Spiderwick Chronicles

[cassandraclaire73]

The Spiderwick books are quite dissimilar to the Lemony Snicket 
books, actually. (I feel I can say this with some authority, as Holly 
Black is a friend of mine and I read the books several months 
ago, before they were published.) The presentation makes them 
look a bit simliar, but the Spiderwick books are really magical 
adventure tales, and they lack the snide, dark humor of the 
Snicket books. I much prefer them actually as I find the Snicket 
books unpleasantly arch and too dark.

Cassie


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Milz" 
<absinthe at m...> wrote:
> Wow, it's been a very looong time since I've posted;-)
> 
> Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone here has read the 
"Spiderwick 
> Chronicles" by Holly Black. I skimmed through a copy at my 
local 
> Borders yesterday and thought it was rather similar to the 
Lemony 
> Snicket books: 3 siblings (the eldest a teenaged girl), each 
sibling 
> has their own strength (Snicket characters strengths seem 
more 
> intellectual, Spiderwick children strengths are more physical) 
and 
> a "warning" not to read the book.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Milz