Someone get these children therapists. Multiple people they gave been in contact with have died. They have witnessed gruesome deaths of two of them. The only adult in their life to ever listen to them (after the incident with their parents) was almost murdered by one of them. This is so much trauma.

These books are GOOD. They are; I love them. But wew this is a lot for children. And even though there have been so many unfortunate events, and there's only more to come, they truly have been lucky in so many ways.

We all have jobs that don’t pay us well, use us as manual labor and give us endless stress and strain. For our three orphans, they will endure all that and much worse. After the death of their second guardian, the Baudelaire children’s next home is a damp and uncomfortable lumber mill in a paltry town. They will be made to work and live there by their guardian and boss who is a real jerk, a word which here means “someone who pays and treats his employees horribly all because he had a bad childhood”. If you’ve already noticed by now in their past events, the three will encounter many miserable things like an eye-shaped building, lunch gum, hypnosis, a small library, sensible beige shoes, an inordinate word and a ghastly death. Open this book at your own risk. A (100%/Outstanding)

By far the darkest book of the series so far. One of my daughters actually exclaimed “I can’t believe that this is in a book for kids!” over a scene towards the end of the book.
Dreary and lightless, makes for a bit less of a fun read compared to the earlier books, but intriguing enough to battle through. Could’ve done without the excessive use of Foreman Flacutono shouting “midgets!” in a derogatory fashion though.

3.5 stars

I think I am going to take a break from reading this series and watch the new Netflix adaptations instead.

Right, yes, let's talk about Series of Unfortunate events. There are 13 books in this serie, in which you enter the turbulent world of Violet, Klaus and Sunny; the Baudelaire orphans. In each of these books they are placed in the custody of relatives the orphans had never really heard of. In the first book, they are in the care of Count Olaf, who is after the Baudelaire fortune. He keeps showing up in the books, trying to get his hands on the fortune.

Now, I've only read four of the books, so I don't know how the others are, but so far I'm not too keen to continue reading. The kids are always placed at some relative, Count Olaf shows up to steal their fortune, no one believes the kids up until the very end when Olaf gets away again with a promise of return. The stories are becoming repetitive, the plots are thin and each and every single one of the adults are written as silly, gullible and generally as not too intelligent characters.

I'm aware this is a series written for kids and maybe I'm just bit too old for the books now. I did enjoy the books and was highly amused by the writing. The explaining of the "big" words actually came in useful at some parts. (And the way Snicket played with the reader and kept the story light felt like a breath of fresh air!)

This isn't something I think I'll continue reading for now, but maybe when I have kids one day, I'd love to take them into the world of Violet, Klaus and Sunny.

I didn't like this one quite as much as the others, but it was still pretty fun.

a little more morbid that the first three books, but i guess it has to do with the journey the characters are going through.

This is my favorite of the books so far! I really enjoyed that the Baudelaires' misfortune wasn't entirely caused by the terrible Count Olaf. The kids learning each other's skills was also a nice twist.

Another wonderful edition to this series. Even if they always follow the same pattern, I find I can't help myself wanting to jump into the next book to see what happens. I don't know if this makes me a terrible person because nothing good ever happens to Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, but it does make for some good reading. I would recommend this book to pre and early teens. 5 out of 5 stars.