Lemony Snicket

From the back cover: To: My Kind Editor Top secret—only for readers deeply interested in the Baudelaire case. How I pity those readers. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket Review: Cons? Rather pointless and reminds me of the Griffin & Sabine series with its obscure epistolary nature. Pros? Short! No answers are forthcoming in this series of letters, but we do get … [Read more...] about The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket: C

From the back cover: Dear Reader, You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or the end of THE END. The end of THE END is the best place to begin THE END, because if you read THE END from the beginning of the beginning of THE END to the end of the end of THE END, you will arrive at the end of the end of your rope. This book is the last in A Series of Unfortunate … [Read more...] about The End by Lemony Snicket: B-

From the back cover: Dear Reader, If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing you should know is that this next-to-last book is what you should put down first. Sadly, this book presents the next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and … [Read more...] about The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket: A-

From the back cover: Dear Reader, Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp. You might also prefer not to read this book, in which the Baudelaire siblings encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair, underwater. In fact, the horrors they encounter are too numerous to list, and you wouldn't … [Read more...] about The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket: A

From the back cover: Dear Reader, Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up—and down—a range of strange and distressing mountains. In order to spare … [Read more...] about The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket: A