The Austere Academy - Lemony Snicket

Advantages: the front cover, the back cover, and everything between them!
Disadvantages: none that i can see, my friend

...a somewhat odd figure in the field of children's literature. with a little help from his "assistant" (the author daniel handler, for whom snicket is a pseudonym), he describes the "unfortunate events" which befall a trio of hapless orphans as they endeavour to find some semblance of happiness. 'the austere academy' is the fifth title in the series; perhaps this review is a little redundant in that it's difficult to imagine anyone choosing to introduce ...
...is testament to the fact that with every episode snicket relates, the overall story gets stronger and more compelling. the plot? as already mentioned - three young protagonists struggling against the odds and especially against their nemesis, the evil count olaf. sounds fairly formulaic so far. but it begins to deviate from the norm in a manner indicated by the series title - those ubiquitous "unfortunate events". now, any children's book character ... Read review

Advantages: something kids can relate to
Disadvantages: nothing

The lemony snicket series continues. This book ' The Austere Academy' is definitely my favourite of the ten that have been published. The Basics The Baudilaires, Violet, 14, Klaus,12, and Sunny, 1, have already had 4 miserable episodes since their parents died in a terrible fire. The parents left an enormous fortune that an evil man, Count Olaf is trying to steal by disguising himself to fool the childrens various carers and the Baudilaires closest ...
...Plot It begins when the Baudelaires are sent to a boarding school by Mr Poe to 'keep them out of trouble' On arrival they are sent to visit the head Vice Principal Nero. The misery begins as they are told that, as their parents have died, they have no official guardians so they cant sleep in dormitoriesand must shelter in the Orphan Shack, a dingy place that contains territorial crabs and fungus. Worse still Sunny is forced to work as Neros assistant ... Read review

Advantages: Cant put down type of book.
Disadvantages: Makes the reader feel a bit of an idiot.

...occaisionally a bit reppetative. The Good Points far outwiegh the bad points! The sort of people that would enjoy this book would probably be the sort of person that enjoyed the following: Any of the Harry Potter Books by J K Rowling Phillip Ardaughs books like Awful End Eva Ibbotsons The Secret of Platform Thirteen Any of the Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddel including Beyond the Deepwoods and The last Sky Pirate So overall ...
...seem a little bit wierd if you havnt read the previos ones: The Bad Beginng The Reptile Room The Wide Window And the Miserable Mill So read these first before you read this one because they will make it a lot more enjoyable!! Enjoy ... Read review

Advantages: a good book
Disadvantages: unputdownable

...old (u.k) and it is the furthest that the books go to on ciao, There is no oppourtunity to review The Ersatz Elavator, The Vile Village or The Hostile Hospital! But I suppose I'll review this book as well anyway. If you have read Lemony Snicket books before you will know the evil Count Olaf is after the Baudelaire fortune and he is always disguising himself! This time the Baudelaire Orpahans go to a bording school were Olaf is disguised as Coach ...
...laps every night accept on the first night where they paint the floor! I would say more but it would spoil the book! I don't have the book on me so I couldn't put the isbn, I'm from the U.K anyway! This book is so interesting You wouldn't read this first though it's book the fifth! If you knew anything about Lemony Snicket, You'd know he keeps telling you to put the book down! But you shouldn't there very good, and in this installment we meet the ... Read review