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The Ersatz Elevator

Lemony Snicket

3.96 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Audiobook - this one finally returns to Tim Curry and is so much better for it.

My girls and I just finished the sixth Series of Unfortunate Events book, The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket. Same story, different day. Though I must admit, the ridiculousness of these stories is starting to grow on me. And like I always say, I love the Beaudelaire orphans.

Read the entire series... started off ok and was nice and easy to read.
However, the further into the story you read the worse it gets.
Instead of an interesting, clever plot, the writer just goes off the wall and it all seems stupid.
(And not Alice in Wonderland type of stupid either!)
Finished the series and felt cheated out of a few weeks of my life :)
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No