The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)

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Review: The Slippery Slope was a good book. I have so far enjoyed all of the Lemony SNicket books(except book the fourth also known as The Miserable Mill). Buy this book if you have read the other nine.

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Summary: A great book , the best!
Review: I've read all of Mr. Snicket's books including his biography , and this one was THE best! I was an amazing 337 pages long and I finished it within a few days! It's a great book serious , and I love Mr. Snicket's humor! I cannot wait for the next book to come out , and the movie sounds promising as well. These books are way better then harry potter , and not as demonic!

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Summary: The Best one Yet!
Review: This might be the best installment yet! It is so creative; I just couldn't put it down.
This installment is about Violet and Klaus and their adventures trying to save their sister Sunny from the evil clutches of Count Olaf. Along the way they meet up with a shocking fire survivor, solve mysteries, hunt through fire remains, and send smoke signals. This book is filled with adventure, suspense, humor, mystery, Esme Squalor, and even some romance. A must-read for all die hard Lemony Snicket fans.

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Summary: Better Than Before!!
Review: Lemony Snicket takes the cake with this episode of the Bauldalaire's life. Sunny an infant servant! The Quagmire's third triplet found! And two menacing criminals who destroy the V.F.D. headquarters!! Adventures galore in this next book, more yet to come, after you read this you won't be able to wait for the next one. Please Mr. Snicket give us more!! This is a great read even if you haven't read the other ones you'll love it!!

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Summary: Dear Lemony Snicket Fans,
Review: Put this review down now! No, you can read it I am just demonstrating the amazing and unique way that Lemony Snicket ... draws his reader by telling them NOT to read his books. This book is maybe the best one yet, in The Carnivorous Carnival, they gave many questions, but never answered them. ...

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Summary: Another brilliant Snicket installment!
Review: This book is amazing! Not only does it have the usual dose of the incomprable Snicket's wit, but quite possibly the best-crafted and most exciting plot so far in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Its infinate twists and turns are sure to give immense delight to anyone, as they did to me, and leave the reader anxious to find out what happens next. There's a shock near the middle of the book that is absolutely mind-blowing--unexpected yet logical. And it shines further light into VFD, and FINALLY, we're getting a clearer picture of what the thing is, what it does, and what has happened to it. Also, where I felt the other books were short and over far too quickly, this one (though it still has the same ridiculously large font) actually seems novel length and gives justice to the story. I can't recommend this book enough! Read the others first, don't take the "unfortunate" aspect too seriously, and enjoy this one as I did!

With all due respect,
A Lemony Snicket fan

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Summary: Lemony Snicket has a beautiful, witty, and unmatched style
Review: The minute I finished the last chapter of "The Bad Beginning" I was hooked. I immediately and voraciously read through the next eight (seeing as I was late to catch the bandwagon) and loved every single word written by this truly unique and original author. Lemony Snicket has won my fandom, and once again, with "The Slippery Slope" he has won my tumultous applause and praise.

"The Slippery Slope" begins as most of them do, with Lemony Snicket babbling about the sadness contained in his books and how, if able, to dispose of them immediately. The beginnings are always lovely written, and sometimes even my favorite part of the book. His dark, cynnical humor rings through the larger-than-needs-to-be type, and even after hundreds of pages of it you still crave more. The first chapters, filled to the brim with Mr. Snicket's humor, had me laughing out loud as all of his books do (and I'm typically not a laugh-out-loud person).

Then came the plot.

I am SO regretful to say that the plot just doesn't cut it. Unlike the other books, in which the three siblings Violet, Klaus, and Sunny have a single, obvious mission, this one you're not quite sure what they're trying to achieve. It seems as if they change their mind alot. First it's to save sunny, then it's to find their parents, then it's to decipher the many secrets of V.F.D., and then it's to find sunny again, and then it's to capture Esme, etc., etc., etc... It seems to go on and on like this throughout most of the story. Since it also had a hard act to follow, this is probably the worst in the series yet.

Then why, you ask, did I give it four stars?

Well, just because it's the worst in the series doesn't make it a bad book! It is a wonderful and entertaining and cleverly written book that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Lemony Snicket has succeeded in making a book that definitely lives up to the series but not the expectations of the reader. But in a world that reads good, but stylisticly boring books like Harry Potter, Snicket is an escape from the ordinary into a story that is nuanced and humorous. And with the seemingly multiplying mysteries of the V.F.D, he uses advertisement like no other for his next book - cliffhangin' anticipation!

