Depressing, lol. As the narrator warns, it's not a happy story as miserable things befall the children, hence obviously the title of the series. It makes an interesting change from the saccharin happy stories, lol. It's not that bad, they do triumph over the evil Count Olaf, they just don't get their live-with-a-nice-person happily-ever-after ending.
Did you see the movie? That was based on (if I'm remembering correctly) the first three books.
The first book basically chronicles them as they go from learning about their parents demise to moving in with Count Olaf and his plot to try and marry Violet for real during a staged play.
The second one is called The Reptile Room, and (I think, haven't read it yet) will cover the segment where they go to live with the Billy Connolly herpetologist. And then the third book covers when they go to live with that aunt with the house teetering on the edge of a cliff. (This will make sense to you if you saw the movie).
It's a short book, 156 pages, and the book's size is fairly small, and it's got the usual kids' book larger print, so the amount of text on the page isn't that much. It's a fast read as a result. I think I read it in about 2 hours or so.
So, it was entertaining, and I'll probably read more of them, but it didn't grab me as much as the Harry Potter books (but then they're way more dense and in depth).
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:47 pm (UTC)Did you see the movie? That was based on (if I'm remembering correctly) the first three books.
The first book basically chronicles them as they go from learning about their parents demise to moving in with Count Olaf and his plot to try and marry Violet for real during a staged play.
The second one is called The Reptile Room, and (I think, haven't read it yet) will cover the segment where they go to live with the Billy Connolly herpetologist. And then the third book covers when they go to live with that aunt with the house teetering on the edge of a cliff. (This will make sense to you if you saw the movie).
It's a short book, 156 pages, and the book's size is fairly small, and it's got the usual kids' book larger print, so the amount of text on the page isn't that much. It's a fast read as a result. I think I read it in about 2 hours or so.
So, it was entertaining, and I'll probably read more of them, but it didn't grab me as much as the Harry Potter books (but then they're way more dense and in depth).