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Summary: Best so far, well at least through this book...
Review: Ever since the unfortunate series came out I wanted to read them but never did until a month ago. I bought a couple of books from Amazon.com and I needed $6 more of merchandise in order to get the free shipping so I added The Bad Beginning to my cart to get the free shipping. I think it was well worth it. I finished reading The Bad Beginning the quickest I have ever read a book and was instantly hooked as well.I started to buy the rest of the series book by book. I just finished this book last night in fact, which means I need to get #5 now. Out of the unfortunate series books 1-4, I would have to say that this one is my favorite. I'm not quite sure why it is my favorite, I just like this one the best so far. Definately worth reading.
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Summary: Very Entertaining Series
Review: I purchased books 1-5 on audio tape to listen to with my children while driving in the car. My how time flys when you are hearing about the perils of the Baudelaire children. I notice traffic doesn't bother me half as much while I am listening to these stories. Somethings in life could be much worse than sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. My children enjoy the stories so much that they don't just want to listen in the car anymore. Every night before they go to bed we listen to about an hour of the tape. Also, I think my children appreciate me more after they see what a hard life these children have. I would recommend these stories for older children (older then 7). Younger or overly sensitive children might get scared or become upset by some of the things that happen.
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Summary: An INORDINATE amount of FUN!
Review: Lemony does it again with this "hypnotic" (pg.140 and on) tale of the Baudelaire Orphans. I read it straight through in one sitting! These poor wretched children are once again exposed to "pyschoneurotically distrubed" adults in the 4th sequel to this series. Once again he delievers on his promise that there are no happy endings for our young heroes.
HMMM (pg. 148-153), I wonder what he has in store in Book 5!
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Summary: A Memorandum from the Paltyrville Chamber of Commerce
Review: Memorandum To: Mr. Lemony Snicket or his Legal Representatives From: The Paltryville Chamber Of Commerce Subject: Mr. Snicket's time spent here It has been brought to our attention Mr. Snicket plans on slandering our lovely, quaint village in his awful pamphlet entitled THE MISERABLE MILL, which is labeled 'Book the Fourth' in a horrid series called, appropriately, 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. Indeed, Mr. Snicket claims that as the Baudelaire orphans arrive in our sleepy hideaway, nobody greeted them with a smile and a WELCOME TO PALTRYVILLE packet. This is simply an untruth, Mr. Snicket! Everyone who arrives in Paltryville is greeted this way, and the WELCOME TO PALTRYVILLE packet comes with great gifts, for example, a free block of wood from the Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Though nobody recalls the Baudelaire's or their nice, quiet vacation, I'm certain that it was no where near as horrible as it was described in Snicket's awful book. Imagine, three poor orphans, one of them hardly an infant, being forced to work in the Lucky Smell Lumber Mill for nothing but coupons, and fed only gum at lunch, nothing at breakfast, and casserole for dinner; all these events purportedly perpetrated by the now-slandered owner called Sir. Indeed, Sir's proper name is as mysterious as his facial features, which are always obscured in a cloud of smoke due to his habit of smoking cigars. I'm certain the terrible things attributed to Sir (who consequently is the head of the Paltryville Chamber of Commerce) by the evil Mr. Snicket are unfounded.
Not to mention the wicked things that were attributed posthumously to our wonderful eye doctor, Dr. Georgina Orwell. She was a kind and lovely woman, and it is not well to speak ill of the dead. Her assistant, Shirley, was a kind and lovely woman as well, even though she was a man, and a mean and unlovely man at that. She was, in fact, Count Olaf, an alledgedly terrible villian constantly after the Baudelaire orphans' fortune. However, he cannot have been that bad, because such a sort would have never been welcome in Paltryville, which is not in the middle of nowhere, and is not dreary, and though it does not have a train running twice a day, does have a mule drawn cart that travels the 150 mile dirt road once every month to the nearest village with no services.
So, my dear friend, Mr. Snicket, I assure you that should you EVER visit our quant and charmingly rustic little vacation spot ever again, you shall not recieve a warm welcome. It is quite likely you will be run out of town on a rail.
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Summary: The Miserable Mill on audio book
Review: This is a good story. My kids love the orphans. We have been listening to the audio books and have enjoyed hearing Tim Curry read the first two books. The Miserable Mill was read by the author instead of Tim Curry and we enjoyed listening to Tim Curry more. Bring back Tim Curry for all future books! One of these audio books in the car promises a quiet ride.
