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Summary: cute series, and don't fret: it's not harry potter
Review: a lot of people have been comparing these books to the Harry Potter series. They are nothing alike, except that you will be hooked on these books and love them too! Lemony Snicket writes with such passion, hoping the Baudelaire children's story gets out, you'll want to definitely stick around to find out! The books move at a nice, fluid pace and are not too difficult for younger children to read. My coworker's 9 year old daughter is reading them quite easily!
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Summary: GREAT BOOKS
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A Series Of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket, are the best books I've read and you should read them. They're suspenseful, exciting, and humorous all at the same time. Here is a brief summary of the books. The Baudelaire children's parents died in a fire. In each book the children are in a new place with a new guardian. This is because of their evil Uncle, Count Olaf, who always gets rid of their guardians. His goal is to kill the kids and take their fortune. There are three kids: Klaus, Violet and Sunny. Klaus is twelve, Violet is fourteen and Sunny is a baby. These orphans are forced to get away from Count Olaf in every book.These books are also exciting, because you never know what will happen next. There are creepy murders in the books. For example in the second book, The Reptile Room, the orphans' guardian is injected with snake venom. This is only one of the murders in the series. Also the kids travel a lot, and you travel to a new setting in each book. My favorite setting is pale and foggy Lake Lachrymose from the third book, The Wide Window. Often the kids are in life-and-death situations. For instance in the tenth book, The Slippery Slope, the orphans nearly plunge to bloody deaths in a freak, freak trailer accident. Now isn't that exiciting? Well I think it is. The books are also pretty funny because of the humorous situations and jokes. Like in the sixth book it was funny when Sunny climbs up the elevator shaft with her teeth. The author's pretty funny and helpful when he explains what a word means. It's sort of funny when it sounds like he's in the books too. I really recommend A Series Of Unfortunate Events to all readers.
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Summary: Dear "A Reader from LA, CA"
Review: Have you ever read these books? What did you expect him to sign? Anyone who's at all familiar with this series would be disappointed if he'd signed anything less.
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Summary: Exceptional Children's Literature
Review: I have read all of the Lemony Snicket "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books (with the exception of #10). I am hoping to recieve this box set for Christmas. These books are excellent for children, but have humor in them that only adults can appreciate. These books are good at introducing new vocabulary to the reader, although the vocabulary words are sometimes limited or questionable in their definitions given. All-in-all, these books are a great adventure for everyone. Being in the education field, I have found children fall in love with reading because of the lives of the Baudlaire orphans. I can't wait to see how it ends!
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Summary: My son is a huge fan of this series!
Review: I haven't personally had the opportunity to read these books, but my son's second grade teacher is reading the series aloud to his class. When I ask about his day and what was done, I get bombarded with details about the horrible Count Olaf, as I try to pry information about math or science out of him. If you're looking to turn your child on to reading, this series is definitely one to consider. My son enjoys them so much, he has asked on several occasions that we buy the whole set as a gift to his teacher, since she 'only has up to book six'.
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Summary: The series of unfortunate events is a great series!
Review: I loved the series of unfortunate events. I think it has to be the best series in the world, best book for all I know. They say that its a kids book but I think adults would injoy it just as much as us kids. I hated reading until I read The Series of Unfortunate Events. I got each book done about 1-2 days mabe 3. I didn't read every night but when I did I was up til 11:00P.M.-12:00P.M. reading, I would start at 6:00P.M. too. They are very interesting books and very edventures. I have the whole series exept book 10, I'll be getting that soon though. I love those books!
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Summary: A 14 year olds opinion
Review: I'm 26 and read these books...They're like literary candy-easy to read, fun, and a lot of his definitions are amusing. I'm saving them for my kids to read when they're old enough.
Snicket brings to light a great fault of many adults-silence in the face of wrongdoing. Most of the adult characters who should be helping these kids are held back their own fears and instead sit by silently while disater befalls the children.
He also takes the times to, often humorusly, define words, which I think is a great and fun way for kids to expand their vocabulary.
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Summary: A fantastic read for anyone
Review: I've been following this series for a few years now, and find these books to be some of the most enjoyable I have ever read. They are a generally a quick read, and are endlessly amusing. They make great gifts, and are also perfect in almost any library.
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Summary: Looking for something NEW, but not OUT OF BOUNDS...?
Review: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE FOR THIS BOOK SERIES (released 12/17/04 to theaters), DO NOT UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THE MOVIE YOU WILL SEE COVERS. Number one in the film series covers books 1, 2, and 3. Buy or Rent them and read them FIRST, I promise that you won't regret it. Plus, each of these is only a one week read if you have half an hour to and hour of reading time each day. (Excluding the first two, they're kind of short)
I shall begin my review!
