I'm having a debate with my coworkers in the design of the read side of a CQRS application.

Option 1: The application read side of my CQRS application returns DTOs, e.g:

public interface IOrderReadService
{
    public OrderDto Load(int id);
}

public class SomeController
{
    public ActionResult SomeAction(int id)
    {
        var dto = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IOrderReadService>().Load(id);
        var viewModel = Mapper.Map<OrderDto, SomeViewModel>();
        return View(viewModel);
    }
}

public class SomeOtherController
{
    public ActionResult SomeOtherAction(int id)
    {
        var dto = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IOrderReadService>().Load(id);
        var viewModel = Mapper.Map<OrderDto, SomeOtherViewModel>();
        return View(viewModel);
    }
}

Option 2: The application read side returns ViewModels, e.g.:

public interface IOrderReadService
{
    public SomeViewModel LoadSomething(int id);
    public SomeOtherViewModel LoadSomethingElse(int id);
}

public class SomeController
{
    public ActionResult SomeAction(int id)
    {
        return View(ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IOrderReadService>().LoadSomething(id));
    }
}

public class SomeOtherController
{
    public ActionResult SomeOtherAction(int id)
    {
        return View(ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IOrderReadService>().LoadSomethingElse(id));
    }
}

From the research my coworkers and I have done on the matter, responses appear mixed - it looks like it really depends on context. So I ask you, my dear StackOverflowians:

Does one approach seem to have clear advantages over the other? If so, what are they?

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