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yendiFinished The End yesterday morning.
Frankly, I loved it. But I know that there will be a lot of folks who get very pissed off over it. In fact, from reading the Amazon reviews, there clearly already are.
I've got no pity for 'em.
Aside from the obvious fact that "Snicket" warns readers on each cover not to read the book, he's also made it pretty clear that the books, like real life, don't always offer all the answers. He delivers a conclusion, and resolves the story itself, but as he notes throughout the book, it's impossible to ever really get the whole story -- there's always another character, another backstory, another series of events (unfortunate or otherwise).
It's entirely possible that Snicket copped out, and really had no resolution to a lot of the secondary plotlines. I'm betting that he never intended to resolve them, though. Certainly, many of the dangling plotlines, like the unknown fate of some of the characters, could have been handled in a heartbeat. But this book simply isn't about plot resolution (although it certainly does, once and for all, resolve the primary conflict). It's about books and plots in general. And as such, it was perfectly fun.
That said, I know Elayna's going to be pissed when she reads it. :-)
Frankly, I loved it. But I know that there will be a lot of folks who get very pissed off over it. In fact, from reading the Amazon reviews, there clearly already are.
I've got no pity for 'em.
Aside from the obvious fact that "Snicket" warns readers on each cover not to read the book, he's also made it pretty clear that the books, like real life, don't always offer all the answers. He delivers a conclusion, and resolves the story itself, but as he notes throughout the book, it's impossible to ever really get the whole story -- there's always another character, another backstory, another series of events (unfortunate or otherwise).
It's entirely possible that Snicket copped out, and really had no resolution to a lot of the secondary plotlines. I'm betting that he never intended to resolve them, though. Certainly, many of the dangling plotlines, like the unknown fate of some of the characters, could have been handled in a heartbeat. But this book simply isn't about plot resolution (although it certainly does, once and for all, resolve the primary conflict). It's about books and plots in general. And as such, it was perfectly fun.
That said, I know Elayna's going to be pissed when she reads it. :-)