Mr. Snicket, you have once again pleased me in writing an absolutely exceptional book! Just next time, please me like you did with Book the Ninth!

-Jason O. King

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Summary: New Plot Twists Abound
Review: Some people may find themselves even more frustrated at the end of this tenth and longest installment in the series. Once again this book is more great fun as Sunny is held captive by Olaf, and Klaus and Violet set out to rescue her. Some new characters are introduced, and some more secrets are revealed regarding VFD. It seems strange to say that I missed reading about their misery, but I did, and it's glad to have them back. One can only hope that by the end of this planned thirteen book series, the orphans will find a very fortunate ending.

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Summary: Possibly The Best
Review: This could be the best installment in a series of unfortunate events. It is so much better than it's predesessor, 'The Carnivorous Carnival', which i must admit was a great dissapointment and not worth the 13-month wait. This one is moe suspenseful, more funny and less poorly written.I dont wanna tell ya the whole story, but funny and real revealin'.READ IT!! Only one problem with Mr. Snicket, though. It takes him a whole year to write each one. I do not know whether I can wait another year.

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Summary: The Slope of Rising Action!
Review: When you go sledding on ice covered with snow you may happen to come across a bumpy area and you may go tossing off your toboggan or when you are skating on a lake you may find an area thats rough and you just might be foolish enough to ice skate over it and fall. But, Lemony Snicket's book "The Slippery Slope" does not have one bumpy area in it. Lemony's writing technique is very different, doing some research for a project he said his influences were Roald Dahl and Edward Gorey and I can truly see how he got his unique writing style, being both a Snicket and Dahl fan. This book is truly one of the best books in the series I would have to say. Though still favoring the first, "The Bad Beginning", "The Slippery Slope" is truly my second favorite!The series containing 10 books now, soon to be 11 are really a piece of artwork from Lemony's captivating writing style to Brett Helquists remarkable illustrations these books are really great.
The 10th book starts where the last book, "The Carnivorous Carnival" left off...When we last left off Count Olaf had taken the Baudlaires baby sister Sunny. Olaf was now heading up the Mortmain Mountains in his black automobile with a Calagari Carnival trailer hitched to the back by a complicated knot tied by an employee. Well who is in this trailer..none other than Violet and Klaus Baudlaire, where's Sunny, well she's in the car sitting on Esme Squaler a thin, snotty, stylish woman who happens to be Count Olaf's girlfriend who's continuously poking Sunny with her long manicured hands. Well when Olaf knows the Buadlaires are in the tariler he orders an employee to cut the knot. Well, seeing how these books are so unfortunate the employe does sending Violet and Klaus speeding wildly backwards in a wooden trailer, while Sunny heads up the trail leading to Mount Fraught (Where Olaf & His Troops Will Assemble Later). Violet and Klaus must do something or they will be dead since they can't steer the trailer, plus, their on a winding road on the edge of a mountain. What will Vilolet and Klaus do? Well, Violet will tie her hair up with her purple ribbon and Klaus will start thinking of research he has done on trailers breaks etc. Well both finally come up with a plan together involving a small wooden foot stool, and manys sticky items including strawberry jam, caramel suace, and syrup. I won't go any further becuase it'll spoil the book but...Some other things that you may encounter in this humorous yet unfortunate stroy are a Large Casserole Dish, An Eggplant, Snow Knats, and a strange Fire Dress that crinkles and crackles like fire? What are all these doing in this description of "The Slippery Slope"? You'll have to read and find out! And I'll leave it at that!
Though this is one of his longer books (337 Pgs.) I read the pages rapidly due to the suspence and finished in a day! You'll read these pages fast and they'll slip right through your hands as you keep going until you finish. One thing I am disappointed about was the note at the end of the series, I looked forward to finish the book and read what the next was called and a little description of it. But, Lemony decide to make it interesting and make you solve a riddle, by going to his website which I think is a neat little change.
If you like Lemony Snicket books I also love the Philip Ardagh series as well which are called "The Eddie Dicken's Trilogy.."

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