To each, his or her own.
I love, love, love the Sudbury. It has a verticality and busy-ness of pattern that I find unique and very good looking. (BTW, the Sudbury isn't in any of those above pics - other than blocked by some trees on the left of the second pic). I only wish it was more engaging at the street level.
Your pics above seem to be contrasting the Alcott with the Avalon much more. I think the Alcott wins that one hands down (although I have nothing against the Avalon).
The Sudbury revels in being tall without trying to avoid that look with multistory window treatments. If there is one thing that irks me is Boston's shaming of everything tall, so much that these multistory window bracketing has become "The Boston Style", sadly. The Verizon building (along with its other faults) is a prime example.