http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:06:24 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/31/203706.php#comment-756248 I was personally disappointed in The End. Not just because of all the important things that were left unanswered, but because of the narraration. Normally Snicket's narraration isn't much of a problem, but in this book I'm afraid it's crossed the line. Most of the things Snicket talks about has very little relevance to the actual plot, and I find myself having to skip several pages just so I can continue reading the actual story. but the main plot was only OK this time. however the real main reason i'm disappointed is that many of the major plots in the series were simply left dangling - VFD, the Quagmires, and the Sugar Bowl. Handler could've at least put a closure on all of these things, rather than simply ignore everything and end the series just like that. AT LEAST confirm what exactly was inside the Sugar Bowl or what happened to the Quagmires. Overall, the book is a horrible ending to the series. He might as well have just stopped at the Penultimate Peril. 756248@blogcritics.org Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:06:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/31/203706.php#comment-737625 it made me fink about them a lot 737625@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:37:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/31/203706.php#comment-737624 i liked the end book but i wantd to know what the ? mark was and what the sugar bowl was but oh well i guess you cant have everything you want but i wasant that suprised by the ending because i read the whole set as often as i can i mean for me its not like a normal of books because i knew it would never end up as a fairy tale and there parents would not be dead just by finishing the first book but the last book was bittersweet Thanks Dominick 737624@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:34:45 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/31/203706.php#comment-712761 i love the series of unfortunate events book series. I use to come home from school in 5th grade with one of Lemony's books, and return it the next morning. They are truly addicting,and leave you wandering,and wanting more for the next book to come. 712761@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:18:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/31/203706.php#comment-598015 It wasn't so much the dissatisfying-ness of the end of The End that got me. I thought it was just a horrendous book. The metaphors were exaggerated far beyond necessity in contrast to his past books. Before, they were appropriately brief and interesting. In The End, I had to skip pages so I could see the story progress. I was sad to find out that there was not much other content in the book. 598015@blogcritics.org Mon, 4 Jun 2007 01:39:42 EDT