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Post by zaff2000 on Mar 6, 2010 11:36:53 GMT -5
I didn't, I normally can figure it out like previous books, but that was the first book that had me fooled till the end.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2010 11:48:56 GMT -5
I didn't think Esme was with Olaf, and I thought the doorman was nice when I first read the book! I just thought of Esme as one of the other mean guardians/people (Sir, Nero, etc.)
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Post by Dante on Mar 6, 2010 12:06:10 GMT -5
The British cover of TEE completely gives away that Esmé is a villain, but the doorman is a bit better-disguised. I think it's probably easy to be fooled by Esmé, since she's very similar to Sir and Nero, but there's at least one clue that she's not all she seems.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 6, 2010 18:23:41 GMT -5
I wasn't very well prepared for Esmé being an ally of Olaf's, but was rather suspicious of the doorman.
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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Mar 17, 2010 13:50:53 GMT -5
I was unaware of either of them being villians. Perhaps it was because the doorman's sleeves were mentioned, but unlike in other books, his trouble using his hands was less concentraited on.
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Post by thedoctororwell on Mar 17, 2010 15:32:20 GMT -5
Strange. I had guessed the doorman was actually Fernald before I even read the book. In Lemony's letter at the end of TAA, he mentions that the doorman had a coat whose sleeves were too long. I instantly knew it was in order to cover hooks.
The other imposter I had found out was Flacutono, because he was very visibly working for Olaf's benefit.
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Post by Dante on Mar 17, 2010 15:58:41 GMT -5
Strange. I had guessed the doorman was actually Fernald before I even read the book.Brilliant. What an amazing anecdote. The doorman was a little more subtle than most of Olaf's disguised associates, though - he didn't have an anagram pseudonym this time, and he was actually fairly friendly. |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 17, 2010 17:21:23 GMT -5
He even gave the Baudelaire's a hint to finding the Quagmires. Though whether or not that he intended that, I don't know.
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Post by Isadora on Apr 2, 2010 6:33:42 GMT -5
Actually, I was kinda thinking that there was something fishy about Esme, but I never would have figured out the doorman...
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Post by bumblebee on Apr 21, 2010 6:20:40 GMT -5
I knew that the doorman was with Olaf, but Esme fooled me all the way until she made Jerome and the Baudelaires go out of the house when Olaf was meant to come.
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Post by colette on Apr 22, 2011 7:50:19 GMT -5
How strange! I am probably the only person who wasn't fooled by Esme at all! I understood she is a villain at the very beginning of the book! I even looked at the end to check myself!
But Fernald... It was a surprise for me! But a very pleasant and sweet surprise! I was always glad to see Fernald's appearance. Don't know why.
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Post by csc on Apr 22, 2011 10:12:34 GMT -5
I was fooled by Esmé, though the part where she fakes to be nice, when she is about to throw them in the elevator well, it's a complete give-away.
I wasn't fooled by Fernald, I knew he was him all along, because the long sleeves hide his hooks.
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Post by allegedly bryan on Apr 22, 2011 19:03:50 GMT -5
How strange! I am probably the only person who wasn't fooled by Esme at all! I understood she is a villain at the very beginning of the book! I even looked at the end to check myself! But Fernald... It was a surprise for me! But a very pleasant and sweet surprise! I was always glad to see Fernald's appearance. Don't know why. Well I guess it's pretty clear to see Esme was a villain, as were many of the Baudelaire's previous guardians, but did you know she was working with Olaf? Before you looked at the end of the book, that is... which makes it quite obvious that she's a villain working with Olaf. |
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Post by colette on Apr 22, 2011 23:44:07 GMT -5
Bryan, I just didn't believe her.
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Post by csc on Apr 23, 2011 18:06:45 GMT -5
I just looked at the British cover for TEE. Dante is right, it makes it pretty obvious that Esmé is a villan.
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