TheAsh
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Post by TheAsh on Mar 23, 2020 2:22:19 GMT -5
I have some free time thanks to COVID-19, and I would like to know in which order I should read Daniel Handler's novel, in order from best to worst (unless you need to read an earlier one to understand a later.) I have currently only read "Why We Broke Up" but I want to reread it, so include it on the list. Thanks! PS Expect some more sugar bowl theory posts from me in the near future as I have some free time.
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Post by Reba on Mar 23, 2020 3:43:33 GMT -5
1. Watch Your Mouth 2. The Basic Eight 3. Adverbs 4. We Are Pirates 5. Why We Broke Up
only watch your mouth is good IMO. i haven't read the 2 recent. actually, has anyone here read Bottle Grove? i haven't heard one word about it.
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Mar 23, 2020 8:59:04 GMT -5
Has anyone here read Bottle Grove? i haven't heard one word about it. I am waiting for a translation into Portuguese ... I recently bought "Why We Broke Up" in Portuguese, but I haven't finished reading it yet.
PS Expect some more sugar bowl theory posts from me in the near future as I have some free time. I'm waiting for this.
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Post by Dante on Mar 23, 2020 10:03:54 GMT -5
Daniel Handler's novels have very little interaction that I can think of, and they also tend to be very different from one another, so it should be possible to read them in any order (though he has obliquely hinted that he might write something spinning off a minor character from Adverbs). With that said, personally I would be inclined to read them in publication order, which, of the ones I've read, I did: - The Basic Eight
- Watch Your Mouth
- How to Dress for Every Occasion, by the Pope
- Adverbs
- Why We Broke Up
- We Are Pirates
- All the Dirty Parts
- Bottle Grove
...Possibly I shouldn't have included HtDfEObtP, but there it is. Probably the one I remember enjoying the most is Adverbs; I haven't read the two most recent. Bottle Grove doesn't seem to have caused a major stir, but I've seen a number of reviews giving the impression that it is very much a Daniel Handler novel, for better and for worse.
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Post by Hermes on Mar 23, 2020 10:50:39 GMT -5
I have read BG. I will post a review when I have time (and I may soon have a lot of time). I think they are trying to play it down as much as possible - not because there is anything wrong with it, just because they don't want to draw attention to DH. 'A Daniel Handler novel, for better or worse' describes it very well. (The answer to my earlier question 'Is it a talking animal story?' is 'well, in a way'.) OK, the question. TB8 is the best. It was written before he invented Snicket, and contains a lot of the element that was later hived off into Snicket. Adverbs is also very much worth reading, and in some ways responds to the detective spirit which is common among Snicket fans. After that you should read WTM and WAP, and also WWBU, which includes some Easter eggs for the Snicket fan. There is no particular reason to read ATDP. The books are not connected plot-wise, though there are hints they happen in the same world - a character from TB8 reappears in Adverbs, and here are hints of a link between TB8 and WAP as well. However, when I asked him about this, he got annoyed and said he didn't understand the question, and he hasn't put any links I could see in BG. Dante , I'm interested by the bit about the minor character from Adverbs - do you hae any more details?
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Post by Dante on Mar 23, 2020 16:49:53 GMT -5
Dante , I'm interested by the bit about the minor character from Adverbs - do you hae any more details? Pevalwen met him at an event last year and got this out of him, among other things: - Daniel is working with a museum on a new project. This may or may not be related to the Snow Queen. Recently, he realised he'd been thinking about the Snow Queen for a very, very long time, perhaps without acknowledging it. I suppose strictly speaking that's not necessarily something written; I hadn't quite recollected the museum angle. But who knows?
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