Curtiss Wrote:High-five, Lemony Snicket fan here! I'm not too fond of how A Series of Unfortunate Events ended but I think he did a great job of writing a book that's suitably dark enough for an adult and yet is easy enough for a kid to understand as well. I've read Good Omens a long time ago as well so I ought to get it again since the previous book was borrowed and The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my favourite classics, along with Frankenstein.

And while we're looking for favourite authors, does anyone here read books by Joe Abercrombie? My friend introduced me to his works such as The First Law series (The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Feast of Kings) and I've been hooked on it ever since. What I enjoy about his works is that he doesn't bother to sugarcoat and he makes a very convincing argument as to why battles are bad but they happen anyway, while his characters are variously on the sliding scale of bad and evil but they sometimes do good things or can still be good people. I highly recommend this series if you're a fan of low fantasy and you like continuity as all of his books thus far have been set in the same world.

Gunship Wrote:Yeah, I do agree. Re-reading the ASOUE books as an adult left me just a little more jaded than I was when I read them as a 15-year old, regarding the ending. I still adore the series, though, I just love his style of writing and his characters.

Hmm, Abercrombie's books sound very interesting, right up my alley. I'm going to have to look them up as soon as I can, I'm already intrigued.