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Summary: The Coolest Book
Review: The Bad Beggining I think is one of the best books in the world so are the other ones ( The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Acadamy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital and The Carnivorous Carnival.) I swear they are amazingly good books. Count Olaf the villian comes up with all sorts of disguises trying to get the Baudelairs' Fortune.
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Summary: Terrible events and a Not-So-Marvelous Marriage
Review: Devastated and puzzled, the Baudelaire orphans are left with but a speck of hope of ever living happily again. At the beach the three orphans were thinking, skipping rocks and biting things, when a dark shadowy shape emerged from the fog. It was Mr. Poe, who had come to tell them that their parents had just been killed in an tragic fire. Their house had just been burned to the ground, along with all their possessions. After this terrible event, the Baudelaire orphans are forced to go live with an unknown relative. They didn't have anything to pack so they were supplied with some old ripped clothing. They piled into a car and drove off to meet their unknown relative. They pulled up to a giant house and a beautiful garden. (Don't get to excited because...) After just
getting their hopes up and meeting the wonderful owner, Justice Strauss, their thoughts were smashed into thousands of pieces. They were told that they were at the wrong house and that their unknown relative, Count Olaf,lived in the next house down. While looking at Count Olaf's house, I think their hearts must have stopped in disgust. His house was old and it had a leaning tower on the top left hand side. The house looked like it had never been cleaned. After they knocked on the metal doorknocker, the door opened and a tall, skinny,dark-shaped figure stood in the doorway. The Baudelaire orphans examined his...(I guess, person) and noticed that he had just one eyebrow and a tattoo of an eye on his ankle. Also from looking around they noticed a carved eye on the door, as well as many other pictures and figures of eyes. Mr. Poe left the children with Count Olaf and drove off in his car. While they were trying to figure out what was going to happen next,Count Olaf introduced himself and showed them to their room. They took one look at the room and immediately determined that indeed this house had never, EVER been cleaned. The children had arranged it so that Violet (being the oldest) and Klaus(being the second oldest)would take turns sleeping in the one bed. They had ripped off the curtains to make a bed for Sunny (being the little biting baby). One day after a terrible night, they would be left with a list of chores to be done during the day. They would also be left with a pot of hot oatmeal burning on the stove.
One day on the list, Count Olaf told the orphans to make dinner for his theater group. Not knowing how to cook, they searched Count Olaf's house for a cook-book, but were not successful. They remembered that Justice Strauss (Their next door neighbor) had said they were welcome to come over any time. The orphans went over to her house and asked if they could borrow a cook-book. She agreed and helped the orphans. They found a pasta sauce that looked easy to make, so with the money Count Olaf left them they bought the supplies needed. When Count Olaf and his theater group arrived, they came storming in through the kitchen and sat down at the dining room table. They were served their wine and then immediately started screaming and pounding on table like a pack of wild animals wanting their food. Count Olaf questioned them on what they had cooked for them, he began raging with madness when he found out that they hadn't cooked roast beef. After this went on for a while, Count Olaf decided to come to breakfast and invite the Baudelaire orphans to one of his plays, titled: The Marvelous Marriage. Klaus would play someone in the congregation and,although she really didn't want to, Violet had to be the bride Count Olaf got to marry. He held Sunny captive to make sure nothing went wrong in his evil plan to steal their fortune. The children now knew that Count Olaf must be stopped. The children put the clues together and did a lot of research and found out what his plan was and how to stop him. I ask you now if you really want to know how he plans to steal their fortune and if he even gets away with it? If so read this strange and mysterious book: The Bad Beginning. I found this book extremely strange and it may be frightening for younger children. I think a lot of people would enjoy this book as I myself didn't want to put the book down.
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Summary: Unique. Unusual. Depressing!
Review: This is a story with bite! It's sarcastic, it's witty, it's sad, it's funny. (The funniest thing is the description of the author at the back.) This author doesn't write "down" to kids. I kept thinking, as one horrible thing after another happened to these kids, that the book was too strong, violent, and scary for kids. But then I remembered how violent fairy tales are, how sad and scary "Bambi" and "The Lion King" were. Kids can take it -- in fact, they love it! I can't wait to read the rest of the series of unfortunate events.
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Summary: Best kids' book series I know of
Review: Every night I read to my 3 kids in bed. This series is the one that all 3 get something out of and also does not drive me completely insane. My 3 kids are of ages 8, 5 and 2 1/2. I am now on book #4. IMHO - Far superior to the endless drivel of Harry Potter.
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Summary: This is the best book ever
Review: This book was very suspenseful and exciting. I am now hooked on the rest of the series. I think people of all ages would like this book and series.It is the best. Count Olaf is a great character. He is so evil and clever.
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Summary: GREAT READ!
Review: I read this in about 3 and a half hours! It was really good and a pretty quick read. I think people who like Harry Potter will enjoy it! The Bad Beginning also improved my vocabulary!
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Summary: RIP
Review: This book is awesome. I can't put the series down. I just picked it up one day, and I only have three more books to read. I am kind of obsessed with it. It is so incredibly distressing it just rips at your heart. I love it! It is wonderfully written, and just gives me chills. The series gets better and better. And you really see the children learning and getting more clever. However, these books may not be suited for young children even thought it is written for them. But the adventures of the Baudelaire orphans are a lot of dark devious fun! I am going to go read the next one right now!
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!!
Review: Wow! This book is not your average! (...), the kids are orfans and this is just the first book of many more to come. This book had action going the whole time and the plot was amazing! I really think Lemony Snicket is a great writer and really think you should read this book!!
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Summary: The Bad Beginning by Joe
Review: In the beginning of this book the Baudelaire children's parents parish in a terrible house fire. They find out by their parents good friend Mr. Poe who is a banker for the city bank. The children were very upset. They stayed with Mr. Poe for one night. Then in the morning he took them to a near by relative (their parents had requested that the stay with a relative) their new guardian was called Count Olaf. This man was very cruel to the children. He made them make their own meals and for him and his theatre troupe. They made them a meal and the men didn't like it so they had to make them another meal. Every miring Count Olaf made them a list of jobs to do each day. All of their chores were hard for any child to do. I really didn't like the way Count Olaf treated the children. He treated them very badly. He would beat them if they didn't do their chores good enough. He also supplied them with a very old crummy bed with lumps and the springs were sticking out also. I also liked the way Klaus thinks out his plans to stop Count Olaf. The protagonists, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, all hate Count Olaf. They all try to contact Mr. Poe at the bank but he just doesn't believe that he is that cruel to them. Also they protect their fortune. They never give up with any thing either. The Baudelaire children are brave. The always-out wit Count Olaf in hide plans to steal their fortune. I wouldn't like to be them! It would be such a hard time for me to have my parents die in a fire and try to protect their fortune. I would of given up the first day. This situation would be too tough for me. I encourage you to read the book the Bad Beginning!
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Summary: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Review: I am very disappointed in the rating of this book. New York Times Bestseller List published it as age 10 and up. I wasn't going to purchase it for our library and then Booklist reviewed it and also had the age limit as age 10 and up. I purchased it and got a complaint right off quick. I read the book and find it to be very dark humor. In this day of violence and terrorisim, I find this book to be horrendous. The villain is out to kill three children. The mention of him marrying a 14 yr. old child to get her fortune is very suggestive and there is no mention of the care of the infant child, only torture. I had purchased three books before I realized the content. Needless to say they have been moved to our young adult section which is for ages 13 and up. I just feel it is not appropriate for the age level it is being suggested for. I hate to think I have to read every book before I put it on the shelf. That is what I am relying on my reviewers for.
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