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Summary: Yuck! Gag!
Review: This book was horrible. Boring, slow, the characters were 2 dementional, the villin was not the kind you love to hate but as stupid and as meaningless as all the rest of the characters. The Characters were sappy and clingy and didn't quite cach on. The plot was dull and the words in between were meaningless. Honestly I don't know how this book caught on. This book was so horrible it could become on of those "great novels!" the your teacher makes you read! If i could give this novel a half of star i would. Don't waste your money. As you can probably tell, i don't take reading a bad novel very well-espeally when so many people rave about it. Read J k rowling instead.
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Summary: A fantastic Beginning
Review: Lemony Snicket (don't you just love that name?) has some bad news for us. Mind you, the reader can tell he loves telling it, and enjoys spreading the bad news. This is one reader that Snicket has hooked.Meet the Baudelaire orphans (Violet, Klaus and Sunny) they are the children who have a bad beginning. They find out that their parents have died, and then are forced to live with their strange, scary, and greedy Count that wants all of their money. When the children are with him, they have to do all sorts of work, and sleep in terrible conditions. Hence, it's a bad beginning....and it doesn't get much better. The Count wants to steal all their money. I won't say anything more about the plot, because I dont' want to ruin it. Snicket has a wonderful sence of humor. It comes through in his unique style of writing that keeps the reader glued to the page. The characters are ones that the reader cares about and wants to know more about them. All of the kids in the class I student taught in begged me to read it. I was glad I did. this is a wonderful read. When the kids complained abbout something, I said that they should be glad that they aren't the Baudelaire orphans. If you start this series, you won't be sorry.
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Summary: HORRIBLE-For those living it-WONDERFUL-For those reading it
Review: This book is hilarious. Being that this is the first book, you can be guaranteed that even more miserable things will happen to the poor orphaned children with each next book. The book is for a younger reading level than I am at, but yet I continue to read these books because they are fun. This first book, like all the rest, is exciting, funny, miserable, and a perfect read for anyone that wants to make their troubles look like 'small potatoes'. Like I said before at my title, this book is HORRIBLE for those living it, but WONDERFUL for those reading it!!!
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Summary: Definetly Five Stars!!!
Review: I absolutely LOVED this book! I have finished the first four now, and they are delightfully miserable! Like it warns you beforehand, if you can't bare to read the story of a hideous murderer following innocent little children this book is probably not for you. I'm 11 and I could take it and in the end the whole book was fabulous! The pros were practically everything about it, the cons were that Mr. Poe frustrated me. Well, beside the only minor frustration for me, this was an excellent book. Sunny is extremely hilarious with her new language, and Violet and Klaus ar very ingenious, and solve their problems very well. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Summary: An awwwwfully good book
Review: Lemony Snicket (scared already?!), weaves a masterful tale of strife and woe in the first in a series of unfortunate events. This book is lushly presented in a deluxe hard cover with gloriously thick pages. Don't be fooled, this story is not just for children - but anyone who loves a little sorrow and misfortune in their bedtime reading.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: The first book of A Series of Unfortunate Events is called The Bad Beginning. As you will find out in the very first chapter, the Baudelaire children (Violet, Sunny, and Klaus) experience a very unfortunate event. I will not specifically tell you what happens because I don't want to ruin it. Besides, you'll find out soon enough!
Because of this unfortunate event, Violet, Sunny, and Klaus are forced to live with a relative. Mr. Poe, a man that will utterly annoy you later in the series, helps find their relative. The Baudelaire children end up living with Count Olaf, a very, very, distant relative. I can't begin to describe what he looks like or what he acts like because it would hurt you both physically and mentally. It would also ruin the fun of this book.
If you are interested in reading a popular series with humor and tragedy, I would highly suggest this series.
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Summary: A Promising Start
Review: A quick, fun read that even a thirtysomething can enjoy. The packaging is beautiful, the illustrations are nicely drawn, and the story is dark and dastardly as can be. Though slight, "A Bad Beginning" is the perfect read for a rainy afternoon or a lazy summer day. Not quite up to par with JK Rowling or Philip Pullman, but nevertheless another worthwhile effort in a string of novels aimed for children but with more than enough appeal for imaginative adults of all ages.
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Summary: Funnily Horrible.
Review: A book where nothing ever comes out right. Horrible, you must think! Well, er, yes. The Series of Unfortunate Events is just that, but it's part of the appeal. These books are amusing horror stories geared toward children in elementary and middle school, and though at times terrible, they still manage to sustain a queer quality that attracts readers.
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Summary: Still holds up to a second reading!
Review: The book that started it all is still fresh years, tears, and more tomes later. If there are 'tweenagers out there who haven't read it yet, oh! what dreadful pleasures await. Grownups, once they get over the fact that stories, like life, don't always have happy endings, will also find some amusement and mirth. Snicket well establishes the resilient personalities of his young protagonists here as well as the drolly wickedness of his vile villain. For wordplay, unflinchingly intelligent prose, and subtle, entirely anti-pedantic morality, nothing compares to this amazing little book and its siblings. Lemony Snicket, along with J. K. Rowling, Jane Yolen, Jon Scieszka and others, are changing the literature of youngsters, especially for this age group, and thankfully so. A brilliant start to an incredible series.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: Very good. Not as good as the books that follow it, but still a good read. I definitely recommend this to any young adult who doesn't mind a truly depressing and devastating storyline. However, the depression and devastation is entirely overshadowed by the humorous and resourceful characters (Namely the Baudelaire orphans), the obvious talent Snicket has in writing, the wonderful surprises and the timely plot. Once you read this, you won't stop with the series until you're finished!
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