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Post by jtb on Aug 6, 2006 9:46:50 GMT -5
I like the simple ones because they have plots that I could never in a million years think of...
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
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Post by Antenora on Aug 6, 2006 9:55:31 GMT -5
I prefer the later books in the series, as the earlier ones are more repetitive, although they still have interestingly weird plots. However, the transition between the two types is kind of abrupt, and it might have been better if VFD had been introduced earlier, so the clues would be more spread out.
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Post by Dante on Aug 6, 2006 10:39:11 GMT -5
Only the first two books were particularly gothic and really emphasised the misfortune and misery at every opportunity. I think the repetitiveness would have gotten boring, but I confess, I would have liked to see a full series of 13 carrying on in the original style and without V.F.D. or anything like it. I don't believe I'd trade it for what we have now, though.
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Post by its a me a mario! on Aug 6, 2006 11:08:48 GMT -5
i think the first eight books are really funner but the other ones are just so much different!
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Post by SnicketFires on Aug 6, 2006 13:40:49 GMT -5
Although I liked the first two books because they were very original at the time, now that the entire series -almost- has been released, I like books six and seven the best.
TEE and TVV are mixed between the two categories: the Baudelaires still have guardians who are unwilling to stick by them, the Baudelaires are still unmistakably "good", VFD is still very mysterious (and allows for much theorizing, with fewer chronological inconsistencies), Olaf is still disguising himself and is unmistakably "bad."
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Post by s on Aug 6, 2006 13:42:01 GMT -5
I really liked the darkness of the first few books. And I'm not too fond of the whole "moral ambiguity" theme, just because it's used an awful lot. I realize that the first books are extremely repetitive, but I think Handler could've kept the dark, gothic elements of the first three books throughout the series. So I'll go with the first books.
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Post by Hooky on Aug 7, 2006 17:42:51 GMT -5
Honestly, I like the later books more, mainly because with each book you read, you find the answers to the mysteries of the first few books, but at the same time newer and deeper mysteries are introduced that make the story so much more interesting.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 11, 2006 14:01:21 GMT -5
The second half. I like the secret organization and how we're learning more about the whole storyline of VFD. I also like how the Baudelaires have ditched guardians and are controlling their own destinies to a degree. Though the moral ambiguity can get annoying.
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Post by twistedbrain on Aug 11, 2006 14:07:27 GMT -5
I'm gonna say the later half, because it just seems so much more interesting to me. *shrug*
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 12, 2006 13:18:47 GMT -5
It's a lot less repetitive and a lot more mysterious and suspenseful.
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Post by SadOccasion on Sept 11, 2006 18:12:37 GMT -5
Why does everyone hate the moral ambiguity that's being introduced. I think it adds a lot more emotional depth to a series that was once very 2-d in terms of emotions, which can be forgiven, sicne the original concept behind the series was to merely produce stories of misery and woe. But I think it's great that as the novels plot progressed in depth, so did the emotions.
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Post by RatherDashing42 on Sept 12, 2006 11:23:43 GMT -5
Why does everyone hate the moral ambiguity that's being introduced. I think it adds a lot more emotional depth to a series that was once very 2-d in terms of emotions, which can be forgiven, sicne the original concept behind the series was to merely produce stories of misery and woe. But I think it's great that as the novels plot progressed in depth, so did the emotions. I agree with SadOcassion. I think the whole conflict of whether the Baudelaires are villians or whether they have justified reasons makes the newer books very interesting. It's a very original concept, because you want to be "on the Baudelaires side" but you can't help but wonder if what they're doing is justified or not. For that reason, as well as because the whole V.F.D thing is just plain awexome, I vote for the newer books hands down.
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