The final installment in the Dollanganger saga is just plain depressing. Nothing went right for anybody in this book: Cathy was still haunted by her days in captivity in the attic, Chris was as incestuously lustful as ever, Jory was seriously injured and forced to end his dancing days, Melodie was mentally unstable and left him after their children were born, Bart was obsessive and manipulative, Cindy was a strumpet...nobody was happy and little, if any, good happened.I gave two starts because it's important to read this book if you want to learn how the series ends.