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Summary: Too creepy for young ones & too unrealistic for older ones
Review: I found the writing style interesting and enjoyable, but found the characters to be so stupid that I could not enjoy reading the story aloud to my 6 and 9-year-old children. I caught myself thinking again and again "no one would do that" Yet; the book was filled with seemingly real meanness and danger. I can't think of an appropriate age for this book because no one over 9 would find it believable and the creepiness is way too creepy for anyone under 12 in my opinion.
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Summary: Bad Luck
Review: This is a gripping novel about three children who's parents die and thet have to go and stay with a distant relative.This is a bad move because the only thing this horrid man cares about is the fortune the baudelaires recieve.He goes to desparate measuress such as trying to marry one of them, just to recieve this money.This sort of story line carries on in different ways in the whole series!
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Summary: Great book! the first book og a fantastic new series.
Review: this book is really great! although it lacks a happy ending, it is fun, imaginative, and is a real page turner. you will never guess what the Baudelaires have to overcome. kids of all ages will engoy reading the series of unfortunate events series. i highly recommend reading the whole series(there are ten books, the eleventh one isn't out yet but will be soon)- all of them are fantastic.
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Summary: The glummiest book iv'e read
Review: If you don't like unhappy endings, you shouldn't even need to read this review because this is the glummiest book iv'e ever read. it has bad events all the time and nearly no pleasureable events.Even though it is the gloomy book , i still think it is a good book. It is fun to read how the children do everything differently from what they used to do while they lived with teir parents. i also like the way they use to overcome the mean man they lived with and how try to make their friendshelp with out knowing that they helping or what is going on
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Summary: Unfortunate but Fun!
Review: This is a fun book and I really enjoy how they use vocabulary definitions within the story and make it flow. These are fun characters and a delightful read. I can't wait until I get to read the rest of the books. This is a good series for both boys and girls and I think a wide range of children would enjoy!
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I believe Snicket is indeed giving Rowling a run for her money! This book is truly the work of a highly intelligent and highly comical individual. Far from being evil or dangerous for kids, the book is inventive engaging, and happens to be a real page turner. The characters are far from flat and invoke sympathy or disgust. The children are loveable, especially Sunny, the biting baby. Sprinkled throughout the book are opportunities for children to not only witness an interesting story, but also opportunities to add new words to their vocabularies. Add to this the fact that the book s are not overly dense and long and you have the receipe for the perfect children's book. Important: This book can also be emjoyed immensely by adults.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: The Bad Beginning
By: Lemony Snicket
Reviewed by: A. Chin
Period 5The Bad Beginning is about three siblings, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. The story starts off with the three siblings being at the beach. While they are there, Mr. Poe, their caretaker, comes and tells them that their parents have just died while their house was on fire. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny cannot believe this. They don't seem to believe how it had happened so fast. The three of them were at the beach, and the next thing they knew was their parents have been died. Mr. Poe then tells them that they must live in is house for a couple of days until he can find a suitable home for them. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny soon find themselves living in Count Olaf's home. The three children hate their new home. The house is covered with pictures of eyes and everything is dark and gloomy. Not only that, the three children have to share a tiny room with only one bed in it. Violet and Klaus take turns sleeping on the bed while Sunny sleeps on a pile of window curtains. The only great thing about Count Olaf's neighborhood is their next-door neighbor, Justice Strauss. The children see her as a kind and caring person. They soon find out that Count Olaf is after the Baudelaires' fortune. One day, Count Olaf tells Violet that she must marry him or else Sunny will be dropped from the thirty-foot high tower. Violet has no choice at all but to marry him. If Violet marries him he will inherit the Baudelaire fortune. To prevent this from happening, Violet and Klaus must quickly figure out a way to stop Violet from marrying Count Olaf. On the day of the wedding, Violet is dressed in a dull wedding gown. When the time comes for her to sign her name on the wedding paper with her own hand, she uses her left hand because she is right-handed. This means that she did not verify her wedding with Count Olaf legal. Count Olaf is furious with this and before they know it the lights are turned off and the room is pitch-black. Everyone walks blindly and chaos happens everywhere. When Violet turns on the lights again Count Olaf and his henchmen are gone. They have all escaped. Although Count Olaf and his henchmen have escaped, they will be back to try to steal the Baudelaire fortune once again. As for now, the Baudelaires' are safe with Mr. Poe.
