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Summary: 2nd best after Harry Potter
Review: This book is number 2 after Harry Potter It rulz. If you want a book full of sadness but also full of dark humour this is the book for you. It's easy to read so you can finish it easily it took me one day to finish it but I couldn't put it down!
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Summary: A joy for all ages.
Review: What happens within this story does indeed seem tragic but "Lemony Snicket" style of writing will so captivate you that you will want to read this book cover to cover to your children or take it upon yourself to read it. The Story of Klaus, Violet, and Sonny does indeed have moments of 'extremely unpleasantness.' Such as their life with Count Olaf yet even through that you will continue to be unalbe to put down this book. I must have read this about 5 times and am reading it again, this is one book you should not miss.
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Summary: He doesn't lie...
Review: At the opening of this book, the author tells you that this is NOT a happy book. And he's not kidding. I can see where this would have great appeal as a children/young adult book, and I think it is very clever.
However, when I buy kids books, my wife and I are looking for something fun to read to each other in bed, and this was just a bit too depressing for me. My wife loved it (in fact, she knew the author in college at Wesleyan, which was a pretty weird coincidence... Dan -- Mo say hi! )
I would recommend it to any child looking for something a bit more off the wall than Harry Potter.
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Summary: Ick! Sadistic story masquerading as children's fiction
Review: Okay, I love Harry Potter. I love Roald Dahl and Charles Dickens. I love the Addams Family and the episode where Susan died from licking cheap stationery on "Seinfeld." But I hated this book! I found it incredibly sadistic toward children. When a man tells a little girl on p. 49 (after "taking her face in his rough hands"), "...try not to anger Count Olaf , or he might wreck that pretty little face of yours", I had to quit reading. Babies are threatened with being dropped from high heights. The baby is also locked in a birdcage, tied up, and left with a piece of tape over its mouth. I'm sorry, but this sounds like the musings of some child-hating mysogynist to me and I couldn't bring myself to read another word. I'm deeply disturbed that Harper is passing this off as entertainment for children. For those who are comparing this to Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, or Harry Potter when he was still living in the Dursley's cupboard, I can only say that those books had a message of hope, of good triumphing over evil. THE BAD BEGINNING reminds me more of something someone's dirty-minded old uncle would write while huddled in his basement watching kiddie porn. Ick! I'm off to wash my hands and take this book back to the bookstore.
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Summary: The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
Review: This book is very exciting! The first time read part of it I coudn't stop reading it. The Bad Beginning stars, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Bauldelaire. This book is all about how their life became misserable. I highly recommend this book even though it is very sad, and if I could I would give it an extra star.
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Summary: A Fantastic Beginning...
Review: Lemony Snicket's first book of a series telling the tale of the Baudelaire children is a fine tale that is indeed unfortunate to be read... :)And be forewarned that it is filled with perilous events!...
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Summary: A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1: The Bad Beginning
Review: This is, indefinatley, one of the best book I've read, and fits in with Artemis Fowl, The Harry Potter Series, His Dark Materials Series, and The Cirque Du Freake series which are, pretty much, my favorite books. If you enjoyed any of those you will probably like this a lot. It has almost no flaws at all, but one thing I did notice, was that it was not a miserable as it set out to be. In my oppinion it did have a happy ending, even though Mr. Snicket said it wouldn't. Other than that, all I can say is read this book! You won't regret it.
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Summary: This book is as sad as getting clothes for Christmas
Review: It is considered rude to laugh at other people's misfortunes, but I am afraid that is exactly what you're going to do when you meet the Baudelaire orphans Violet (who loves mechanics and inventing), Klaus (who loves to read), and Sunny (who loves biting things.) Right from the start, they have all kinds of bad luck, from losing their house in a fire, which would seem terrible to an adult, to getting ugly, itchy clothing, which would seem terrible to a kid. However, there is is also darkly funny humor stirred in, so it's like honey mixed with arsenic, which is a poisonous substance used to kill people. If you don't at least break out into a smile while reading this book, I swear you have no sense of humor whatsoever.
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Summary: The bad begining is a great book
Review: It is an exellent book hopefully the rest are just as good.
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Summary: Roald Dahl is not alive anymore, thank you very much
Review: Mr. Snicket has read way too many Roald Dahl Books. Unfortunately he has not zeroed in the humorous aspects to said books. The Lemony books feature children who are destined to have terrible things happen to them, with no chance of rising above their fate. It is obvious that HarperCollins has sunk a ton of money in promotion for Mr. Snicket, who apparently has no respect for his fans. Too bad. My three children hated his didactic drivel. Come one, Harpers, wise up!! Get an author who has respect for his fans. When an author shows up saying he is not the author at all but a friend, and signs his books, "To a future orphan," we know the author is trying desperately to be a *star*, but not necessarily a lover of his children-fans!! If only Mr. Snicket would understand that parents are shelling out money based on their kids's suggestions...
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