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Summary: Morbid and morose -- but delightful!
Review: I've only read Book 1 of the Lemony Snicket books, but I can promise you I'll continue reading in this series!This story of the orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire goes from the merely terrible to the completely tragic. Mr. Snicket uses a light hand in his prose to keep the story from being entirely too sad. He often speaks directly to the reader, empathizing with the orphans' collective pitiful condition. He also has a delightful (and educational) way of inserting clauses to inform the young reader as to the meaning of the more sophisticated vocabulary he employs. Although purportedly written for young readers, this book delights the young-at-heart adult. Fortunately the books are published in a compact size, convenient for slipping into one's purse or briefcase, for a little comi-tragic relief from the workaday world.
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Summary: Corrupt Reviews!
Review: As any person who notices these kind of things, you have to consider that most of these book reviews are written by adults. Now I forgot. This IS a children's book, right? I happen to be a fourteen years old, and I recieved this book for Christmas (from a book magazine that sold "great" books). Any person I met who read it liked the books (even my english teacher NOTE: TEACHER). I am an avid reader, reading many of the classics (Grapes of Wrath; Hobbit; The Jungle; To Kill a Mockingbird), and enjoy the fantasy genre. So don't get me wrong by thinking I liked the book because they dumbed it down, or I'm a know-nothing (I happen to be in a special english, and math class). I found this book to be inventive, with a new style of writing. He kept you interested with the constant mystery, and clueless adults who frusterate you until you have to laugh at them. He keeps you attentive and not bored with a change of writing every few chapters. For example, he with will have little definitions that will obviously not be real, but attached to the storyline, and little humerous tidbits like five pages of "never"'s, or a couple of pages of black. It's a refreshing edition to the many styles of writing that are used way too often, and changed the direction of "oh, the hero has trouble, he goes and meets the bad guy, and defeats him. Happily Ever After!" There is no "Happily Ever After" here, and I find that in itself funny. If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen! This was a fabulous book, and I recomend them all to anybody! I gave the book what it deserved, and if you don't like it. TOUGH! If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all. Don't try to get people to avoid a book based on your opinion! They should avoid it on their opinion! I bid you farewell.
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Summary: For the kids, and the kid inside you...
Review: I love this book! I was looking for a gift for my eleven year old niece. After reading the first page I was hooked. I bought it and had to read the whole thing before giving it away as a present. Now I can't wait for her to finish reading it, so I can buy the next one. The illustration on the cover and in the book are quite charming. The children are quite likable without sounding too cute, and I personally enjoy the way the author uses the book to help children learn the meaning of some words. This is not a happy, cheerful story, but I think it's helpful for children to know not everything goes according to plan in this world. If anything I recommend reading it with your children and discuss the various topics (grief, greed, trust,etc) in the story. Enjoy!!
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Summary: GO LEMONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I read this book and quickly because I COULD NOT put it down! You should read this book because it ROCKS! People say it's like Harry Potter and it is sort of but it's good in other ways. I am on the 2nd book. (The Reptile room) Well gotta go READ! (This is not a paid advertisment)
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Summary: A sad, but addicting book that will make you read the series
Review: Right when you pick up this book and start reading the first chapter, you won't be able to set it down. In the beginning of the Bad Begining the Baudelaire children find out that their parents have died in a terrible fire that flattened their home. That circumstance caused them to live with their horrible 4th cousin 3 times removed or 3rd cousin 4 times removed, and you will find out how horrible he really is. But I'm not going to tell you the whole story. So get with it read this book!! As a matter of fact read the whole series. Once you read this one you won't be able to stop reading it.
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Summary: Do not buy this book for your child!!!
Review: I am a teacher. I loved allof the Harry Potter books and was told that this was a similar series. Wrong. This book is awful. It is about three orphans who are physically & psychologically abused by their caretaker. It also dumbs-down the vocabulary, by explaining what each word means in the text of the story (as if you are reading a dictionary.) I couldn't even finish it and I don't say that about many children's books.
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Summary: Enjoyed it Immensely which here means, a lot.
Review: I thought "The Bad Beginning" was a very good book. I read it in about 45 minutes, and I thought it was 'awfully' good. I felt for the children, and hated the uncle as much as anybody...and I found that they survived quite well, when everyone in their world turned on them. So, as we said goodbye for now as the drove on to their next destination...we had to wonder whether it would be a happier place...but wait, if so...it wouldn't be a series of UNfortunate events...never mind.
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Summary: The Best!!!!!!!
Review: That writer from Australia is totally screwed in the head! This is the best book! I'm on the 7th book right now and it's the best! I encourage everybody to read it!
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Summary: Thrilling and fun
Review: I'm only 11 years old, and I thought that this book was thrilling and fun. The book has three charming children and one evil man. The story kept me on the edge of my seat. The solution also makes young minds, like myself, think. The definitions in the book were so helpful to my vocabulary. Not only that, Snicket tied the definitions into the book to give it a better way of looking at it. Next to Harry Potter, this book is the best book I've ever read! ;)
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Summary: A Fortunate Beginning for Great Reading
Review: I purchased this book for my son (11). He gobbled it down in a day, and proceeded to books 2 and 3 in the next two days. I also read each of these books after he'd finished with them. The rapid series of unfortunate events makes this a real page-turner. I've heard no requests for extra TV time for the past three days. What better way to make reading a habit, vs. a forced exercise? I don't think these books are NEARLY as frightening as say, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. While they may not be appropriate for children 8 and under, I think children above that age can appreciate this kind of outlandish misfortune for what it is. Unlike other readers, I appreciated the author's explanations of unfamiliar words and phrases, and wish that more children's books would introduce unfamiliar vocabulary in this way. While this may be distracting for adults, and it's true that children could just as easily look the words up in a dictionary, how many children will actually stop to do so? My son was more likely to ask me the meaning of words after reading this book, vs. "barreling on through."
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