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Summary: Disturbing
Review: Well, here's another installment from the "doesn't matter what's in it, as long as it gets kids to read!" club. The abuse in the book and suggestive nature of Count Olaf's plan for Violet are very disturbing. And it's another "adults are either nasty or bumbling and confused, while kids are sharp as tacks" theme, which is getting so common in kids' books and television (especially Disney). Sigh.
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Summary: Series of Unfourtunate Events-WONDERFUL
Review: These books are so magical and really are grabbers, I am a [age] but i know [age] year-olds that LOVE these books, they really make sense and are really enjoyable to read. Lemony Snicket does a great job. I have read all 8 books and can't wait for the 9th to come out in June. Read these books! You won't regret it!
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Summary: Wonderful, Excting, Miserable (Not Really) Book.
Review: Violet, Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire are three very unlucky children. When their parents perished in a fire, they thought life couldn't get any worse. They were wrong. When the three children are sent to live with a distant relative, they had hoped their luck was about to change for the better. Unfortunately, they had reckoned without Count Olaf and his diabolically fiendish scheme to steal the children's inheritance.The Series of Unfortunate Events are books that are very different to the typical image of children's literature. As the narrator says, "There is no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and there are very few happy things in the middle." The author uses a dark, dry sense of humor and depending on how you focus upon the book, it can either be depressing or very funny. I personally found it very good, but from reading it I can understand why some parents say it gives their kids nightmares. Some of the things that happen to the three orphans are just plain awful. The characters are both entertaining and interesting, it keeped my intrest and enthusiasm throughout the whole book. Count Olaf is repulsively evil - and the Baudelaires are intelligent, resourceful children who enjoying inventing and reading. No matter what happens, they will always find some solution to their problems, even though more bad things are just around the corner. I recommend this to all kids over the age of 9. Some people call it a JK Rowling wannabe but I disagree. This series is nothing like Harry Potter, nor it as good, but then what children's book could be? I'll definitely be buying more in this wonderfully miserable series.
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Summary: The Review of Book the First
Review: This is the beginning of the "Unfortunate Events" series. It all starts out as a day at the beach with each other for siblings Violet, the 14 year old who likes to invent things, Klaus, a very intelligent pre-teen, and Sunny, a baby who likes to bite things. They soon find out that their parents have died in a tragic fire, burning down their whole house. Violet will get the fortune of the parents, but when she is of age (eighteen). They go to live with their very distant relative, Count Olaf, a horrid man who forces them to perform hard labor and all sleep in one room. The author seems to make the story humorous (as it is depressing) by using running jokes throughout the story like Sunny's baby talk ("Gack!" probbably meant "Who's that mysterious figure in the fog?") and defining words throughout the book. The book series ends once it reaches lucky thirteen, and I'm in no hurry for it to end.
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Summary: AWESOME, MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The Bad Beginning is the best book I have read in a long time! The Baudelaire Children's lives are filled with very unfortunate events and unforgettable characters. The book is very humorous in a strange, dark kind of way. I bought the first one and couldn't stop! Now, 2 days later I am on the third! This is a really GREAT book! I know that if you start to read it, you will not be able to put it down!!!!!!!!!TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: I give this book five stars because it is very exciting. The story is about the misfortune of three children of a rich family. It all starts when the children's parents die when their mansion burns down. Afterwards they get sent to live with the evil Count Olaf. The count would do anything to get the childrens fortune. Will Violet, Klaus, and Sunny escape Count Olaf's evil plan? To find out read The Bad Beginning.
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Summary: A Bad Beginning For Baudelaires,A Good Gateway For you!
Review: I dislike comparing original works to the likes of others,but in an attempt to give you an idea of what these books are like,imagine if you will, Roald Dahl,Richard Sala,and Monty Python all sitting around a table and concieving a series of "childrens" books.....and you'd have a pretty good idea of what its all about. "The Bad Beginning",starts off the dismal adventures of the Baudelaire children and their quest to defeat their wicked uncle Count Olaf,and his evil schemes,and numerous minions. It also begins the mystery surrounding Mr.Lemony Snicket,and why he is compelled to write these adventures,and why he is running from the authorities!( Not to mention the mystery surrounding the very dead Beatrice! ) Childrens books? Hardly. These are for "big kids"! Not many children will catch the numerous literary references. (i.e. "Baudelaire",or "Sunny & Klaus" ( as in "Von Bulow" )or "Isadora & Duncan Quagmire",or Mr.Poe,whom constantly coughs into his handkerchief, and his son Edgar,or Uncle Monty whom owns a collection of snakes,etc. ). Not to mention the series promises 13 books,all with 13 chapters. The plots are comical and silly,and a great distraction for those whom like a good laugh,at the expense of some downtrodden orphans.( And who doesn't? ) How can you not be drawn to a book,whos very dust jacket implores you NOT to read it? Like a bad habit with your name on it,once you begin,you'll crave more and more! I recommend this series for anyone with a sense of humour or your favorite goth girl or guy!
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: There once three siblings named Violet, Klaus and Sunny, their house got caught on fire with their parents inside. Now they have to live with their Uncle, Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a really tall, ugly, mean man with an eye tattoo on his ankle. Count Olaf is not a nice and caring person. He tells the Baudelaire orphans to clean and cook for him and his friends. All he wanted was to get the orphans fortune.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: Ethel Sanchez
Asa Mercer Middle School
The Series Of The Unfortunate Events
The Bad Beginning Book #1 There once three siblings named Violet, Klaus and Sunny, their house got caught on fire with their parents inside. Now they have to live with their Uncle, Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a really tall, ugly, mean man with an eye tattoo on his ankle. Count Olaf is not a nice and caring person. He tells the Baudelaire orphans to clean and cook for him and his friends. All he wanted was to get the orphans fortune.
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Summary: A great beginning for a series of unfortunate events
Review: This book is a great beginning for a series of unfortunate events because i thought the characters were great and it was filled with mystery, misery, and humor.
At first the baudelaire orphans get told that there parents get killed in a house fire and then they have to go live with there evil relative named count olaf. then everything is dreadful from three children sleeping in 1 room with only 1 bed to having a play that count olaf can take their money from. well, if u want to find out what happens, read the book! i did and i am already on the 5th book! i recommend it to everyone!
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