Reviews

A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 13 Books Collection Pack Set by Lemony Snicket

si0bhan's review against another edition

4.0

This is one of the most interesting series I read as a child. It also sits very high up on my list of books I’d hoped to see as films only to be disappointed (yet so often seems to be the case).

It’s such an interesting story and you really do need to sit it out until the very end to find out how things play out. Each book contains its own story whilst adding to the continuous story throughout.

As a whole, one of my favourite childhood reads.

sunstuh's review against another edition

4.0

This series kept me sane when I was hospitalized last year. Very worth the time!

tashy's review against another edition

5.0

Taught me a lot of words. I'm enjoying the show on Netflix because it's fun revisiting it.

I'm excited to get to the scene where they find themselves under their burnt house because that scene absolutely scarred me as a kid

I listened to the audiobooks during a bout of insomnia to get me to fall asleep, which was pleasant, especially the first book redone by the cast of the Netflix series. But I could never reread the series and think about it seriously or I would hate everything about it.

I enjoyed this as a kid. I hated adults in the book and in real life. It was therapeutic.

Minus one star for killing off the triplets. Asshole.

mbmartin874's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 - Having read the whole series (a few as audiobooks): In a nutshell - the payoff at the end for having made it through all 13 books is not great. There are still numerous unresolved issues, many unanswered questions. And though it seems these may be addressed in other Lemony Snicket novels, after 13 (sometimes padded and monotonous) books, the reader deserves SOME type of payoff for their perseverance. The last book of this series really doesn't offer that. Even my 9-year-old, who liked the tone of the previous books and wanted to keep going, was like, "That's it?!" at the end of the 13th book. These are fun as audiobooks. Tim Curry is a fantastic reader. The Netflix series is terrific and improves upon the books. But given the meagre rewards of making it through the whole series, I have no desire to read another Lemony Snicket book again. In fact, I'm kind of mad at him for constructing a 13-volume series that then nudges readers towards his other books.

kyngret's review against another edition

5.0

I recently re-read these due to a combination of nostalgia and the fact I hadn't read the last three, but I am SO glad I did! Reading them as an adult did not ruin them for me as that is sometimes the case (although I will admit the incompetence of many of the adult characters was incredibly infuriating, but that is the point, so bravo). In fact, they were even more charming and hilarious than I remember, given that there were a ton of jokes I didn't get back in middle school.

nsevey's review against another edition

2.0

I think this got me through three or four weeks of work since I can listen throughout the day. I probably won't ever read these again, but they had some fun parts. I think I enjoyed the intentionally humorous parts of the earlier books more, probably because it was all the same type of humor with different words. I am glad that things didn't end really horribly.

kterbush's review against another edition

5.0

Lemony Snicket never disappoints. The entire series has the perfect mix of humor and tragedy and although I can't believe I was allowed to read these as a child, rereading them as an adult was a fantastic experience. I picked up on so many of the inside jokes, historical references, and ill-defined idioms which made them even more enjoyable to reread. I can't think of a single complaint!

sleepydoe's review against another edition

5.0

A very underrated series which needs to find its way into every bookshelf in the world! It starts off with a fairly small tragedy which turns into a series of events, all connected, all dark leading the three orphaned children down a path they never thought they would tread. Weird as it may seem, this book acquaints us with the most human side of ourselves -- our tendency to be evil and dark, and teaches us, in a way, to accept it and use it for the greater good rather than to create chaos (even if it seems like it is so much more fun). The series is definitely on par with the books that shaped our childhoods like Narnia and Harry Potter but it doesn't get as much lime light as it deserves.

zephrene's review against another edition

3.0

Clever use of language, a mysterious authorial voice, and some very appealing and entertaining heroes make for a fun, quick read. My mother and I are ripping through these as fast as we can buy them.

fuzzyxxxp's review against another edition

5.0

i read all of them over the course of like 2 years...i just didn't feel like putting in all 13 books seperately