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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Entertaining!
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.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Overall pretty good
Review: Overall this book was funny and worthy of reading, but at some points it was on the dull side.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Sweet
Review: I think that the book I read A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 The Bad Begininng was a great book. I recommend this book to anyone young or old. I give this one 8 and a half out of 10. I am on #3 The Wide Window and it is good also. The book I read is #1 of a 9 book series. The plot of the story is about 3 young kids Klaus, Sunny, and the oldest Violet - the Baudelaire children. Their parents died in a awful fire. Then they have to live with their awfuly mean, uncool Count Olaf and who tries to get their family's fortune. I thought that this book was so good I am going to try to read all 9 and more. I also like how he tried to get the money. He made a fake play about a wading and put the kids in the play. Violet play the wife get married to Count Olf and if she marries him it is for real because of his plan (I do not want to spoil it). The end is great allso (not going to key you that also). That is what I thought about A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 The Bad Beginning.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lemony Snicket is very unique...
Review: I personally think Lemony Snicket is unique. He can kick up his courage and write stories without any happiness, while every author ends stories happily, as usual. I also like how he plots and writes the story, because you cannot predict the ending, like you would to other stories.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great Book rated by Emily Allen
Review: I thought this book was great. The theme makes you want to read more and more. I was introduced to this series from a fried and now I have read them all. This book is great for all ages. My grandma read this book. Lemony Snicket wrote this book with greatness. Sunny,violet and Klaus are having trouble when there parents die but the way they hang in there shows great courage. I loved this book, and i would recomend this to anyone!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Got my kid to read!
Review: My son is 10 and getting him to want to read anything on his own has been always been a HUGE struggle. He loves Harry Potter, but just isn't interested in reading the books (he'd rather just wait for the next movie). We bought him this book for Christmas, and he read it of his own free will, without much prompting from me. He loved it and couldn't wait to buy the second book in the series. He is reading Reptile Room now and is actually choosing to read over playing video games!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Book of all!
Review: If I were you then I would read the The Bad Begining, then start to read the rest. These book are really good but don't read the ninth one then read the first one, start from one then go on up. This book about three cildren who always have bad luck, first somthing bad happens to their parents so the went to their fifth cousin and kived with him. This fifth cousin always made them do hard, hard, hard, chores, like paint the ceiling, fix the windows, and many more. Then he put the baby on a tower and tells the oldest child to do something very important, and she dosent's do it, he'll drop the baby. so if were you I would read this wonderful book. :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Beginnings of Fun Reading!
Review: I just finished this fun and fast moving book by Lemony. Very entertaining and educational! Great reading for children who have learned to read on their own. Readers will enjoy parts like pg.94 where Klaus "found himself reading the same sentenece over and over", as well as the explaintory phrases for introducing words like rickety (pg. 2) (Of course, be sure to look up nefarious and fiendish, since the author does not supply this with definitions. It would be fun to use it as a class activity though.) Although the author does delivery on his promise that this book has also a "unhappy ending", the readers are left with hope that the Baudelaire children will triumph in any bad circumstance, even if its only for a little while.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Don't even waste your time...
Review: This book is horrible, but it's title says it all. This book makes you very scared, not in a fun way. I hate the whole "forbidden" thing. If Leminy Stikrit, or what ever the authors name is does not want readers to read his book, why publish this series? It's one horrible thing after another, why read a book like this at these times? I had bad dreams about it, my theory is to stay happy and don't let any thing get in the way of it. This book does that. Plus it has a horrible ending, I mean at least pull it all together at the end of the book so readers finish happy. Where does this even take place? The author describes it as a dirty city, but what city? Is Lippicy Snubbit making fun of where I live? Anyway, I suggest you don't crash yourself by reading this. You will probably stay in a bad mood for a week or two.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Depressing
Review: If I could have given this book 0 stars I would have. My 10 year
old son read it and hated it. I decided to read it and for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would want to read any
of these books. You would have to have a warped sense of humor to
find these books the least bit entertaining.


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