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Summary: Snicket's back and better than ever!
Review: Orphans are in and that means one thing. Esme and Jerome Squalor want to adopt the Baudelaire orphans. Violet, Sunny, and Klaus go and live with The Squalors at their penthouse at 667 Dark Aveneue. Just when they are settling in, their nemesis starts to appear. Gunther, who claims to be an auctioneer, is indeed not who he says he is. This gets the Baudelaires investigating, and that leads them through many new adventures and mysteries. "The Ersatz Elevator" is Snicket at his best since "The Wide Window." This sixth edition in the series is a very important one as it the base of knowing of what's to come. If you have read the other five novels in "The Series of Unfortunate Events," then you must read this one. If not, start with the others. This is the most addicting of the books yet. We've had to wait since August for this book, so there's no reason at all why this marvelous one should not be read. Snicket is getting better and better each time he writes a new volume. A definite must read. Happy Reading!
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Summary: Alfred Hitchcock meet Monty Python
Review: "The Ersatz Elevator" is the sixth in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" that befall the beleaguered Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. This is a must read series for anyone who likes odd characters, peculiar happenings and a quirky sense of humor. In this volume the trio are taken in by the trendy Squalors, Jerome and Esme, who live in the penthouse apartment at 667 Dark Avenue. The Squalors have welcomed the children because current fashion says orphans are "in." Unfortunately for the Baudelaire's, elevators are "out" and their new foster family lives either forty-eight or eighty-four flights up. The author's dark,delightfully witty narrative style can best be described as Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python. This book, we are told, "is one of two books in the world that will show you the difference between the word 'nervous' and the word 'anxious.' The other book, of course, is the dictionary, and if I were you I would read that book instead." Good reading and a great value!
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Summary: Caleb :) Richview Middle :(
Review: I chose this book because it looked interesting. I read the back and it sounded like a really funny book. It's an adventure story, too. The story is about 3 children (Violet, Klause, and Sunny) who are trying to find their friends, the Quigmire triplets. The Quigmire triplets are their best friends. Violet is the oldest chlid who likes to invent things. Klause is the middle child who is a book worm. Sunny is a baby who has 4 sharp teeth and loves to bite things. The evil villian, Count Olaf, has stolen the Quigmire triplets because he wants their great foutune. The story was great. I would read it over and over.
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Summary: Orphan are In!
Review: Orphans are in at 667 Dark Avenue which means the citys sixth rich person Esme and her husband Jeremy Squalor can adopt the Baulaire orphans. Thus Violet, Klaus, and Sunny move into the 71 roomed apartment of the Squalor's penthouse. However things go ersatz from there. First the auctioneer for the "in" auction named Guther is definetly not who he is. In fact he is the devious Count Olaf in his new disguise! This whole new adventure has the Baudlairs on whole new adventures such as into the dark ersatz elevator and finding the Quagmire triplets. The sixth book in this series was one of the best full of funny words and phrases! Lemony Snicket outdid himself again!
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Summary: Alfred Hitchcock meet Monty Python
Review: "The Ersatz Elevator" is the sixth in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" that befall the beleaguered Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. This is a must read series for anyone who likes odd characters, peculiar happenings and a quirky sense of humor. In this volume the trio are taken in by the trendy Squalors, Jerome and Esme, who live in the penthouse apartment at 667 Dark Avenue. The Squalors have welcomed the children because current fashion says orphans are "in." Unfortunately for the Baudelaire's, elevators are "out" and their new foster family lives either forty-eight or eighty-four flights up. The author's dark,delightfully witty narrative style can best be described as Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python. This book, we are told, "is one of two books in the world that will show you the difference between the word 'nervous' and the word 'anxious.' The other book, of course, is the dictionary, and if I were you I would read that book instead." Good reading and a great value!
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Summary: Perhaps my favorite of the entire series!
Review: The sixth book of Unfortunate Events is probably the most enthralling of the lot because of the unbelievable creative and brilliant portrayal of its characters by Lemony Snicket.
Sunny is a real cutie and she is the greatest baby in the whole world as it's clearly portrayed in this book. My heart beat so hard when I was reading one of the fantastic encounters between the a villain and the 3 children. It was like reading a very fine mystery novel by the fireside-- only better! Wow! If you want to find out what it is I'm referring to, you'll have to read this book. It's undoubtably a rollercoaster of events here as you will find out.
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Summary: The Hulk (Rollercoaster)
Review: This book is a real rollercoaster ride. The twists and turns are great. You always think that Olaf is going to be captured and SHAKAKA, but he gets away. You always really want to stop him from making the Baudelaires life miserabul, but the twists and turns always leave you dead in yuor tracks. The characters also make it a whole lot of fun. Violet, the oldest, is always inventing and making up plans. Klause, the middle aged, is consitently reading and learning knew things to help out with the plan. Then there's Sunny,
the baby/ the youngest. The only annoying part of the book, that was acyually pretty cool, was it is impossible to get to the bottom of things, and if you really want to you have to read 13 books. It always leaves you asking questions like, "Will they ever be safe," or another is, "why is that passage beneath their burned down house." Sometimes it gets you mad that you have to keep track of all of the mysterious problems. This book is always calling out, "READ ME NOW!" I would suggest this book to a child, or possibly an adult, of any age. Another nice things is that if there's a tough word it always gives you the definition in this case of the book. Now I am saying to you, "READ ME NOW!" So please do for a good read.
