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Summary: Memento Mori
Review: This is the fifth book in the series. If you just picked it up you should start from the first book as the story builds on each previous book. You will notice a common theme running through the stories. However the details change as you learn reading and inventing and biting skills.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire finally get to go to school. Well Sunny is too young so she becomes an administrative assistant. Of course who should turn up but Coach Genghis. And we all know who he is. Once again Count Olaf has the three Baudelaire brats running around in circles, as they try to illuminate his plan. This time his plot is so insidious that you will not be able to anticipate it.
Along the way we learn many lessons, the least of which is the value of utensils.
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Summary: this was pretty good..
Review: this book was pretty good I mean some other stories that he wrote where excellent i mean i could read them over and over again but this one i didn't enjoy it because i mean even though they are going to school nothing really interesting happend in this one other then count olaf makeing them run all night until they where tired so they couldn't take the test and pass it. And just the last part when count olaf is doing some drastic messures but other then that this book is pretty good and pretty lame at the same time.But i still think you sould get it to read it.
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Summary: Introduces Baudelaires' first major friends
Review: I liked the fact that the author finally introduced characters that were able to add to the plot of more than one book. The author finally found a way to give the Baudelaires clues which would get them closer to the end.
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Summary: Good but going to far with the Unfortunate part.
Review: I like the lemony snicket books but in this one I just read it to be over with. It was ok and good but so many unfortunate things happened that it makes you sick to your stoamach. I'd say that the ending isn't too pleasing but that is where they went right to leave us hanging.
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Summary: Sequel Fever
Review: Lemony Snicket does this in every one of his books! He kills you with suspence to turn the page and then he gives you a little more of the mystery revealed. I love Lemony Snicket books and I can't wait to read the next one but I want to warn you that once you pick up one of these books expect to be reading all of them! This wasn't my favorite one but it was one of the most unfortunate ones. I'm really good at predicting endings but lets just say I can't even imagine what will happen every two seconds! I would definatly suggest this book but I would read them in order because it makes more sence and make sure not to read the Unauthorized autobiography until you finish all of them. I recomend if you just want to read the best ones read the Ersatz Elevator and the Reptile Room (They are my favorites!).
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Summary: Good Reading Through Misery
Review: The Austere Academy is the 5th book in the series of the Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket. The series is about three children who have been through so many horrible things and now have to live in the Prufrock Preparatory School. The eight main characters are Count Olaf, Coach Genghis, Vice Principal Nero, Isadora, Duncan, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are the three children I said before. Violet and count olaf are alike in different ways. One is they are both smart in very different ways. Count Olaf is a sneaky, evil, and selfish man. He is a sneaky man because he try to dress up as someone else, and finds the children, tricks them into thinking he is a nice man then tries get their money. He is evil and selfish because he wants all their money to himself, and he will hurt other people to get the money. If you read this book you could find out who is Count Olaf is in this book of the series of the unfortunate events. Also you might like it so much you will do a book review.
I think these series are a very good because it's the kind of book you just can't put it down because you want to know what is going to happen next. Even if you don't like sad stories or stories like this one, maybe if you read this book it would change your taste in books.
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Summary: The Austere Academy Is Awsome!
Review: The Austere Academy, which is fifth in A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket,is an exciting book that makes you never want to put it down. Once again, the Baudelaire children are faced with another unlucky stop in their miserable lives. The three orphans are sent to Prufrock Preparatory School, where they are forced to live in a run-down shack with crabs, fungus and disgusting wallpaper. There is also a Vice Principal who gives ear-wrecking 6 hour violin concerts that everyone is forced to attend. But that is the least of their problems! Count Olaf has returned... in another devious desguise. He will stop at nothing to get the Baudelaire fortune. He makes Violet, Klaus and Sunny run every night after dinner until the sun rises in a cruel plot to eventually make them fail in school so he can supposedly adopt them and take over their fortune. Although Count Olaf has the children barely in his clutches, they become friends with the Quagmire triplets and they help them in their tragedy. The ending will make you jump up out of your chair and go to the bookstore to get the next book in the series! I gave this book 5 stars because there are lots of details, and excitement on every page. Also the book has very good vocabulary and you learn alot of new words.
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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: Good but not the best in the series
Review: I thought that this was a good book, but it was not the best in the series, it had a lot of supensful parts in it but over all it would be one of those books you read twice and then never touch again.
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Summary: A Change of Place and Pace for the Baudelaires
Review: For the fifth book in the saga "A Series of Unfortunate Events", starring the three Baudelaire orphans Violet, Klaus, and baby Sunny, the series implements several changes, all for the better. The first change is that we are no longer with a relative. Instead, we are at Prufrock Academy, a boarding school. Secondly, the Baudelaire's acquire two friends at this new school. There are additional positives. They actually get to eat, they get to study, and they get to read. For a moment you might actually think that things are looking up for the Baudelaires. Ah, but for those familiar with the series, you know that can't be true. If the Baudelaires violate any of a series of bizarre rules they must endure a series of equally bizarre punishments relating to their meals. Included in this list of punishments is loss of silverware, loss of a cup, though you still get your drink, it's just in a puddle on your tray, and even having your hands tied behind your back at mealtime. The Baudelaires also must endure six hours of bad violin music each night by the exquisitely horrible violinist, Vice Principal Nero. If you have ever heard violin played badly, you might realize that you could almost rather hear fingernails scrapping across a blackboard, almost. If you miss one of Nero's concerts you must pay him a bag of candy. As you have now realized, this school is terrible, though admittedly things start out much better than they did in "The Miserable Mill". As you have probably also guessed, Count Olaf does eventually show up. However, Count Olaf does not immediately try to spirit the children away from Prufrock Academy. Instead, he has them exercise nightly, all night long. The children try to figure out his scheme all the way up to the point where he does execute his scheme, and I can say no more or you will miss all the fun. In this book the children meet triplets who are now twins because one of the twins died. The five children become good friends because they are all orphans. Furthermore, they all get along well and work together to try and beat Count Olaf. However, the children are generally at the mercy of Count Olaf almost from the point he shows up to nearly the end of the story. While in the previous books the children largely escaped from Count Olaf due to their own abilities, this time the children are saved due to a combination of fortunate circumstances, including the help of their new friends. We do not find out where the children are going next at the end of this book, but of course we know that they will have another home in "The Ersatz Elevator". The educational messages in this book came roaring back after what I thought were relatively weaker messages in the last book. This time the children get to learn a variety of new words, and they also learn that there is value in true friendship. The children also display a good amount of trust in their new friends, which has been difficult for them to give in previous books. One educational opportunity in this book is the chance for parents to deal with the subject of kidnapping. In order to not spoil the story I'll not tell you any details, but a question parents could ask their children is whether the children or the school could have done something to prevent the kidnapping from occurring. I've considered the previous books in this series to be more suitable for children approximately 9 and older. This book is milder than the previous books, and I think an 8-year-old child should be able to handle it well. As always, you should know your child and his or her ability to handle the subject matter within. This book was quite a change from the previous books. The children have multiple new experiences, and there are a lot more positive aspects to help temper the negative aspects. I consider this book to be the best of the series thus far; 5 stars!
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