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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Mar 28, 2004 21:39:56 GMT -5
I don't mind how he reveals things. I mean, the books are so short ud've had to read for about another 2 hours at the most to figure it out.
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Apr 5, 2004 7:53:25 GMT -5
What annoys me is the STUPID LITTL STORIES yes i know sometimes they hide information like evidence that beatrice is the bauds mom or mysteries like that but otherwise I ABSOLUTLEY HATE THEM reason why is that the books are so suspensensful that i just want to get right back to the story
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Apr 5, 2004 7:58:44 GMT -5
Except books 1-5 or maybe 6 they arent that suspensful because there just about how the Bauds are running from Conut Olaf and they keep getting various guardians but starting about TVV it gets interesting because there aresecrets begenning to pop up like VFD but i guess u can say that they get suspensful in TEE because the Bauds find a passge way from 667 dark avenue to their destroyed home
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Post by Antenora on Apr 8, 2004 17:39:35 GMT -5
To tell the truth, I don't find Snicket's writing style annoying. It's unique, and funny in a twisted way. The anecdotes and definitions add layers of meaning and(after book 8 at least) put the mysteries of the autobio in context. Snicket is parodying old-fashioned children's books that tried to be educational. In the recent books, you can see that he's parodying himself as well. Think of the Story of Queen Debbie and her Boyfriend Tony. If that's not self-parody, I'm not sure what is.
Then again, maybe fandom has clouded my better judgement. But I like Snicket's style.
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Post by violetb14 on Apr 10, 2004 10:41:04 GMT -5
I say it's annoying when he defines words I already know. Well, it's not THAT annoying, but he does it a lot, and a lot of the time I already know that word. It's not that bad when he does it with a word I don't know.  |
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Post by QuagmireSnicket on Apr 10, 2004 11:17:43 GMT -5
Which is why he does it, because people dont mind if its a new word. Say for example a kid thats like eight years old probably wouldnt mind because he/she probably wouldnt know most of the words unless he/she was was like Klaus, who, of course, has a large vocbulary
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Post by Caranwing on Apr 15, 2004 17:20:58 GMT -5
I agree with all of you who find nothing annoying with his style. I mean, it's been this way from the (bad ;D) beginning... and dare I say, if you find his style annoying how could you have continued reading?
If you find the word defining thing annoying try looking at it a different way. He's not patronizing you as if you didn't know the word, he's trying to entertain you with a funny definition.
As for not liking his warnings about the books... um... strange. That's all I have to say.
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on Apr 15, 2004 17:26:44 GMT -5
for me it was really a tie between "telling us the vocab words, and tellin us not to read the books" but i voted for tellin us not to read the books cuz sum of the words he explains i dont know..
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Apr 16, 2004 20:51:34 GMT -5
<sighs> I don't find snicket's overall style annoying, I just find certain small parts of it annoying. The definitions are becoming more entertaining as the stories go on, but the warnings are now less entertaining. Reading a warning not to read the 10th book in a series is quite annoying, if u've already read 1-9 what's the point of putting a dumb warning on the 10th? It won't stop u from reading, and it won't necessarily attract new readers either.
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Post by IsadoraGirl on May 2, 2004 14:13:28 GMT -5
I hate it when Lemony puts a story when the book is getting very suspensful
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Post by kjlsnicket29 on May 2, 2004 17:58:10 GMT -5
Yeah, that's kinda annoying to. Really EVERYTHING up there as a choice is very annoying to me. It was hard to choose.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on May 7, 2004 20:25:07 GMT -5
Some things for me are less annoying than others. Like when he made Olaf unfold the paper OVER AND OVER in book 9, that was annoying... I can't even remember which choice I picked...
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Post by DetectiveDupin on May 11, 2004 14:13:25 GMT -5
<sighs> I don't find snicket's overall style annoying, I just find certain small parts of it annoying. The definitions are becoming more entertaining as the stories go on, but the warnings are now less entertaining. Reading a warning not to read the 10th book in a series is quite annoying, if u've already read 1-9 what's the point of putting a dumb warning on the 10th? It won't stop u from reading, and it won't necessarily attract new readers either. Then what do you expect him to do. On the back of the 10th: "You've all read books 1-9 so you know that they're not as bad as I make out so I shall just stand here and change what I've been doing as it appears to be getting very tiresome." or this: "READ THIS BOOK! IT IS SO GREAT: THESE LITTLE ORPHANS SEE THINGS LIKE A REALLY SWELL MOUNTAIN, AND A SECRET FRIEND-WHOSE A LITTLE BIT SNEAKY! AND THEY FIND SOME JAM IN A FRIDGE AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITHA LL THEIR SNWOY FRIENDS" Yeah... great blurbs....he should change his style to that for sure. |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on May 11, 2004 15:19:23 GMT -5
Of course I didn't want him to do that. I just wanted him to quit the warnings entirely after awhile. They get old..
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Post by DetectiveDupin on May 11, 2004 15:42:34 GMT -5
They keep the books as a series.
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