10-25-2004, 11:29 PM | #21 |
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You'll get through them very quickly, so unless you get bored with the pattern of the plots, there's no reason to stop. It won't take you long to read all of them.
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01-28-2005, 10:59 AM | #23 |
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The y are very funny! and good
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01-28-2005, 11:03 AM | #24 |
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I have read them all
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02-03-2005, 04:31 PM | #25 |
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They are THE most wonderful kids books ever concieved (besides Narnia)!!!
I've read the first five, and I've never laughed harder than when Vice Priciple Nero is playing at his violin recital, and Lemony Snicket is saying..."It is often amusing to try and guess waht inspired a composer to write a particular piece. For instance, some composers have been inspired by nature, and write symphonies imitating bird calls, or a composer might be inspired by a big city and the big lights. Apperantly in Nero's case, he'd been inspired by someone beating a cat." Excellent, excellent
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They seem repititious...and they are, but notice that they are varying a bit each time. For instance, after the first three they no longer have any relatives. And you start seeing that a lot of things are the same because of count Olaf (such as people's houses bieng burned down)....I need to read the next six!!!
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I agree about the variations. I mentioned the repetition because one of my friends said the plots were starting to get "tiresome." She's still reading them though! And I continue to enjoy them too. |
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02-04-2005, 11:39 AM | #28 |
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I looked forward to reading these, but I only got through a couple before I gave up. They're fairly clever and funny, but very repetitive. Do they vary at all after the first few (more than in little details)? I might keep going with them, but in general I like children's books which are a bit more imaginative.
I enjoyed the film though.
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I absolutely LOVE these books. Soooo funny. I just finished reading The Vile Village. One of my favorite things is how the author is actually somehow mixed up in the story. Very mysterious, a word which here means "Very VERY cool".
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02-23-2005, 03:56 PM | #31 |
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What's the plan for the movies? Are they making more films with the books?
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01-20-2007, 12:44 AM | #32 |
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So, has anyone read The End? I think this is an amazing series. At first I thought they were slightly repetitive, and I thought This is going to get boring with 13!
But IMO they get better. At first it seems like all black and white, good guys and bad guys. But after the ninth book especially you start asking questions like Are there any really bad guys? And then, Are there any good guys? Plus waiting for them to come out is infuriating! VFD, sugar bowl! They are really very sad though. I guess you can't say he didn't warn me! I also read the Unauthorized biography, which gives a lot of VFD information, and is very funny! Has anyone read The Beatrice Letters? I'm planning to. I thought the movie was ok, but I'm surprised that there hasn't been a sequel. They totally set it up for one.
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01-29-2007, 09:39 AM | #33 |
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Actually, thats what I didn't like about the series, the Ninth on...lots of moral relativity for a kids series. Not only that, but the "Busheney" (Bush/Cheney) pot shot was pretty obvious, not to mention the "Scalia" one.
Still, even the later ones were fun to read, and I really liked Sunny's new cooking skills
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01-30-2007, 02:16 PM | #34 |
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Perhaps it is too much for younger kids, but it's one of the few series I can have an intelligent conversation with my 11 yr. old brother about. I don't think it's exactly a kids series, I'd say ages 10+. Probably just about anyone can enjoy them. I love Sunny's cooking talent too.
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The author DID milk the scariness out of Olaf chasing them. It got tiresome to try and pretend it was still important by the tenth book.
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