“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters.”I have heard of this series from the 2004 movie adaption, I watched the movie and instantly fell in love with the concept. I have always been a fan of fantasy novels and this particular story perked my interest. I unfortunately (no pun intended, honestly) did not get to read the books until this year and I will have to say I was completely blown away. Unfortunate Events is under the category of children’s lit, but it is probably one of the most intelligent children’s lit I have ever read. Daniel Handler (known as Lemony Snicket for Unfortunate Events) has such a witty way of writing and an especially unique writing styles.
I enjoyed Snicket's way of explaining certain words. At first I thought that this was just his writing style, until I reached the end of the series and thought back to his explaining those certain words. There are some theories that there are clues hidden in those little explanations which has led myself to go back and read the entire series again and look for those clues. Unfortunate Events keeps your interest and just when you think things cannot get any worse for the Baudelaires, it gets worse. I was a bit disappointed in Snicket's display of the series main antagonist Count Olaf. But before I continue I must tell everyone, if you start reading your have to read all thirteen books. Some complain that Count Olaf was just every other villain But the thirteenth book completely changed my mind. Snicket hints in the books (especially in the later ones) that there is a reason behind his villainy and why he hates the Baudelaire family so much.
There really are no answers for really anything in the book. Everything is hinted at, but that is kind of Snicket's point in the books. We always search for answers, but sometimes those answers lead to more questions. It is tricky to end a series without really explaining anything, but Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) does it so elegantly and he does leave answers it's just you have to dig for them. He ended the series in a tasteful way or I guess not so tasteful, I guess the best way to describe it is that Snicket left you full and yet still hungry for more.
There really are no answers for really anything in the book. Everything is hinted at, but that is kind of Snicket's point in the books. We always search for answers, but sometimes those answers lead to more questions. It is tricky to end a series without really explaining anything, but Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) does it so elegantly and he does leave answers it's just you have to dig for them. He ended the series in a tasteful way or I guess not so tasteful, I guess the best way to describe it is that Snicket left you full and yet still hungry for more.
The thirteen book series may be intimidating to look at, but each book is only roughly around one hundred pages long, the longest I believe is only two hundred to three hundred. They are very fast reads and enjoyable if you like reading just for the sake of reading, but I cannot promise you that you will not stop thinking about it once you finish The End.
