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Summary: The cool beginning and the awesome ending.
Review: I love this book Violet,Klaus and sunny get in so much trouble when they hear the bad news from Mr.Poe and have to to stay with the villain Count Olaf and the sequels are awesome also I can't wait until the eighth book comes out, The hostile hospital.the second,third,fourth,fifth,sixth,and seventh book are awesome it's one serie's of unfortunate events you don't want to miss.
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Summary: GREAT!!
Review: I want to start out by saying that all of the Lemony Snicket books are great. They're funny and interesting. One of the great things about these books is that they aren't funny in the ways that most books are, if you were just looking for humor in normal places, these books wouldn't be half as good. However, if you read carefully, you will see how humorous they really are. Also, things that would be mildly sad in other books are some of the things that make these books good. Otherwise sad things can even be funny. As a Harry Potter obsesive, I think that these books aren't quite as good as Harry Potter, but they're close. They are good books to read while waiting for future Harry Potter books.
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Summary: The best book ever!
Review: "The Bad Beginning" is a starter in one of the best series around. It has everything that should be in a bestseller. I don't really read a lot - but when my sister gave me this book - I couldn't put it down. It has action, adventure, drama, and sorrow. If you like books that you can't put down, and books that are suspenseful, then read this book!
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Summary: "Eh" is all I can say
Review: I wouldn't call this a bad book - and yes I did remember that it was a children's book - but I wouldn't say it was on my "books to remember" list. My one main gripe with this book is the explainations of big words that, to be honest, weren't big at all. I can tell you for a fact that even a six year old knows what the word "rickety" means. Some of the explaination took paragraphs too. Now I would simply omit those parts, but that did interupt the flow of the book quite a bit and kept me from enjoying it. This is a hard book to get into and the lack of character development makes it hard to care what happens to the three Baudelaire children. The book was boring. You might think that I shouldn't say that because I'm an "adult", but if I lost interest a child is twice as likely to lose interest. But still I say that this book isn't horrible, but I would recomend it to a younger age group than 9-12. Perhaps an age group of around 7-12, but that's kind of insulting the 12 year olds who undoubtedly would take offense to the little deffinitions. By 12 most children have learned what "literaly" means and don't need a whole page telling them.This is a kind of wishy-washy review, what else can I say but... "eh" to such a wishy-washy book.
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Summary: One-dimensional, emotionless , and just not very funny.
Review: Five stars. One star. Hardly anything in between. What's areview-reader to think? I picked this book up one night at[abookstore] while they just happened to be running a promotion on Lemony Snicket. I was in the mood for something witty to feed my children's book habit and, after reading the promising letter back of the (beautifully designed) book and soaking up to [the bookstore's] promo vibes, I bought it. Perhaps because I had such high expectations, or perhaps because at 18 I'm just too old to understand such things, I was greatly disappointed. The storyline feels one-dimensional. The book carries no emotion, even regarding the children's loss of their parents. The book back's letter promises hilarity, but the contents are not really that funny. Baby Sunny's people-biting ceases to be amusing after the first couple of times she does it. Violet and Klaus have personalities only on the most superficial level: Violet likes to invent, Klaus likes to read. That's it. The characters don't sneer or whimper or even shout very often--they simply say whatever it is they're saying. (Now I know why my junior high English teacher didn't allow us to use the word "said" when we wrote stories. It gets boring very quickly.) The "mystery"--why is Count Olaf, who wants the children's inheritance money, forcing Violet to act in the Marvelous Marriage play, which just happens to also include a real judge--is not very mysterious, at least to an old geezer like myself. And lastly, Mr. Lemony Snicket takes a whole page near the end of the book just to warn the reader of the only thing in the story that might be considered a twist. I am baffled that reviewers compare A Series of Unfortunate Events with the ineffably sublime Harry Potter. I understand (and wholeheartedly agree with) comparisions of J.K. Rowling with Roald Dahl and even Shakespeare. (Do a theme analysis and just tell me what you see. There's a reason people keep reading that stuff.) JKR is a genius. Lemony Snicket, or the powers behind him, seem to have just decided one day to write a book. My advice: don't get this just because you're craving an HP fix. Pick it up in the bookstore and actually read a couple of chapters. If you like what you read, then go right ahead and get it. But do not purchase this book without having sampled it first. You may just find it to be missing the good stuff.
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Summary: J.K. Rowling wannabe
Review: This is a total ripoff of the Harry Potter series. HELLO? The boy even looks like Harry Potter! They have the same freaking glasses! How could anyone who likes Harry Potter like this book? Bad things happen to Harry Potter too at the beginning you know. I would suggest you read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone before you read it so you can see as I have, that this is a total copy of it. Harry Potter is much more original. Like, did this guy, Lemony Snicket, think that people wouldn't notice how his books is like Harry Potter? Does he think kids are stupid and wouldn't notice such things? You know what else are copycats? NSYNC copied BSB, Pepsi copied Coke, Britney copied Mariah...
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Summary: A 5 star book
Review: This book is about a the Baudelaire orphans. They are Violet (14), Klaus, (almost thirteen), and Sunny, an baby and their adventures. They meet up with a man named Count Ofar an evil man, because their parents die. Count Ofar comes up with a plan to take away their fortune. If you read this book, you'll see how they save their fortune, and read about their adventures. I got this book yesterday afternoon, and just finished it. It reminds me of Harry Potter...
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Summary: WOW
Review: This is a great book!!! Once you start it you can't wait what happens next and you will enjoy it if you own it.
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Summary: A look at the books and the reviews..
Review: I just recently finished this book (as in yesterday), and I surprisingly enjoyed it. I wasn't actually looking forward to reading this book, I picked it up because of price rather than want. I finally got around to reading this book and I think it's great. The story starts off with a day at the beach, one that was meant to be pleasant, and unfortunately was not. Due to unfortunate circumstances, the Baudelaire children, Violet (14), Klaus (12) , and Sunny (Infant) are sent to live with a distant relative that they have never met, Count Olaf. He turns out to be a filthy man, with a filthy plan, and well things get worse from there. I find the plot to be very original, as well as most of the characters. I found it to be a quick and fun read. This book does drag along a little but it does get better in the second book, The Reptile Room. I suggest after this book that you continue with the series, but then again its only a suggestion. For this book you will see a lot of good reviews, and a lot of bad reviews. I think that some people are a bit too uptight, and over analyzing this book just a bit. I also think that some don't understand the meaning of the words CHILDREN'S BOOK (I say this concerning the definitions throughout the book). I understand that a lot of adults and teenagers (I'm 14 myself) like to read children's books, but because it is a children's book, I don't understand getting upset over the definitions. I personally think it would be helpful to younger children reading this series, but everyone has their own opinion. True, this is no Harry Potter, but I personally think that it is a good waiting book, that's why I'm reading the series. As others have said, it is full of dark humor, and sarcasm, etc., Read at your own risk.. but I say, read it and have your own opinion.
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Summary: All 7 Are Morbid But In This Case It's Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: For all you people who think Harry Potter rocks read this series and it will blow you away! Sure it's a little depressing but it's very humorus,too! Oh, by the way my teacher has a masters degree in children's literature and I'm letting her borrow them and she thinks they're awesome! Almost everyone in my class I told about the books are reading them. I'm waiting for the 8th book now. I think you should like these books if you have a sense of humor.
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