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Summary: A bit too unfortunate for my taste
Review: When the Baudelaire children loose their parents in a terrible fire, they are adopted by a very distant family member, Count Olaf. Count Olaf lives in a gruesome house and is the leader of a strange and rather frightening group of actors. The children have to do all kinds of tasks and in general their lives are pretty miserable. And the situation becomes even more miserable when Count Olaf has a not so pretty surprise for them in store...The bad beginning is the first of a series of books that all have in common that the events described in them are indeed very unfortunate. For me the events are a bit too unfortunate, but maybe that is because I am grown up. I like it when something good happens every now and then. Also, the superfluous explanation by the author of words that are in my opinion not too difficult and can be understood by 10-year olds, starts to be irritating after a while. All in all an enjoyable read, but it cannot stand in the shadow of the Harry Potter series.
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Summary: ...
Review: Well, I brought this book because after reading the blurb on the back cover it sounded like it had a Roald Dahl ring to it. However, because you now KNOW that nothing will go right for the main characters in the book, the book is very predictable, predictable here meaning YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!! I'm agreeing with the reader from Edinburgh here, (I'm from Sussex by the way, hello!). All of that explaining of words got really annoying, I still have no idea what all that was about. Also the characters were a bit dim...why on earth didn't they just run away from their evil uncle? I probably didn't enjoy the book because I was 14 when I read it, it is definately for younger children, even though I think the book would even leave them unsatisfied because it has a rubbish ending. Nice try Lemony Snicket, but better luck next time. What sort of a made-up name is that anyway?
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Summary: Absolutely ghastly!
Review: What a dreadful and depressing story. Bravo, Mr. Snicket!
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Summary: Miserable, but great!
Review: Have you ever thought about living without your parents? Well,in this book there are three children whose parents died in a fire. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent kids, but they've been having a very hard time. It started when their parents died in a terrible fire that burned down the whole Baudelaire mansion. When this terrible accident happened the children were at the beach skipping rocks. Mr.Poe, who is a family friend and the manager of a bank, went to the beach and told them the awful news. They had to go live with him until they find a relative for them to live with. Finally, they found a relative,his name is Count Olaf. Count Olaf lived in a very ugly house and on the door there was an eye and he also had the same eye tattooed on his ankle. His next door neighbour's name is Justrice Strauss a very nice lady who has a gorgeous house compared to Count Olaf's.
The first moment the Baudelaire's meet Count Olaf they don't really like him. All the orphans have to sleep in one room.The three Baudelaire orphans have to do a lot of chores for Count Olaf such as: making dinner for his rude and mean theatre group, sweeping, and cleaning basically everything.
I can't tell you any more, but I will say that this book is: funny, suspensful, interesting and once you start reading it you can't put it down. It is so good because they go through many adventures that they always solve. I hope that you do read this book and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. For the last time, I really urge you to read this book. Happy reading!
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Summary: Dark Humor
Review: I am 16 and found this book very enjoyable, but I do not think that it is appropriate for the age level that is suggested. A grown man wanting to marry a 14-year-old girl and an infant hanging from a cage is not something I would want a 10-year-old reading about. Other than that, I found the book witty and a fun read. Lemony Snicket is a wonderful writer.
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Summary: One of the best books I read.
Review: I recomend this beacause it's soooooooooo good.Read it,belive me you'll like it.You know I am The Bookworm.
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Summary: The best book in the world is The Bad Beginnig!
Review: If you enjoy Harry Potter of Roald Dahl you'll love this book. The Baudlaire children Violet, Klaus and Sunny are most unfortunate when their parents die and their mansion is burned down to a crisp. Mr.Poe a kind man takes them until they find a relative that they can live with.Mr. Poe works at a bank. They have to live with a relative because that's what was said in their parent's will. Then Mr.Poe finds a distant relative named Count Olaf. They think it would be better then living with Mr.Poe but, they were totally wrong. When they arrive at his house his door has a eyeball carved into the middle of it. They look at him carefully. He has a tatoo that is the same design that was carved on the door. The author says in one part of the book that first impresions are almost alway wrong but the Baudelaire children were absoultely correct.They think he was a horrible man and he is. He gives them one room and one bed. Violet and Klaus take turns sleeping in the bed and Sunny sleeps in a bed of curtains that Violet makes for her.
This book is awfully good. Read it!
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Summary: Didn't like this book at all, for any age kid or teenager
Review: I didn't like this book because too much of it did not
make sense. Right after their house burns down and
their parents die, the three kids are officially placed
in a totally filthy home with only one bed and no crib
for the baby? That wouldn't happen.
The baby was hung from a bird cage
out the window? How did they feed her? No one
changed her diapers? and especially:
The judge said the marriage was legal? No way. Violet
was tricked into marrying Count Olaf, so it was
a marriage under false pretenses so it would not
really count. I thought this was kind of a dumb book
and I won't read any more books in this series.
The only parts I liked were the parts about Violet being a good inventor.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: The Bad Beginning is a great book about 3 children who suffer very unfortunate events. They lose their parents and have to go to their awful reletive, Count Olaf's house. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are children who have different personalinalities.
- Violet is an inventor, Klaus is a bookworm, and Sunny likes biting things. This is just the first of the books in The Series of Unfortunate Events, all by Lemony Snicket. This book is great and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes reading. Something always happens and you never lose interest.
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Summary: Grating.
Review: A word which here means, an insult to the dictionary owning public. What is with that? Is it supposed to be funny?
Anyway, that hurdle aside, it is an enjoyable read if you can ignore the rather silly plot contrivances.
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