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Summary: The Baudelaire's Terrible Life
Review: I love these books. Three children, the Baudelaires, have had the most miserable lives anyone can have! Their parents died in a fire, they got chased around by a horrible, awful, unbearable villain named Count Olaf, and whenever they finally found a guardian they liked something bad happened to her/him. Count Olaf is always trying to get the Baudelaire's enormous fortune. He always has a trick up his sleeve. The books are so interesting. I get locked into them and can't stop reading. I always want to know what happens to the poor Baudelaires. I want to know who Count Olaf is disguising himself as and what he is going to do to the orphans. Count Olaf is very clever, but so are the Baudelaires. Violet, 14, is an excellent inventor and always invents something right before something teribble happens to her and her siblings. Klaus, 12, is an awesome reader and always reads and researches what they need to know about Count Olaf's plan. Sunny, a baby, is a very clever baby. She can talk to her brother and sister and she can understand what other people are saying. She talks in baby talk, though, using words like "Jook!" or "Yeeka!" Her siblings can still understand her. She has 4 very sharp teeth that always come in handy in the three siblings' plan to stop Count Olaf. I have read books 1-6 in the series and I have never gotten bored. Sometimes I read for hours and try to figure out Count Olaf's sneaky plan! These are some of my favorite books of all time. Thank you, Lemony Snicket, for writing these books. You've done an awesome job!
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Summary: Great fun, and great for children! (spoilers)
Review: This series follows the Baudelaire orphans, (Violet, Sunny, and Klaus), through a series of narrow escapes from their villianous relative, Count Olaf, who hopes to cease the inheritance they had left to them by the departure of their parents in a fire. Mr. Poe is in charge of finding relatives to drop them off with, and his choices never turn out for the best, thanks to Olaf.
BR>These books make a delightful read, but aren't in the end very cheering or uplifting, as the author continually points out. As someone pointed out to me, it's like 'a more lighthearted Dickens', you can decide what that means. If your looking for something a little more dreary and entertaining than "Harry Potter", this series is for you.
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Summary: Lemony Snicket is a hoot.
Review: This little series of books(or is it a "series of little books") that may or may not be written for children is certainly a welcome change for the young reader. Lemony Snicket's dealings with the unfortunate events is wonderfully exaggerated, and quite amusing. I stumbled on these books at the local grocery store and have looked forward to everyone since. The Baudelaire orphans rival Harry Potter in their ablilty to conquer the evil Count Olaf in ingenious ways without increasing the size (by length OR by sheer weight)of their adventures. One can easily spend a day with the Baudelaire's and see them through each crisis. Be warned I have read three volumes so far and Count Olaf is a like a bad penny. As a matter of fact, I think I saw him in Bedford last week. After phoning the police (HE IS AN UNWANTED MAN AFTER ALL)he disappeared and has not been seen since.
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Summary: Close but no cigar...
Review: That means they're not worth reading. I read books 1 to 3 and these have got to be three of the most annoying books I've read in a long time. I'm not sure if he is writing to an audience of 5-year -olds, but he probably should be. The plot is repetitive - here this means the same things happen over and over and it's boring - and the only saving grace is the narrator's occasional interjections about his own life. I am tired of hearing that it's "dark" or "gothic" as if that were an excuse for a truly annoying plot and alarming incidences of cruelty and vague suggestions of sexual violence. And this is aimed at children? (!) Oh, what we do in the name of fame and fortune! Read Roald Dahl, read Harry Potter, read a science textbook. Read anything but this series!Mr. Snicket, you may have fooled the hoi polloi but you should know not everything "creative" and lucrative is good.
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Summary: A must have
Review: These books are wonderful! They are more funny than sad.
It seems like the story is supposed to have happened a long time ago, but then Lemony Snicket will add high-tech things in the books, such as fast food resturants and movie theaters.
The books look old, too, with their ragged pages and old-fashioned covers. The "About the Author" section is always worth a look; sometimes it will start with "Lemony Snicket has been widely known as the children's author that is the most difficult to track down and capture," or "Lemony Snicket published his first book in 1999 and has not had a good sleep since," and so on. The pictures of Lemony Snicket never show his face; he's either close-up and blurry or REALLY far away.
These books are one of the best books I've ever read. GET 'EM!
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Summary: Mystery, Adventure, and a lot of unfortunate events
Review: This book is about the 3 Baudelaire orphans, whose parents die one tragic day and leave behind a fortune, when the eldest Baudelaire Violet reaches the age the fortune will be theirs but its not that simple. Count Olaf wants the fortune. He goes after them in disguises of course all 3 of them are very smart and they know but nobody belives them. He always has a scheme up his back. And the Baudelairs are very unfortunate. They have to depend on eachother to survive. To deafeat Olaf at last. I really liked the whole series of books a LOT!!!! So much excitement and adventure. Although the part i did not like was that you could always find out what was going to happen next. Like you new that Olaf would eventually find them and be in disguise. But of course I LOVED IT still every word Lemony Snicket tells is put into great words. I like his books a lot! :) i reccomend it to all young children
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Summary: Leomony Snicket volumes 1-3
Review: These boooks are so excellent!! i just love the way L.S. has to tell the reader what every big word means! i think its so awsome. My mom bought me a 3 pack and i love them all. My favorite is the Reptile Room because Uncle Monty is so cool and it shows how clever all 3 kids are. I love these books and i cant WAIT to get the rest!!
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Summary: The 3 greatest books in the world!
Review: I got these three books thinking that they looked preety interesting. When I got home from the bookstore I started reading and couldn't stop! I finished all three books in just a day (that was alot of reading for me)! I can't wait to get the next three.
People don't understand how much I LOVE sad books. These books are perfect for me. They have humor,and sadness in each one. You also learn a lesson from the book, like if you stick together anything's possible!
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Summary: Really Confusing
Review: I really didn't get the point of the first book. I don't know whether the point was to escape from Count Olaf's house, to get away from the play or to rescue Sunny from the tower. I hope the second one is better.
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Summary: Strangely Inticing!
Review: I got these books for my oldest girl for Christmas, and she'd worked her way through the first three before the week was out. She absolutely loves these books. And, though I haven't read them, I like them too, because they inspire her to think, and introduce new things and ideas.
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