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The Ersatz Elevator

Lemony Snicket

3.96 AVERAGE


3.25 again
This series is definitely getting better as it goes along but I wanna feel excited about reading the next book and finding out what happens and I don't feel this way and that makes me sad.

3.5 in actual rating, but probably 5 stars as a children’s book (which it is!)
adventurous lighthearted sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Baudelaire orphans go to live with their new guardians, Esme and Jerome Squalor and still run from Count Olaf. 

I have now read 6 from this series and do feel they are very repetitive. I do find them a good easy read but also guess the ending of every book. đź“• 

Not bad. Not my favorite of the series, but still fun and engaging. I love the ridiculousness of Sunny, and how complicated the schemes are becoming.
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5

This book is very similar to all the previous books in the series. It’s still frustrating to read about such awful things happening to nice children because of course the world is set up so that awful things don’t happen to nice children - it’s all just so silly and unrealistic. But then also I wonder if these books are fun for kids because the adults are all stupid and the children are the heroes (although sadly also the victims). Hmm.
dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The tone of the books are slowly getting darker and darker, even though they have been pretty dark from the start.
fast-paced
adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No