Lemony Snicket: (1)A prime aged man of known talent for writing.(2)Innovative, clean, humorous, and lovable author.(3) In the Baudelaire Case, the only known author of their dangerous and magical adventures.
Fictional/Fantasy Autobiography: The writing of an author whose soul intent is to detail the life of a fictional character or characters.
Baudelaire Orphans: A trio of intelligent optimistic children whose very lives were devastated by "the fire that killed 'both' of their parents".
Unfortunate: (1) Having little to no luck. (2) Lacking good fortune. (3) The Baudelaire Children and anyone around them or reading about them.
Ex: Nearly being eaten by a hungry lion, chased by a maniac with a hook for a hand, having come close to being executed while unconscious with a rusty knife, listening to the dripping of liquid off of a strangely colored mildew on the ceiling of a shack by the ocean filled with snapping crabs, watching the only best friends you've had since the unfortunate chapter of your life started get themselves kidnapped attempting to help you escape from evil, and the realization that no one can see behind the makeshift costumes that Count Olaf and his henchmen are constantly switching between.
How should I put this...? Not only some of the best books that I've ever read, but also some of the most ORIGNINAL books too. I have yet to see anything similar to it with my years of reading experience. Lemony Snicket is living (we think) proof that novels can be so very simple in text and still have an enormous effect in the imagination. It's easy enough for a 10 year old to read, fully enjoy, and understand, but complicated enough to keep even writers at bay. How do I know? Well, I'm kind of both. Let's just say this, you might see a strange fellow wondering around in 30 degree weather with shorts, sandals, and a Short sleeved shirt walking around outside with a pencil in his mouth and script in hand staring at the sky. I'll allow you to assume that fellow is me. Heck, he might even be playing some kind of Gameboy, who knows.
Now back to the subject at hand. I know some of you are worried that it's not a very interesting subject to write about and you'd rather read about the anatomy of a female fire ant in mating season while sitting naked on a moving metal grinder. Please, save your bum, read this series. I can vouch for it. At first I thought "Well let's see here. A story about the horrible lives of three young children covered with a mass of over 10 Novels. Fictional Biography, perhaps? It's the long lost epitome of boring!" anyone repeating my mistake deserves what they get, and that's the rejection of a good book.
Though some people might not find pleasure in reading of the horribly unfortunate lives of three children, I did. The best thing about it is when you read it, you find a certain pleasure in rooting for the bad guys as well as the good guys. You will begin to hate everyone else because they are blind for not seeing through some bogus design of a cloak the enemy hides behind. Ladies and gentlemen, these are not spoilers, this is the actual theme. Through the ten+ books you are imagining exactly what happened to the Baudelaires and what WILL happen in their search to find out how to escape death and gain the information they need, and I have to say, much of it IS far fetched. Then again, what would a good (fiction) book be without an aura of fictional drivel? Exactly...nothing. So get out there and BUY this load of fictional twaddle before supplies run out!
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Summary: Excellent series, excellent value
Review: If you or your children haven't been introduced to Lemony Snicket's (pseud. taken by Daniel Handler while researching extremist groups) wonderful "Series of Unfortunate Events" books, here's a great chance to get the first ten (of 13 total) at an exceptional value. The story centers on the three Baudelaire orphans: fourteen-year-old Violet, who's a talented inventer; twelve-year-old Klaus, who's a voracious reader; and baby Sunny, who can chew through almost anything and speaks in snippets of dialogue that only her siblings can understand. Each book finds them in a dreadful new situation, thanks to the evil Count Olaf, who's only goal is to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune. Each story is cleverly plotted, with narrow escapes and tons of misery for the poor siblings. But they stick together, even when things are bad, and kids will love the way they escape bad situations using their own talents. The books follow a definite pattern, with the children barely escaping the nefarious Olaf's schemes, only to find themselves in trouble again. This pattern wears a little thin by book 4, but Snicket introduces some new characters in book 5 (the Quagmire triplets) that help change the direction of the story. After that, each book becomes more and more addictive as the plot weaves, twists and thickens, with increasing amounts of mystery and suspense. Snicket's delightfully oddball dialogue is replete with literary references, bad puns, grim humor, and social commentary. Even baby Sunny's language follows this pattern; her little bits of dialogue are often plays on words or commentary; in book 10, there's a clever knock at the President (I voted for him, and I still laughed!) Snicket also takes shots at society types through Olaf's girlfriend Esme Squalor (first seen in book 6), who's always worried about how fashionable things are (clothes, attitudes, language, and so forth). The books are well-written, with good doses of dry, dark humor (think Monty Python, Charles Addams, or Roald Dahl). The entire series is clever and original on many levels, a joy to read for young and old, and is highly recommended.
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