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Ljo
Posted January 17, 2010
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I'm Hooked!
I bought the Lemony Snicket book 1 to get motivated to continue with my desire to write my own children's story. Surprisingly, I am hooked! I read through book one and couldn't wait to get book 2! I am now on the 4th in the series and look forward to reading each and every one! I won't miss a book! They are fun and great reading for ALL ages. So get started and enjoy!
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Anonymous
Posted November 9, 2011
AWSOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At first I didn't really like the series but then after I finished the first chapter I got hooked into the book on the nook.
8 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted November 6, 2011
Awesome series
I have read the frist two books and watched the movie (books 1-3). It is awesome.
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted April 8, 2010
Great Kiddie Book!
I loved this book even though I'm 39. I bought it for my 11 year old son and the cover didn't look too exciting to him. He had to have a book report book and this was the only one we had at home. I started reading the first page late one night and couldn't put it down. I read the first 3 chapters and finished it the next day. I was pretty good for a "kiddie" book. I'm ready to start the next one...the reptile room i believe it is.
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 1, 2012
Great book
I really enjoyed reading the sad tales.
If you dont like sad books, dont read these ones.4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 2, 2012
Love it!!!!
Love the book and the movie but the book better!!!!!!
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted March 11, 2010
this is a really good book
when i read this book i felt really bad for the kids in it. but this book is a good book but not so much for the kids in it. the kids there parents die in a fire and thats were there lives went wrong. they have to live with somone that they dont know. the three kids do somthing to get away from the person that they have to live with. i recomend this book. i think it is very good to read.
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Cinnamon-A
Posted December 21, 2009
This Is A Wonderful Book
I love this book. It's about three brilliant kids who try to get away from their mean, evil relative. This is breath taking and a beautiful work of art.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted September 27, 2007
Very Adventurous
A Series of Unfortunate Events The Bad Beginnning This story is about three children whose parents are killed in a fire, so they have to go live with their uncle, Count Olaf. When the three children¿s parents are killed in the fire, their dad¿s old friend, Mr. Poe, helps them. Mr. Poe gives them over to Count Olaf, and then they realize he¿s only after the family fortune. The three children try to catch the Count throughout the book. I recommend this book to everyone, because it keeps you on the edge of your seat. I liked this book because the children are smart. They were smart because when Count Olaf tried to marry the oldest child, Violet, they were reading laws about marriage. They made a plan to catch Count Olaf trying to marry Violet against her will. To catch Count Olaf is very smart because they read the law books and made plans. I liked this book because of the children¿s personalities. They were always happy when they were together doing anything. They were motivated when working on the plan to catch Count Olaf. They knew that they shouldn¿t be scared of Count Olaf because they had each other. I liked this book because it leaves you with a cliffhanger. You don¿t know what is going to happen to the children when they leave Count Olaf. You wonder where Count Olaf disappeared to, and what is he going to do when he comes back. When you are reading this book you feel like you are in the children¿s shoes, and still keeps you on the edge of your seat. Reading this book leaves you with a cliffhanger to let you know there is another a story.
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Anonymous
Posted January 24, 2012
g The benning book
I think this is the best book ever
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my book review!!
Book Reveiw
This book Unfortunate Events is a great book. It is written by Lemony Snicket. It is a fiction book and adventure book. I thinki this book is a good short book for 5 and 6 graders. It has 162 pages in it so, it is not a very long story. It is full of idea's from the baudelaire children. The name's of the baudelair's are Sunny, Klause, and Violet. I give this book a 5 star for it's rating. It has alot of adventure and when u start reading it you want to keep reading it.
This book is about 3 children that's parent's died in a fire at there house. The 3 children, Klause, Sunny, and Violet are very smart children that know how to build very big and hard inventions, like building a raft to survive on water. The baudelair family only had 1 friend that would offer to watch the kids when there parents died. His name is Count Olaf. He is the most meanest person you will ever meet in your life. He hates the children but keeps them for only 1 reason. The children have to sleep in a room that is the size of a closet and no view of the city. They have to make there own food and drinks. Count Olaf has an evil crew and he is the leader.2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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LiteracyMaven
Posted September 5, 2009
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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL..READING AND LEARNING HIDDEN IN GHOULISH FUN!
This book begins a long series that entices the reader at every turn. The characters are truly overblown and, therefore, incredibly fun to read about. It harks back to the 1930's movie serials with the heroes placed in the most threatening and in turn ridiculous situations. The beauty of the book is that while it is thrilling it is not gory or frightening in any real way. The book begins the chronicles of the three orphaned Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny,each with unusual skills, who would be right at home with the kids from the Addams family or the cartoons of Edward Gorey. They are trying survive so that they can find the out why their parents were killed. Every page is a high level language lesson. Words are used and then explained in context so the reader is exposed to incredible amounts of vocabulary in the most painless way possible.
