Lacking

[Luigi]

I found the first 4 books lacking. They were repetitive and the books, as a series, had no plot. Anyone else feel this way?

[Antenora]

Lemony's entire series has been called "formulaic" and synonyms thereof by people who never read past book the fourth. Indeed, the early books, and to a lesser extent books 5-7, were repetitive.

[Ennui]

I disagree somewhat. I enjoyed books 3 and 4 a lot, book 1 quite a lot but less than most of the others, and book 2 perhaps slightly less than book 1.

I liked the guardian formula, while it lasted, though there is far more excitement now the children are alone against the world.

[ineedyourhelp]

thats why Handler created VFD for the 5th book because he knew the books werent getting enough credit so he had to spice them up a bit. And his original contract was only for 4 books.

[Luna]

well yes, but his writing style has evolved quite a bit. at first i believe he was afraid that people would like the books and now his fears have been proven