A Series of Unfortunate Events: " The Miserable Mill " [Import] [Paperback]

Lemony Snicket (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Galaxy; New Ed edition (September 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754078752
• ISBN-13: 978-0754078753
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (182 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Lemony Snicket claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. He is the author of several other unpleasant stories, including those in the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Lump of Coal.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Lemony Snicket Classic, April 26, 2000

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"adamthecritic" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) (Hardcover)

An amazing book about the three orphans who are sent to an old mill to live after the three other places they were sent to after their parents died. I have to say that this was a comical book with the author cutting in and giving the definitions of all the words that kids probably don't know. He also asks if you would like to stop the book at a certain point in order to keep the happy ending you can. This book has mischief and excitment at on every page. I suggest you buy this book.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most humorous of the series, October 2, 2000

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"julies_27" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) (Library Binding)

I'm not quite sure why this book struck me as the best of the series (I've only read 2, 3, and 4) but it was exceedingly well done and amusing. The poor Baudelaire orphans who seem to court bad luck at every turn end up living with their distant relative who is a tycoon industrialist who makes them work in his mill. Instead of getting paid, the mill workers get coupons, and they only get one meal a day (but lots of gum for breakfast). Lemony Snicket's books are all wonderful, and this is the cream of the crop. Count Olaf returns in attempt to once again steal the Baudelaire fortune, this time using hypnosis to achieve his evil gains. This book is full of so many clever moments, and the mill setting will scare and entertain the reader.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A marvelously miserable book by Lemony Snicket., April 28, 2001

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"shayamorph" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) (Library Binding)

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny have endured some of the most horrid, unfortunate circumstances they could ever imagine since the sudden deaths of their parents. The three Baudelaire orphans just seem to always have misfortune following them -- and their miserable lives are about to become even worse. They have been sent to stay in under the care of a man who, quite mysteriously, has a cloud of smoke where his head should be. Assigned to work in a horrid mill that the three children find almost impossible to endure, their lives worsen by each day. And for some reason their evil uncle, Count Olaf, hasn't been seen around -- but little do they know where -- and how -- their evil uncle is lurking in the shadows. Can they solve a horrible mystery, avoid torture, and make their stay out alive? Or will Count Olaf for once be the victor of the Baudelaire fortune? This was one of the most hilarious books I have ever read, and Lemony Snicket's Series Of Unfortunate Events is so darkly funny I found it impossible to put down. The Miserable Mill, the fourth hilarious book in this unfortunate series, was another five-star, charming novel by Lemony Snicket, whose writing is beautiful and unmatched, funny in so many places that will always entertain.