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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blake D's Book report For 11/07, November 26, 2007
A Kid's Review
The bad beginning
By Lemony Snicket
I thought Lemony Snicket's book the bad beginning was a spectacular book! I am definitely going to read the rest. This has to be the best book I ever read after Harry potter. I just loved the part where it copied the lines to mess with your head that just cracks me up. I really thought I was reading the line" he found himself reading lines over and over" it literally just messed me up. I really hope he makes more it's just the way he writes it, it just flows. I really hope I will be able to write as good as him sometime in my life that would be like totally wicked! For the reasons I have listed above I am going to give this book five stars. If you haven't read this book read it like now!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, June 6, 2007
A Kid's Review
Hi, if you read the review for the complete wreck with all the exclaimation points, then you know this is the first of many great books! The books are extremly addicting and after reading it for about an hour I couldn't put it down!
Believe me, it's just great! :) I'll just tell you there at the beach thier house burns down Mr. Poe takes them to Count Olaf's he is mean and dirty and after the enourmous thier parents left behind after they died in the fire. Soud's interesting, doesn't it? If you read it it will get more interesting! If you want to read more of my reviews on the books, then just look for a bunch of exclaimation points!
HAPPY READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Courtesy of Teens Read Too, January 17, 2007
After already having seen the movie, I decided to invest in reading the books. Bk #1, THE BAD BEGINNING, only took me an hour to finish, and it was an enjoyable--if dark--read.
The Baudelaire children--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--are left orphaned after a mysterious fire destroys their home and kills their parents. Taken into custody by Mr. Poe, the executor of their parent's estate, they learn that their parent's will states that they must be cared for by a relative. The closest relative, unbeknownest to the children, is Count Olaf, an actor and leader of a theatre troupe who lives in a dilapitated house on the other side of town.
Things, of course, only go from bad to worse after the children move into Count Olaf's home, which is strangely covered inside and out with drawings and representations of a strange-looking eye. Count Olaf even has a tattoo of the same image on his ankle. As the Count hatches a scheme to gain control of the Baudelaire fortune, which the children are not privy to until Violet comes of age, the children are alternately scared of their new "parent" and determined to find a way out of their dreadful situation.
I enjoyed this walk on the dark side, and plan on reading Book #2 in the series later today. That said, however, I think it depends on your child and his or her maturity as to whether this would be a good read for them or not. Although the reading material is suitable for around 8 years old and up, the book IS dark-natured, and might scare some children. If they've already seen the movie, they might be prepared for its darkness--if the movie depiction scared them, then hold off on the book for awhile.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
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