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... Their beloved parents have recently perished in a fire at their home. Not only have they lost their mother and father, but they have also lost all their possessions. The only things left to them are the clothes they stand up in. Mr Poe, the asthmatic, bronchial executor of their parents' will ... Read review

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generation of readers, exposing many more children
to the miserable lives of the Baudelaire children.
In 'The Bad Beginning', the three youngsters
encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy
clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their
fortune and cold porridge for breakfast.


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The Curse Of The Lemony Blyton

Advantages: Clear, precise writing, lots of educational and amusing asides.
Disadvantages: Horrendously mercenary, hopelessly derivative.

...also lost all their possessions. The only things left to them are the clothes they stand up in. Mr Poe, the asthmatic, bronchial executor of their parents' will tracks down a relative with whom they must live. Count Olaf is not a nice man. Tall, thin, gaunt and distinctly suspicious, he does not treat the Baudelaire orphans well. They share a room with one bed, their clothes are dumped in a cardboard box and they must spend half the day doing chore ...
...hands on their fortune. With the aid of the kindly Justice Strauss, Violet the boffin with a talent for inventing gadgets and Klaus the clever bookworm must find and foil the Count's evil plan…

Ack. I very much wanted to love The Bad Beginning, but I did not. It is the first in a series of gothic adventure books for children written by a shadowy figure known as Lemony Snicket. Lemony Snicket has spent years researching the fortunes ... more

jillmurphy 17.03.2004
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The Beginning Starts Here

Advantages: Dark tone creates interest / Narrative is original / Play on words is imaginative
Disadvantages: incest theme may raise eyebrows / A little short and sometimes rushed

'''Book Info''': '''Name''': The Bad Beginning '''Author''': Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket) '''Released''': September 1999 '''Series''': Book one in 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' '''Awards''': Nevada Young Readers Award, Colorado Children's Award, Nene Award '''RRP''': £6.99 Children's books are special, very special indeed. There is something very imaginative and creative with each one, and a pleasing innocence, even with novels of ...
...Snicket's 'The Bad Beginning' is the first book in a series of 13 wonderfully titled 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. With only 163 pages, would it captivate my attention or is this best kept for the children? Lemony Snicket plays the role of the narrator as if he is actually in the book, apparently he is so shocked by the lives of the Baudelaire children he feels it is his sole duty to report these events in the form of a book. Now it is these ...

dan_pentagram 31.01.2009 · Read full review
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The Good Beginning of a Great series

Advantages: Good plot and twists, easy to read
Disadvantages: It's not a happy book

...(pseudonym of Daniel Handler) writes the dark comic children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events. After reading the back of the first book in this series I was intrigued and wanted to find out more. The back of the book is written as a letter to the reader. It tries to persuade the reader to put the book down and walk away. "I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three ...
...Lemony Snicket" I thought the it was very unusual that the back of the book was trying to get you to put it down, as usually this is the selling point. I usually do prefer happy books but I still found that I enjoyed this book even though it is not at all happy. Three wealthy siblings, who have wonderful lives, they live in a huge mansion with their loveable parents, are clever, and have tonnes of money and plenty of friends. It sounds a lovely ...

bluejules 04.02.2006 · Read full review
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Variety is the spice of life...

Advantages: Beautifully written, original, intelligent
Disadvantages: Sorry, but just not an instant classic for me

...that I don't join in the five star brigade. Don't get me wrong, the last thing I wanted for my return to ciao was to annoy everyone! And (as you can see by my extremely high four star rating!) I feel there is much to commend and recommend Mr. Snicket and his unfortunate events. But I'll admit it from the start: I liked them, I really liked them. I just didn't love them, and that had to be reflected in my rating. Just for the record, although I'll ...
...writing about it in the context of the series. A Series Of Unfortunate Events is a brilliant premise. The Bad Beginning introduces us to the three incredibly likeable, supernaturally decent and intelligent Baudelaire children- Violet (14), Klaus (12) and Sunny (infant). (Von Bulows,- no, I can't spell it- anyone?). Each has a talent, respectively inventions, reading and biting, and all are law-abiding, obedient and loving. When their parents die ...

ruth_cole 30.12.2002 (31.12.2002) · Read full review
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A good book for children

