About this title: This is the first in the fantastically popular series about the exceptionally intelligent and exceedingly unlucky Baudelaire siblings--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Their story begins when their parents perish in a fire, throwing the hapless trio into a series of hilariously nightmarish scenarios comprised of well-meaning, ignorant adults, questionable motives, and serious danger. Miserably settled with Mr. Poe, the constantly coughing executor whose wife forces them into garish, itchy clothes, the children eventually find themselves at the mercy of the decidedly creepy Count Olaf. A money ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperkidsentertainment
Date Published: 11/2004
ISBN-13:9780060755898ISBN:006075589X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 162 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 11/2004
ISBN-13:9780060755898ISBN:006075589X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 162 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 11/2004
ISBN-13:9780060755898ISBN:006075589X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 162 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 09/1999
ISBN-13:9780064407663ISBN:0064407667
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperkidsentertainment
Date Published: 11/2004
ISBN-13:9780060755898ISBN:006075589X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 162 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
"I have read the book, The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. In this book, there are three main characters, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Violet is the oldest, Klaus is in between and Sunny is a baby. Violet, is fourteen years old, and is a very smart girl. She likes to invent things, and she wishes she could spend all of her time inventing things. Violet thinks that it is important to take care of her younger siblings, and she does a great job at it. Klaus likes to spend a lot of his time reading. Klaus is also smart, and he is like a human dictionary. If violet needs to know a word, she can just ask Klaus and he will know it. Then there is Sunny, who is just a baby and says random words that Klaus and Violet try to interpret. The plot of this story is great, it's almost like the author went through the same kind of thing. The only part I don't like is they don't tell enough about their parents. On a cloudy day, the children were on the beach, when Mr. Poe came up to them and told them their parents were dead. The kids then have to go live with the Evil Count Olaf, who pays no attention to them, and only is giving them a place to live because he wants their money. The kids don't like Count Olaf, and they would rather spend more time at their neighbor's house, Justice Stratuse. One day Count Olaf asks them to be in a play with him, which Violet has to marry Count Olaf. They end up being in the play, but come up with a sneaky plan. I have rated this book four star, because it wasn't the best book I have ever read, and there is a couple confusing parts in the book, like how it doesn't tell a lot about the day at the beach. I would recommend this book to other people, because it was a book that made me want to keep reading."
"I remember being a kid, and feeling powerless in an adult world. where adults acted in ways that seemed inexplicable and capricious to me at the time. I enjoyed this book as a caricature of that feeling, exaggerated to an entertaining degree.
I think the fact that I listened to the audiobook read by Tim Curry increased my enjoyment of the book. I got the impression it was really intended to be enjoyed out loud, and they couldn't have picked a better narrator. (Though I did find myself waiting for him to invite me up to the lab to see what's on the slab)
Finally, I was so thrilled to find Lemony Snicket explaining the difference between "literally" and "figuratively" to a whole generation to children. If I hear one more person tell me they "literally died laughing," I may slightly lose my composure. Literally? Really? You seem to have recovered from dying quite successfully."
"Unlikeable, flat, contrived, and joyless. This is for fans of snuff flicks and Dickens. I blame Godard.
I also should add that I think this book enforces a poor lesson for abused kids. I understand the desire for gruesomeness in children's fantasy, but this touches on real world concepts of abusive homes and teaches that seeking help from neighbors, teachers, and librarians will not help you. I'd preferred that the neighbor was killed wanting to help, than the way this book was set up."
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