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

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Summary: One of the best books I read.
Review: I recomend this beacause it's soooooooooo good.Read it,belive me you'll like it.You know I am The Bookworm.

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Summary: The best book in the world is The Bad Beginnig!
Review: If you enjoy Harry Potter of Roald Dahl you'll love this book. The Baudlaire children Violet, Klaus and Sunny are most unfortunate when their parents die and their mansion is burned down to a crisp. Mr.Poe a kind man takes them until they find a relative that they can live with.Mr. Poe works at a bank. They have to live with a relative because that's what was said in their parent's will. Then Mr.Poe finds a distant relative named Count Olaf. They think it would be better then living with Mr.Poe but, they were totally wrong. When they arrive at his house his door has a eyeball carved into the middle of it. They look at him carefully. He has a tatoo that is the same design that was carved on the door. The author says in one part of the book that first impresions are almost alway wrong but the Baudelaire children were absoultely correct.They think he was a horrible man and he is. He gives them one room and one bed. Violet and Klaus take turns sleeping in the bed and Sunny sleeps in a bed of curtains that Violet makes for her.
This book is awfully good. Read it!

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Summary: Didn't like this book at all, for any age kid or teenager
Review: I didn't like this book because too much of it did not
make sense. Right after their house burns down and
their parents die, the three kids are officially placed
in a totally filthy home with only one bed and no crib
for the baby? That wouldn't happen.
The baby was hung from a bird cage
out the window? How did they feed her? No one
changed her diapers? and especially:
The judge said the marriage was legal? No way. Violet
was tricked into marrying Count Olaf, so it was
a marriage under false pretenses so it would not
really count. I thought this was kind of a dumb book
and I won't read any more books in this series.
The only parts I liked were the parts about Violet being a good inventor.

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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: The Bad Beginning is a great book about 3 children who suffer very unfortunate events. They lose their parents and have to go to their awful reletive, Count Olaf's house. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are children who have different personalinalities.
- Violet is an inventor, Klaus is a bookworm, and Sunny likes biting things. This is just the first of the books in The Series of Unfortunate Events, all by Lemony Snicket. This book is great and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes reading. Something always happens and you never lose interest.

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Summary: Grating.
Review: A word which here means, an insult to the dictionary owning public. What is with that? Is it supposed to be funny?
Anyway, that hurdle aside, it is an enjoyable read if you can ignore the rather silly plot contrivances.

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Summary: ooooh! how delightful
Review: I really wasn't sure that I was going to like this book at all, but my friends all said I had to read the series! So I trudged to the bookstore and bought _The Bad Beginning_ (read the title with a dark, raspy voice--it makes me laugh). I didn't really love the series until I read the second and subsequent books, but they truly are delightful! Yes, they're rather dark and somewhat morbid, but they're also funny and lighthearted at times. The wonderful relationship the three Baudelaire children have with each other is something I'd like to see more often in siblings. They work together, and they apologize when they say mean things unintentionally. And they're smart, to boot! No longer is there a stigma attached to smart children who enjoy reading or inventing or biting things! No one else sees these hobbies as unsual or abnormal, so the reader doesn't either. I especially like how Mr. Snicket defines words that most children will understand (though the definitions are excellent if the reader doesn't know what the word means), yet he leaves even more complicated words untouched. The idea leaves me reaching for my dictionary every once in a while.
For me, the books only take about an hour to read, so they're a brief respites from classes and exams even while I only have a short break!
I truly wish I could make this review separate from the series as a whole, but I'm afraid I can't--the books just go together.
I don't feel that the plot is overly dark, but I'm also not 10 years old. I can see quite plainly what is happening, and I can understand without being told that the circumstances have nothing to do with reality as it pertains to me. For me, the point is NOT that the Baudelaire Orphans are being chased by an evil, treacherous villian--the point is that the children are intelligent, witty, and are using their resources to overcome the obstacles in their path. Consider, Sunny teaches herself how to speak! The Series of Unfortunate Events is an excellent series!

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Summary: Despicable
Review: I purchased this book to read before giving to my grandchild. Glad I did. This is the worst piece of children's writing around and the author should be taken to task - in court - for perpetrating this on the public - and children in general.

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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: Even though I've only read the book one time, but it is my all time favorite. Violet, Klaus and Sunny are very unlucky kids. Their parents die when their mansion is burned down. It happens when they are at Briny Beach. Mr. Poe comes and tells them the sad news. Then they live with him, his wife and two chilren. Then Mr. Poe makes arrangements for them to live with a distant relative on the other side of town. His name is Count Olaf. Count Olaf is a strange man that lives in a shabby house. His next-door neighbor Justice Starus has a beautiful home though. Count Olaf is a tall wart faced man that hardly ever home. He has a eyeball tatoo on his ankle. He gives the children 1 bed to sleep in. So Violet and Klaus take turns sleeping in it. They make Sunny a bed out of curtains.
I'm sorry if I gave a lot of the story awaay but it is so exciting. Read it! It is a great book.

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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: I've only read this book 1 time but it is my favorite book. The Baudelaire children, Violet(14) Klaus ( a bit older then 12) and Sunny (2 and a half) were very unfortunate since their parents died when their house gort burned to a crisp. They had to live with Mr.Poe for a while since they had no where to live. They hated it there. Then they went to Count Olaf's( there distant cousin) house to live. Read the book ( or give it to someone) because I'm not telling you anything else. Very good for children around the age of 9. This a very good book. Suspence, action and some happy parts.

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Summary: Great series!!!
Review: I realy like this series. Almost as much as I like the Left Behind series. These books are very imaginative. The Author is has a very big imagination, and that is what you need to right books. When I first read the back of the book I thought I've GOT to have this. It is great for children and Adults alike. I work in a bookstore so I know books. This is very good.