Advantages: a good book for children
Disadvantages: a little repetitive

...have just finished reading for the second time. Who is the author? º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º The author is Lemony Snicket. It is an author very mysterious, difficult to know who it is really! It was born in a small city from the United States, and now lives in a large city, with by that one do not know anything him. The bad Beginning º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º°º°"˜º "The bad Beginning" is the first book of a "Series Of Unfortunate Events". There is ...
...children. The story : - - - - - - - - The Baudelaire children are three: Violet, 14 years ; Klaus, 12 years and their small sister Sunny, a baby. At the beginning of the book, they will become orphan because their parents died in a terrible fire. The Baudelaire children are then entrusted to the horrible Olaf tale. That is thinks of only one thing : to seize the heritage of the children. It for that will do everything to arrive there, it is very ...

coquinnette 31.08.2005 · Read full review
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A Series of Unfortunate Events

Advantages: very Funny, hard to put down, and generally well written.
Disadvantages: Not good for people who like a happy ending.

The story sounds a bit depressing. Three orphaned children, with nowhere to go except to stay with a cruel uncle, who lives in a dirty house, has a strange obsession with eyes, and is plotting a plan to get his hands on the Baldaire Orphan's fortune. Sad, isn't it? Not in the slightest! No, don't think of me as a morbid and evil being, but the way in which the novel is written is actually very funny! For example, instead of toys to play with, the ...
...Things only get worse for the Baldair orphans, when we find out that the evil Uncle (Count Olaf) and his theatre group are plotting to steel the Baldaire fortune. From here, the story uncoils in twists and turns. The story goes from a fuss about Roast Beef to poisoned raspberries to a baby suspended 30 ft high in a cage. Read it and find out! But just when you think the Baldaire orphans are going to live happily ever after with the kind neighbour ...

mailmekm 06.10.2001 · Read full review
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It's not THAT bad

Advantages: Nicely presented text
Disadvantages: Monotonous, repetitive, patronising, yikes!

think that the dark quality of the book is best suited for boys, there is enough here to interest girls too. Another point worth mentioning, that I love about these books, is that the author, Lemony Snicket, is also a fictional character within the series and is documenting the tale of the Baudelaires for the public, to bring to the light the evil doings of Count Olaf. The real author however, is American writer Daniel Handler. My criticism is that the series as a whole is simply awful, uninteresting, repetitive and when I finished all 13 books, I was left with a feeling of 'so what' and annoyed that so many parts of the story as a whole, were left unresolved. However, this one is a good first book. If you're the type of person who has to complete a series, then I wouldn't waste your time with this one. But, if you just want a taster ...

MarcoG 04.03.2008 · Read full review
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Even better and more miserable than the first...

Advantages: Even more delightfully depressing than the first! And longer too!
Disadvantages: None!

Lemony Snicket is back in full force with the fantastic, and even more depressing follow up to 'The Bad Beginning'. Book the Second is written with the same wit and style as Book The First, and is even more gripping! The start of the book sees the Baudelaire orphans taking a much needed break from being completely miserable, as they are taken to live with their mad Uncle Monty, who has a snake fetish. The children are told they are being taken to Peru, and are delighted to be able to help Uncle Monty with his research. For once, it seems that things are going well for them, and you even start to wonder if Lemony Snicket has had a change of heart and decided to let the orphans live happily ever after, but no. Before you have chance to put the book down in disgust for straying away from its delightfully depressing plot, who should turn ...

MelW 01.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket

Baudelaire Bad Luck

Advantages: Nice storyline, Nice book cover and a great series.
Disadvantages: May need to have read the books from the start.

*****Authors Review***** In The Bad Beginning, things, well, begin badly for the three Baudelaire orphans. And sadly, events only worsen in The Reptile Room. In the third in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, there is still no hope on the horizon for these poor children. Their adventures are exciting and memorable, but, as the author points out, "exciting and memorable like being chased by a werewolf through a field of thorny bushes at midnight with nobody around to help you." This story begins when the orphans are being escorted by the well-meaning Mr. Poe to yet another distant relative who has agreed to take them in since their parents were killed in a horrible fire. Aunt Josephine, their new guardian, is their second cousin's sister-in-law, and she is afraid of everything. Her house (perched precariously on a cliff ...

Drummer5390 21.01.2005 · Read full review
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