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Summary: Excellent Book Greater then Great
Review: The Bad Beginning Is A Great Book. But If You Like Happy Happy Books. This Is Not The Book For You!!! If I Could Rate This Book To 100,I Would Give It An 100! This Is A Fabulous Book!!!!
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Summary: Bad-Is an understatement
Review: The Series of Unfortunate Events is great, and I loved them. Full of wry humor and things to make you chuckle and things to make you scream, Series of Unfortunate Events is a great read for anyone. Everyone who hasn't read them should. Must Read!
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Summary: Whats the opposite of a good begnning.
Review: The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket Published in 1999
This book has so many tiwist so don't belive everything.
The story is about three kids that their house gets brunt down.So they're sent their distent uncle house.There he plots to steal their fortouin.
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Summary: Like Dubya, "Lemony Snicket " Happens
Review: "Lemony Snicket" (surely a pseudonym) has written a book that I would not want my children to read. Not because of (...) violence, but because it is a lousy book, poorly written with a poorly contrived plot that is an insult to the reader. The author further insults the reader by talking down to him or her, with frequent interruptions to explain the meaning of words used. Perhaps the intended audience consists of children with no access to a dictionary; but if so, why not be consistent and devine ALL polysyllabic words used?I was looking for a book to give it to my nephew for Christmas, and he has already read all five of the delightful Harry Potter series so far published (5 stars each), but I wouldn't offer this (...) to any intelligent child.
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Summary: An unfortunately wonderful book
Review: This book is a must read! The book is sad, funny, witty, sarcastic, and interesting. I highly enjoyed the sarcasm, the depiction of adults in society, the incredibly intelligent Baudleiers, and the horrid Count Olaf. The book is descriptive so you imagine the story as you read and wish the the best for the Baudeliers even though Lemony keeps telling you that there is no happy ending. One of my favorite parts in the book is when Snicket talks about lawyers as being necessary because no one in their right mind would want to read law books. I really enjoyed this book and even though I do not fit the age category for this book, I recommend this book to anyone who wants to have as Snicket would say "a miserable time reading a depressing book, when you could be outside playing in the snow".
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Summary: The Bad Beginning
Review: In this exciting and unhappy story, three young kids go through serious depression and unhappiness, they loose their parents. Being only a teenage girl, a smart young boy, and a little baby girl their lives become very difficult and things never go as planned. After their parents death, the Baudelaire kids try to start their lives over with their scary uncle. Eyes are watching them, and evil ones at that. This uncle isn't what you would call charming, since he finds out that a big fortune comes with them. Well this evil uncle does all he can to get his hands on it. But luckily or sadly, depend how you see it, they leave their uncle,why? That's what's so extemely bad of this uncle. But, will this unle give them up so easily? Read and you'll find out.
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Summary: It's not that great...
Review: But the rest of Lemony's books are awesome. The little amount that it takes to read this book it is worth it. You have to read it to uderstand the rest in the series, which I give all of them 5 stars!
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Summary: GREAT!!!!!
Review: I really loved this book. I have only read the first 3 but I am waiting for 4-6. They are one of the best books I have ready for being 12. I couldn't stop reading them. I read the first three for about 12 hours for 3 days! But I do think you should read #1 first because it tells you a lot about the characters then go from there. You could probably not read #2 but I think you should for the excitement. You can't stop reading them because they are so good!!! Well I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!!!
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Summary: Dreadful, Just Dreadful. (But I Loved It)
Review: I suppose I should say, that technically, I am old enough to have grandchildren who might enjoy this book. Nevertheless, I loved it. There is a certain flamboyant flair to the writing, just right for these dreadful tales, and a fair amount of jokes that older readers will enjoy (such as naming two of the children Claus and Sunny). I even read the next in the series, almost as good as the first. Then I made the mistake of getting the third on tape to listen to in the car. Although I am a Tim Curry fan from way back, I thought his reading was wrong for these stories. They need a deadpan, straighforward reading. Curry was over the top. Read this book yourself, or read it to the kids, but skip the audio version.
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Summary: Fortunately, Things Begin Unfortunately
Review: The Baudelaires have led a comfortable life with their parents in their wonderful home. But on a particularly cloudy day at Briny Beach, their lives are shattered-The word shattered here means, "Their lives were ruined like a window being broken into a million pieces." The curious Lemony Snicket uses this new approach to grammar and definition to tell the tale of the three Baudelaires, (Sunny, Klaus, and Violet) who were once the most fortunate children ever. In a heartbeat, everything changes. A fire consumes the Baudelaires' house, and their parents' lives. The well-intentioned, yet slightly daft, Mr. Poe now has the responsibility to find the Baudelaire children, now the Baudelaire orphans, a new home. He soon finds them shelter with a distant relative, who doesn't live so distant from the Baudelaire's old home. His name is Count Olaf, an evil man who is only keeping the children for his own benefit. The greedy count wants to steal their immense fortune, which Violet will inherit in four more years. In their first unfortunate adventure, the children encounter the friendly Justice Strauss, Count Olaf's cruel acting troupe, a very helpful cookbook, and a play with a script that could ruin it all. Will the quick minds of the orphans prevail, or will Count Olaf grab the fortune and win the game? Once I finished book one, I was begging for book two. Lemony Snicket's humorous writings are amazingly captivating from the first word to the last, a rare trait found in only the best books. Make sure if you read book one, you have book two and maybe even book three near by just to be safe, because even though these books are full of adventure and excitement, you'll find them to be quicker than you thought...unfortunately.
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