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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
"A Series of Unfortunate Events tells the story of three orphan children whose parents died, and they get passed along and - ya know, from house to house and caretaker to caretaker - trying to figure out what to do, and bad things keep happening all the time. And I think it's about kids just overcoming those things. I found out about it and wanted to read it for the same reason. I was just stumbling around the library, down in the lower dungeon level, where the bums hang out sometimes, and I saw this book that caught my eye and just said, "Put this book down. You don't want to read this," you know, "If you're looking for a happy, cheery book, you definitely do not want to read this." The style of writing was very unique, in that, you know, the author oftentimes says stuff like, "And right now, just when you think things are cheery - Oh, heck no! That's not this book," ya know, "Walk away," ya know, "This is gonna go bad. You know it's gonna go bad, and you think they're gonna catch a break," and it's just - It's got a lot of irony and sarcasm in it.
You need breaks in between, if you're gonna read the whole series, because it kinda copies the same thing over and over, at times. Ya know, every book is gonna be about something that's gonna happen to the kids and them having to overcome it, and, of course, there's gonna be a happy ending, because it's a children's book. The grand majority of people would enjoy it. I think it's a good family book to introduce it. So if you wanna do something with your kids, this is something that you can both enjoy. The movie's good. Watch the movie. That won't spoil it. They actually did a good job just - the humor and the acting, giving you a good flavor for the book, but there's many books, so it's not like it's gonna spoil. I would give this book probably four and a half stars. It was just - It's a very fun, lighthearted book, entertaining, a quick read - so, appealing to a lot of people, I think."
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