlers of Sweet Valley. It's a bit predictable.

This book starts out with a very good beginning. But after the story about Sophie and Henry (the 1st story ) it begins to slowly go downhill. Don't get me wrong , it was still a good book , but it's plotlines begin to become almost predictable. Without the first and the last stoy it would become very dull very fast.