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Summary: Magnificent Book
Review: The Miserable Mill
By: Lemony Snicket
Reviewed by: F. Chang
Period: 1 The Miserable Mill talks about the Baudelaire orphans fourth adventure. In this book the Baudelaires has to work in a mill after what had happened to them at Aunt Josephine's house. Upon arriving at the Lucky Smells Lumber mill they were told to sleep on a bunk of a bunk bed. They meet a good friend called Phil. Phil was rather nice to the Baudelaires when they arrived. He was always taking care of them. When they arrived they went to go see the two owners of the lumber mill. One of them is rather very nice, and the other wasn't. The nice owner was a man called Charles. The other owner who never mentions his real name in the book likes to be referred as Sir. Sir is very mean to the orphans. He makes them work at the lumber mill. Charles was always trying to persuade him not to make the orphans work there. Time after time, the orphans began getting used to the mill. One day Klaus, the middle orphan, broke his glasses. Charles sent him to go see the eye doctor, which is down the street. Coincidently the eye doctor's office was the same shape as the Count Olaf's tattoo on his right ankle. The secretary that worked in the office was really Count Olaf in disguise. He and Dr. Orwell, the eye doctor, hypnotizes Klaus. Klaus ended up doing bad things at the mill such as dropping the string machine on Phil's leg. Violet ended up un-hypnotizes Klaus, and Klaus came to his senses. The downfall was that Count Olaf got away. There are many reasons why I like or dislike this book. The reason I like this book is because the ending was very interesting. I never saw it coming, and that is what I like in a book. [...] I thought she would have escaped with Count Olaf and plan out other nefarious plans to steal the Baudelaire's fortune. The reason that I didn't like this book much is because it gave out some false information. "A Chinese merchant who lived during the Ling Dynasty was hypnotized." First thing there isn't a Ling Dynasty in China's history. It is giving out some false information for people who don't know there isn't a Ling Dynasty. My favorite part of the book is when the whirring saws killed Dr. Orwell. Mr. Lemony Snicket gave out very interesting and detailed description on how she was killed. He also made it a twist. Like I said the twist was Dr. Orwell death. I love books that have twisted endings.
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Summary: AWESOME BOOOK, LEMONY SNICKET IS AT IT AGAIN!
Review: Calling all Lemony Snicket fans! Four words people, THIS BOOK IS AWESOME! The Miserable Mill is probably the most hilarious so far (well, I've only read 1-7, and not 2). Man, disguising Count Olaf as the female resepsionist Shirley? Now that's funny! I'm sure many readers (myself included) were sure Count Olaf was going to be the manager of the Mill or the "Eye Doctor" or Charlie even, but certainly not a female respsionist named Shirley! I was particularly amused by the fact that Lemony Snicket loves to poke fun at certain cliche sayings, and at certain types of people. Not a doubt this book is the best of the series!
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Summary: The Miserable Mill
Review: The book I¡¯m reading is called The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket. This book is about another one of the Baudelaire children¡¯s misfortunate events. This time, they are stuck in a place called Lucky Smells Lumbermill. When they walk into the gates of Lucky Smells Lumbermill, they find a letter written for them. Their guardian is a man named Sir and always has a cloud of smoke covering his face. Sir is supposed to protect the children, but instead, makes them work in a lumbermill and never notices that Count Olaf and some of his friends are lurking nearby. Now the children are really in for a time of getting splinters, Klaus getting hypnotized, and only a piece of gum for lunch.
¡°¡° Why, hello there, little girls,¡± Count Olaf said in a ridiculously high voice, as if he really were a receptionist named Shirley instead of an evil man after the Baudelaire fortune.¡± I really liked this book because Count Olaf is dressed up rather silly, and tries to talk like a woman. He has been a guy named Stephano, he has been a sailor named Captain Sham, but I have never seen him as a receptionist at the dentist. Of course, the children notice him right away and try to plead their new guardian to believe that this man is Count Olaf. But none of them ever believe. Mr. Poe, the man who is in charge of where the children go and their fortune, never believes the delirious children. I always find that very annoying. But, that part of the book always makes it fun.
The reason I disliked this book was because it wasn¡¯t as good as the other book in the series. This book seemed a little dry and that is the reason I gave it four stars. I would have given the other books five stars, but this book just didn¡¯t seem good enough. It wasn¡¯t as adventurous and didn¡¯t have a lot of settings, just one place, the miserable Lucky Smells Lumbermill. I hope the next books in this series are a bit more interesting and are able to make a five star rating. As always, I am still interested in reading the next book called The Austere Academy.
My favorite part of the book was when Foreman Flacutono kept tripping Klaus to make him break his glasses. I liked that part because it kind of reminded me of how real people do that for fun. But I thought it was kind of sad, but it was a good part because it reminded me of kids. Foreman Flacutono did this because he needed Klaus to go to the dentist. I couldn¡¯t believe how clumsy Klaus was because he fell every time and didn¡¯t look out for a foot. I think that kind of reminds me to watch out for bad people and influences in life and to not keep falling into trouble again.
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Summary: Violet, Sunny, and Klus
Review: WoW! This was such a great book, I couldn't put it down. My favorite character was Violet. she likes to read and invent things. Klus is the smartest sibling,and sunny has four sharp teeth,and she likes to chow on things. The main part of the story is they are trying to find somewhere to live.
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Summary: The Miserable Mill
Review: Count Olaf is after the Baudelaire fortune once again and he's cooking up a secret plan! Violet, Klaus, and Sunny were getting off the train in Paltryville to find the address that leads them to their new home. They soon find out that their new home was going to be in Paltryville's Lumbermill. I really enjoyed reading this book because it was very exciting and once I started I couldn't stop. Violet and the other Baudelaires are put through hard work, surprising events, and other things too. I really liked this book. I think that Lemony snicket is a great author.
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