I liked this book because it has a nice story plot. I like it how the story is about these three miserable children. Although it is sad, it is very interesting. I like it how the author describes the life of these Baudelaires' and what's going on in their lives. The author describes how they feel in a very sad way. One way of showing this is when he wrote, "Klaus felt an icy chill go through him as the horrible man spoke. He had never been so terrified in all his life. He found that his arms and legs were shaking uncontrollably, as if he were having some sort of fit. His mouth was making strange sounds, like Sunny always did, as he struggled to find something to say." This is my first reason of why I like this book. I also liked this book because of the characters and their characteristics. For example, Violet loves to invent things and Klaus loves to read tons of books. Sunny likes to bite things as well. One quote proving this is, "Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair." This is my second reason of why I like this book. My favorite part in the book was when Count Olaf tries to marry Violet. This is my favorite part because there is a lot of action going on. During this part, many things are going on at the same time. For example, when Violet tells Count Olaf that she did not sign with her "own hand", Count Olaf becomes furious. Right after he finds out he tells the hook-handed man to drop Sunny from the thirty-foot tower, the hook-handed man has already brought her out from her cage. Right after that, one of Count Olaf's henchmen turn off the lights of the auditorium. The entire room is pitch-black. Nobody can see and everything turns into chaos. People are running frantically in every direction there is to go. Violet then is able to find the light switch and turn the lights back on. When she does, Count Olaf and his henchmen have escaped. There is a lot of action during this part in the book. This is why this is my favorite part of the book.
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Summary: Like watching a train wreck..
Review: I can't believe some of the people who have read this book think that kids won't understand the humor in it. The plot was a bit weak (hence the 4 stars) but it wasn't that bad...I read it in about 30 minutes before mailing it to my younger cousin for Christmas. I liked it enough to quote a few lines to my parents (mostly the sarcast definitions of words) and didn't feel it was too dangerous for a 9-year-old to read. The people who are writing in reviews of this book that talk about how inappropriate and damaging a book like this is should take a look at the traditional fairy tales that kids like so much...I mean, as a little kid, (I'm 21) I loved the original version of Cinderella way more than the Disney version. Plus, sugar-coating reality (like abuse and mistreatment) doesn't make it not exist, and kids should recognise that many of the things that happen to the characters in the books are wrong and shouldn't happen to anyone. You could even use some of the topics to start a line of dialogue with your kids about such themes. All together, a good book...though overrated and much over-feared.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket is, in my opinion, the fifth best book in the world. The book takes place in an unnamed city. Three children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire lived quite happily with their parents in a glorious mansion. Violet is inventive, Klaus is intelligent, and Sunny ' well, Sunny is an enthusiastic infant who likes to bite things. While at the beach one day, they come to learn that their house has burned and their parents have died. They go to live with an evil distant cousin named Count Olaf, who is also part of a theatre troupe. You'll want to keep turning the pages to find out if they live through this or not!
This book is a wonderful book with many twists. Whenever there is a word or phrase you may not know the meaning of, there is usually a funny definition. For instance, for the word 'briskly' the definition was 'quickly so as to get the Baudelaires to leave the house'. The Bad Beginning is full of evil. The evil includes a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal lots of money, and cold porridge for breakfast. Lemony Snicket's work is highly original. It is a sad book, and it doesn't have a happy ending, but that is one thing that makes this book great!
Mr. Snicket is a hermit and a nomad, which may be one reason why his books are so miserable. Lemony Snicket has never had his picture taken from the front. He usually keeps to himself. This book is a beautiful piece of work, and I recommend it to all Harry Potter fans (although it has no magic in it, whatsoever). However, keep in mind Mr. Snicket's warning: 'If you prefer books with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book'!
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Summary: One of my favorite books
Review: The Bad Beginnings is one of my favorite books of The Series of Unfortunate Events. Bad Beginnings is the first of The Series of Unfortunate Events. Its about three children named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire lived a happy life with their mother and father and their wonderful fortune. Every thing goes wrong on a gloomy day when a fire starts at the beautiful home. Everything is destroyed with the fire including their happy life and their parents. Before their parents died they made a will saying the children live with a relative, but everyone is dead except for a mysterious, mean man named Count Olaf. He knows about the children's fortune and plans to take it with his evil gang and plans. Will the children retain their fortune; will they have hope for a new good life? Find out by reading the great book, The Bad Beginnings.
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