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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: The Bad Beginning
Review: I give this book five stars because:
1. It makes you want to keep reading
2. Its humorous
3. Its entertaining and interesting to read
4. The author has a great sense of humor
5. The author uses descriptive words

Violet, Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire are three very unlucky children. When their parents perished in a fire, they thought life couldn't get any worse. They were wrong. When the three children are sent to live with a distant relative, they had hoped their luck was about to change for the better. Unfortunately, they had reckoned without Count Olaf and his diabolically fiendish scheme to steal the children's inheritance.
The Series of Unfortunate Events are books that are very different to the typical image of children's literature. As the narrator says, "There is no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and there are very few happy things in the middle." The author uses a great sense of humor and depending on how you focus upon the book, it can either be depressing or very funny. I personally found it very good and interesting to read. Even though some of the things that happen to the three orphans are just plain awful, it still makes me want to read more and more.
The characters are both entertaining. Count Olaf is dangerously evil. The Baudelaires are intelligent, clever, resourceful children who enjoying reading and inventing. No matter what happens, they will always find some solution to their problems, even though more bad things are just around the corner.
This book is really fun to read and very interesting. I recommend this book to all kids of all ages. Whoever reads this book will enjoy it and when they start reading it, I bet they wouldn't want to put it down.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Bad Beginning Review
Review: This is a great book, and I reccomend this series to most people, because it's got humor, suspense, action, and mystery all slamed into one series. The whole series is about these three children, Violet, the oldest who is 14 and loves to invent things. Klaus, 11, loves to read books about anything. Sunny, the youngest, about 12 months old, likes to bite things, anything really. Their family is VERY wealthy. So anyway, the series is about these three children and their unfortunate events that occur after their parents die in from a fire that happened at their house, and they meet a horrible person who keeps going after their fortune. You'll have to find out what happens in the 9 book series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Bad Begining
Review: If your one of those people who likes books with good/happy beginings and endings then you should definetily not read this series. The Bad Begining is the first book in The Series of Unfortunate Evnts.
There arr three Baudelaire children, Violet, Klause, and Sunny, one day they were playing on the beach when a man named Mr. Poe comes to tell them that there parents had died in a house fire. At that moment the chidren thought their lives would never be the same and it wasn't. Mr. Poe took them to their, third cousin four times removed, Count Olaf. He was a tall man with one eyebrow. He had an eye tatoo on his left ankle.
As the children went on with their live they relized that they did not like Count Olaf as much as they thought they would. He was a rude a crule man with no good heart at all. The Baudelaire orphans had a great fortane after their parent died, witch could not be accessed until Vilot became of age. Count Olaf wanted thier fortune soooo bad he tried anything he could to get it. He devised a plane to get it.
If you want to find out what his plan was, if he succeeded, and what happened to the orphans read The Bad Begining By Lemony Snicket.
I would rate this book with 5 stars because it was one of the best books I have ever read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Review: The book, The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket, is about three kids who have a run of bad luck. First, their parents died in a terrible fire. Their parents left Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudilare a fortune that Violet, will receive when she comes of age. They are sent to live with a terrible man, whose name is Count Olaf who tries to steal their fortune. Will the children ever escape from Count Olaf? Will their run of bad luck ever end? Read the book The Bad Beginning to find out more.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Great Story
Review: The Bad Beginning is the first book in the Unfortunate Events Series and in my opinion one of the best. The series is about 3 orphans, named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelair who have to extremely bad luck and have to keep running from an evil man named Count Olaf that's after their fortune. Now, in this particular book is when everything started going wrong for the Baudelairs because first their parents die in an awful fire that also burned down their house and then had their first encounter with the greedy Count Olaf. Then things just slowly begin to get worse from there. I think the Unfortunate Events series is an exciting and adventurous book that makes you keep on reading because you always want to know what happens next, so I can safely say that this book is a real page-turner.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Bad Begginging
Review: I liked this book very much. When I started to read it I couldn't put it down. I read this book in 1 hour. when the 3 Bauldelaire children find out that their parents have died in a fire they are sent to live with a horrible man named Count Oalf. Count Olaf is out to steal their fortune and will do anything to get it. Including killing one of the children.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The bad beginning
Review: Three children,Sunny,Klaus and Violet Baudelaire found out that their parents died in a fire that burnt down their huge mansion.
Their new caretaker, Count Olaf, is a very,very bad man.He makes
them do all kinds of chores in his old yucky house.They go through all kinds of adventures trying to get away from him.
Count Olaf is an actor and asks the 3 kids to star in a play of
his with his nasty comrades.Will the kids survive living in Count
Olaf's clutches? You have got to read this EXCELLENT book! This book rocks!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the sadiest book
Review: A book I read this summer was called the unfortunate series of events by Lemony snakeit. The book is not that long, short and sweet you could say. It was also fun to read and had a catchy plot.

The bodlow orphans never knew that knew that their life would be so bad. When they're a little kids their house burned to the ground with their very rich parents the both died. Now they have to live with numerous of their relatives one is named count Olaf and he wants their fortune.

This book had a very catchy plot and that is of the reasons why I liked it. Another reason I liked it is because the author tells you about all these we are people that the bodlow orphans meet. I also like away into what is setup it was set out like most books you read that is my favorite type of book

You should read this book because it is very interesting and intricate plot and characters. Is good for adults and children alike you could relate to it you are an orphan. It also has a very good plot these are some other reasons why you should read this book.

I hope you enjoyed my review I hope you like this book as much as I did.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A bit of a letdown
Review: I sometimes read children's books--not as a expert, but just as a reader. I enjoyed the Harry Potter series, often re-read the Narnia series, read everything by E.Nesbit and Alan Garner, loved The Hobbit, etc., etc.

So when I read that those who longed for another Harry Potter book were now reading Lemony Snicket, I read one too.

Disappointment!

When I finished the book, I found myself wondering just how suitable this book is for children--sexual overtones between Uncle Olaf and poor soon-to-be violated Violet, discussion of the use of Molotov Cocktails, and an explanation of the term "casing out the joint."

But then I reasoned that, after all, Little Red Riding Hood has sexual overtones, so was I just being too picky? Was I trying to rate the book from the adult "is this book suitable for children" view?

So instead, I decided to abandon any such issues and stick with my enjoyment. The question was as simple as this: "Do I want to read any more books in the series?"

The answer is "no." I don't really care what happens to the Baudelaire children or their inheritance. The book lacked substance and that's enough for me to know that I'll pass on the others, thank you very much.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Review: I think this book is great because it sets off the mistery of the series. It makes you ask, "what is going on here?"


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