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Summary: Another Sad, but Humorous, Baudelaire Adventure
Review: The Ersatz Elevator. Lemony Snicket. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 272 pages. US $10.99 006-440864-7 A review by Becki Engstrom, May 8, 2004 In his 6th book, The Ersatz Elevator, Lemony Snicket continues to chronicle the tragic events of the three close siblings, Violet, Klaus, and the baby, Sunny. Once again, the Baudelaires face evil and must rely on one another to survive. This is a very sad, but humorous, tale of adventure. In the words of the author, "there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read". (Back cover) However, I have endured the tragic adventures of the Baudelaire orphans since the first book; where the Baudelaires lost their parents and home in a fire. I have come to adore the three children, and, so I chose to further read about them. The Baudelaires make a very creative team. Violet is the inventor, Klaus is the researcher, and Baby Sunny, well she just likes to bite things-anything! The orphans continuously run into trouble that involve the evil Count Olaf, whom has been after their fortune since the first book. With the orphans' creativity, they can sometimes escape this evil man. Lemony Snicket writes with a narrator's "voice" when describing the lives of the Baudelaires. He's very concerned about what he must report to the public as you can "hear" the concern as you read. Plus, there is no need for a dictionary; the author will define a questionable term as he writes. For example, "Violet said, ... 'But they [fire tongs] still might come in handy for something. We don't know what we'll encounter in that hallway, and I don't want to come up shorthanded...' 'Shorthanded' is a word which here means 'unprepared', and Violet was thinking that three children alone in a dark hallway holding fire tongs were perhaps a bit more prepared than three children alone in a dark hallway with nothing at all." (Pg. 201) All readers with a sense of adventure should enjoy "The Ersatz Elevator" as well as the rest of the "Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket.
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Summary: Nothing special
Review: I have to admit that this book will keep you interested in the story and you will laugh two or three times, but it also have to many things that are pathetic, like Sunny going up in the elevator space.
At first you will be happy reading the book and all the things that happened to this three kids, but the end of the book is one of the worst ends I ever read, that doesn't mean that you can't have a good time reading this book, that means that LS must think other ways to finish their books, because when you read a regular book and the end is bad, the book is also bad.
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Summary: They're in with the in crowd
Review: To say that a Lemony Snicket book has taken a turn for the worse is the equivalent of repeating the word "moot" twenty-five times in a row. It's redundant. Yes, of course the poor Baudelaire siblings are in dire straights. But as it happens, this book is a little different from the others in the series. Suddenly the siblings are placed in the predicament of attempting to save someone other than themselves from the evil Count Olaf. Worse still, they have to actively try to find the Count when the heat is on. Such a strange reversal of fortunes is just what the series needed to liven it up a bit. Consider "The Ersatz Elevator" very lively indeed. No more boarding schools for the Baudelaire orphans. Mr. Poe, their ineffectual guardian, has once more placed them with relatives, no matter how distant. In this particular case, the Squalors are the couple of choice. Horrendously rich and living in a ridiculously large penthouse, the children find themselves with a woman who is apparently solely concerned with what is "in" and what is "out". Acqueous martinis (water with an olive) are in. Elevators, especially the one that would let the children get to the penthouse with ease, are out. Orphans, as it happens, are also in. Unfortunately, before the kids can find out what happens to orphans when they become "out" they run once more into the nasty Count Olaf. Disguised now as a foreign auctioneer, the Count seems to have increased in both nastiness and cleverness. It takes everything the Baudelaires have to work against this man and try to locate their friends, the captive Quagmire triplets. The book is, more than anything else, a delightful trumping of the rich. With his finger planted firmly on the elite's obsession with the latest fad, Esme Squalor is nothing so much as a living breathing caricature of sublime ineptitude. When asked why she won't give money to a family who is poor and has lost their home, she reasons that if she gave them money they wouldn't be poor anymore. Such is the mindset of the many people who just don't happen to put it in so many words. There are some real surprises in this latest book. I don't mind telling you that there were two moment of real breath taking shock for me in this book. The first occurred after Violet, Klaus, and Sunny discover something unexpected at the bottom of the ersatz elevator. The second occured when a character plunged the Bauldelaires into terrifying and certain danger. Fabulous. The ending of this book is a little more dour than that of the previous ones, but let it never be said that the author doesn't end the books on a hopeful note. Rest assured that in the end, the three siblings can stand strong as they always have, no matter what horrendous things happen to them. And just a note: The plot is thickening more and more. Characters are giving away clues to the mysterious VFD. Beatrice's name is coming from a mouth other than the author's. And the Baudelaires find themselves in a very familiar sooty place, much to their amazement. Be sure to read the most exciting Unfortunate Event yet! It'll be sure to raise more questions than it answers...
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