The Grim Grotto

[lw0211]

;D Who loves TGG??!!??!!??!! ;D

[twistedbrain]

I prefer the Grim Grotto myself. I don't know so much about the Grimm Grotto.

[Dante]

A most amusing typo, but I'm changing it. I could probably make some sad joke connecting TGG to the Grimm story The Three Languages quoted in the U.A., but it would be pretty rubbish.

TGG was my favourite book in the series when I first read it. Others objected to the repeated use of "Aye!" and Olaf's villainous laugh (which I probably assumed at the time would be a one-book joke), but I think they went well with the book. I loved the revelation about Fernald, and his angst made Chapter Ten of TGG my favourite chapter of all books in aSoUE, and Fernald and Fiona are my favourite characters because of their ambiguous actions.

[twistedbrain]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the reference to the Rosetta Stone in TGG. Or am I just ignorant?

[Dante]

twistedbrain said:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the reference to the Rosetta Stone in TGG. Or am I just ignorant?

I think they were mentioned once, but it might have been in a general discussion thread (also mentioned were the alleged One Ring and the Holy Grail). I noticed it, anyway.

[twistedbrain]

Oh. *facepalm*

[jman]

I love TGG! It's my favourite book in the series. I've always liked underwater things, and the moral ambiguity thing was like icing on the cake!

[Jacques the Environmentalist]

I liked it. I didn't mind aye but thank heavens Olaf switched to "HA!" for tpp.
I enjoyed the whole revelation of Fiona's family and the ? vehicle plus the sugarbowl quest. Though them not finding it and unearthing tons of new mysteries was somewhat annoying. And I got mad at Fiona. But yes it was one of the better books in the series I think.

[Dante]

I completely forgot about the Question Mark. If the sinister duo were my favourite thing from TSS, the Question Mark was my favourite thing from TGG. The anonymous, universal hatred it represents intrigues me.

[Jacques the Environmentalist]

That sounds hilarious, that overwhelming hatred deeply interests you.
I'm trying to think of what my favorite aspect of the book would be. I liked a lot about it but thinking of a favorite aspect is more difficult. Probalby the information we had revealed about VFD, Fernald, the Anwhistles, and evil that we cannot even imagine. I also liked the mycelium. A deadly weapon, but one easily enough cured.

[Libitina]

I don't know why everyone hated Olaf's laugh so much. I rather liked it, for the most part. The Grim Grotto wasn't my favorite book in the series, but it certainly wasn't bad. Fiona was a most intriguing character, even though I'd like to stab her with a pitchfork. This may have been the most frightening book, in my opinion, because I honestly thought that Sunny wouldn't survive her encounter with the mycelium. Also on the subject of Sunny, I was quite pleased with the way she matured during this installment. She was probably my favorite character out of the book.

[Sugary Snicket]

I think they were mentioned once, but it might have been in a general discussion thread (also mentioned were the alleged One Ring and the Holy Grail). I noticed it, anyway.

I noticed the Rosetta Stone and the Holy Grail. I'll have to check back to TGG for the One Ring referance.

I really liked this book. It gives us an inside look at Fernald's past to some degree, and I nearly cried when it seemed like Sunny was going to die from the Mycilium. I was intrigued by the huge question mark (I STILL belive it's the IDV!!!!!) and really sorta miss Captain Widdershin's annoying little "Aye!" Olaf's laugh, however, I do NOT miss one bit. That was really the only part I didn't like.

[Jacques the Environmentalist]

I'll miss captain widdershins period, he had such a big personality.
I remember the one ring reference, some of us thought it was sebald code and proceeded to dissect the code except it didn't make any sense.
Thh remains, in my opinion, the scariest book. Dark half finished bedrooms, chasing about in the library of records and the Bauds actually being trapped in a fire. Plus there's the fact that I mostly remember listening to it (I borrowed the audio book from the library) while it was dark. But no one cares about that.

[Wasabi]

In my opinion, I thought that TGG comes in second to TPP. I found it quite boring in some parts. It really didn't have the oomph that TPP had. Although LS did do a good job, all the same.

[Jacques the Environmentalist]

I thought tgg offerred a few nice calm breaks from the incessant evil that surrounded the whole series. For once they got to go underwater and have a break from life while they worked which was nice. And we still got excitement and loads more information.