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Summary: Where was this book 25 years ago?!
Review: I don't discriminate between reading adult books and children's or young adults! My favorite books at this reader age were "The Phantom Tollbooth", Lloyd Alexander's, and Dahl's. My friends and I spoke frequently in puns and enjoyed words, words, words. If you have a child like this, these are books to buy and read, and reread. Caution though for readers who don't concentrate on reading; the author breaks in frequently with foreshadowing or explains his choice of words which could frustrate some readers.
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Summary: Awesome Dude!
Review: This book is hilarious. When I say hilarious I mean pounding on the ground with both fists. Then there are down parts, but thanks to the author (Lemony Snicket), everything is made exiting. WARNING: Once you pick this up, you can't put it down. Thank you!
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Summary: Suspense and Surprise
Review: Mr. Snicket has wrapped his wicked tendrils around my mind and pulled me into the trap. I'm now stuck, but delighted that this book continues the tradition. It reads like a good serial. And finally, part of the book surprised me so much I had to stop reading and think! I'm 25 years older than the suggested age, but I love it.
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Summary: ups and downs
Review: If you scare eaily,skip this book. The Ersatz Elevator is one of the books in a series of Unfortunate Events, Wich features count olaf as a villain.Count olaf is a really mean guy who does very nasty, mean things to the Baudelair orphans.
This book starts out with the three Baudelair orphans Violet, Klause and sonny in a penthouse at 667 Dark Ave, near where the baudelairs lived before there parents died. Many strange things happen during this story. There is a secret passage, a door man who helps Count Olaf, welding torches, an auction with unusual items, and an elevator shaft(but that's no surprise given the title of the book)
Despite the nasty, mean things that that count olaf does to the Baudelairs,there are some funny parts. For instance the penthouse is so large that when they went looking for Count Olaf they droped bread crums in each room so they new they had alredy been there.
Read this book to find out if Count Olaf will be caught and be put in jail, or get away again! There are loys of twists and turns and like the title, plenty of ups and downs.
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Summary: The most suspensful in the series
Review: In snicket's, The Ersatz Elevaor the children face more misery and woe as they travel to their sixth guardians Penthouse apartment where everything is in or out....
In the Elevator there is a secret, will they rescue it in time?
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Summary: More Mysteries to Unravel
Review: Lemony Snicket is so brilliant! Just when the stories began to follow the same routine, and around book four feel a little too familiar, he brought in friends for the Baudelaire orphans and re-invigorated the series. Now Violet, Klaus, and Sunny instead of avoiding the evil Count Olaf, are actively looking for him in order to rescue their friends from his evil clutches. Lots of mysterious clues were dropped in book five including the initials V.F.D.,and the children are desperate to find out the meaning of it. But where is Count Olaf? And where are their missing friends? And who will the Baudelaire orphans be placed with this time? You'll have to read this fun sixth installment to find out.
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Summary: Hard to put down!
Review: This book was hard to put down! Lemony Snicket did a superb job in putting together a story about what was in and out, and every abnormal in his book. It was easy to understand everything, unless you have not read any of the other books. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery/comedy. Anyone who likes this book should keep on reading all of the series.
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Summary: Oh my! Oh dear! I am still frightened of Count Olaf!
Review: I just finished reading "The Ersatz Elevator" and I enjoyed it very much. But I am still shaking from being frightened of the horrible Count Olaf! I love the Baudelaire orphans (especially Sunny...her teeth are very neat) and this is another great book in the series. I did not like the very trendy people that the Baudelaire orphans had to live with, and reading about them walking up all those stairs made me absolutely exhausted so I had to go lie down for it! It is a fun and educational book (I learned what "ersatz" means), and is another great volume in the Series of Unfortunate Events. I own all of the books in this series, and keep them locked up securely in the cupboard with a steel chain around it. But most of all I am frightened of Count Olaf! Oh oh oh! Is that him there behind the potted palm wearing the monocle and the pirate hat? With the cowboy boots and the corn on his nose? I think it is! I think that is him! Look out, Baudelaire orphans! Look OUT! Oh oh oh! Oh, excuse me, I have to go hide in the closet for a while.
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Summary: The Series
Review: This book was great, but there were things I didn't like. For example, at the page of who the book belongs to, Lemony Snicket shows you a picture of what Count Olaf will look like. Also, he always comes into the book in a way that you know right off the bat that it's him.
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Summary: Orphans Are Definatley "IN"
Review: The Baudelaire Orphans are abanded again, this time on Dark Lane teh darkest street in the orphans home town. There new parents are the Sqaulors wh oare just obsesed about what is "IN" and what is not. They even have a whole library of past "IN" things. And the latest craze is orphans so they accept the siblings. The Squalors live on the very top floor of a big apartment complex. Their home takes up the whole top floor and there is only one way to get up-walk the endless flight of stairs that span past what one can count. That is the only way because the elevators are not "IN". This book is zany, fun, and creative. The orphans are put to the test as they climb down an elevator shaft, try to rescue there freinds the Quagmires from the "IN" Auction, and most of all climb endless amounts of stairs. This is one of the best books in this series (along with THE WIDE WINDOW, and THE VILE VILLAGE) Lemony Snickett is a genuis as he tells the story of 3 struggling young children in the ERSATZ ELEVATOR note: don't look up ersatz in the dictionary as it will give away part of the book Thank You
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