These books are a delight to read and so engaging that both girls and boys can't wait to read them. Even the author, Lemony Snicket, is part of the fun as the books are "mysteriously" written and given to Daniel Hendler to be share with the world.
In the first book they are placed in the custody of their "Uncle" a nefarious character with a telltale tattoo on his ankle....and the fun begins.
Do your child aged 9+ a favor and invite him or her into the world of Lemony Snicket.2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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awesome
thesse books are awesome. I love lemony sincket's writing he is great. I have read the entire series and i loved them all. I like how there's alway 13 chapters and there is 13 books because 13 is a unlucky number. the only thing i don't like is Sunny the baby is a little annoying she can't talk can't walk so she is a little pointless as a character but as the books go on she starts to talk and walk so she gets a more involed but she still doesnt understand what is going on in there life or anything else and there is no way that she remembers her parents. so over all great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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caitlyn10
Posted April 1, 2009
good book
Lemony Snickets is a good author of writing the Series of Unfortunate Events. Violet, Klaus and Sunny are three orphans who lost their parents in a fire that burned their whole mansion down to the ground. Then Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire experience their mom's first cousins brother's second cousins uncle and then there is the evil Count Olaf that made them do a whole bunch of bad chores and made them cook dinner for his acting troupe.
It is a good book.2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted February 26, 2009
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
At some point in life, we have problems that we have to face. For Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, this is where their tragedy begins.
These children lost their parents in a terrible fire. Their house is completely destroyed. They have to live with Count Olaf. He is a mean, nasty, selfish person. He tries to make these children's lives miserable, and he will never stop until he does. As Mr. Poe takes the children away from him, Count Olaf wants to say a word to them. "I'll be back", he whispers slowly. Then he walks away into the fog.2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Reviewed by Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius" for TeensReadToo.com
After already having seen the movie, I decided to invest in reading the books. Bk #1, THE BAD BEGINNING, only took me an hour to finish, and it was an enjoyable--if dark--read.
The Baudelaire children--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--are left orphaned after a mysterious fire destroys their home and kills their parents. Taken into custody by Mr. Poe, the executor of their parent's estate, they learn that their parent's will states that they must be cared for by a relative. The closest relative, unbeknownest to the children, is Count Olaf, an actor and leader of a theatre troupe who lives in a dilapitated house on the other side of town.
Things, of course, only go from bad to worse after the children move into Count Olaf's home, which is strangely covered inside and out with drawings and representations of a strange-looking eye. Count Olaf even has a tattoo of the same image on his ankle. As the Count hatches a scheme to gain control of the Baudelaire fortune, which the children are not privy to until Violet comes of age, the children are alternately scared of their new "parent" and determined to find a way out of their dreadful situation.
I enjoyed this walk on the dark side, and plan on reading Book #2 in the series later today. That said, however, I think it depends on your child and his or her maturity as to whether this would be a good read for them or not. Although the reading material is suitable for around 8 years old and up, the book IS dark-natured, and might scare some children. If they've already seen the movie, they might be prepared for its darkness--if the movie depiction scared them, then hold off on the book for awhile.2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 19, 2012
Tainna
Best bookkk!!!!!!its the bomb digetty.
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Anonymous
Posted April 30, 2012
Fantastic book!
Great book. I am proud to say that i'm hooked to fantasy books now. Before, I refused to read any book that looked like fantasy. I opened the book thinking it be the most boring book ever not knowing that I, later that day would not get off the couch until I finished the book. I really liked the plot. I enjoyed the part when Klaus figured out the evil plan. I am on book 7 now and I will not stop reading until I finish the series. Who knows? Maybe you'll read the series!?!!
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Anonymous
Posted April 12, 2012
Sandra (i dont know if this is wear you put your name orrrr???)
At first when i looked at this book it seemed kind of boring and strange
But i bought it anyways and read it
I thought it was gonna be bad!!!
You cant judge a book by its cover. THIS BOOK WAS GREAT!!
Ive been reading the series ever since.
Im only on book 4 but I recomend this book for ages 7 through 17 ( :
If you are a parent looking for a book for your kid, you have to know that people say this book is so sad and full of horror.
Well, not realy!!
It's a good deal so read read read. I hope this commeny has been helpfull to kids and parents looking for a book to dazzle them
Now stop reading tjis and get to the book!1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted April 3, 2012
AMAZING
This is my favorite series of books that ive ever read ! I love the series of the unfortunate events ! AMAZING
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