Reviews

Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

adammuly's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

juliajeffress's review

funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

suchallie's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This was a cute little read, not my usual style (and as the jacket says, not Snicket’s either), but it was fun to try something new! There were some moments where I was laughing so bonus points for that and for the nostalgia. 

kennnedyexe's review

5.0

an extremely wonderful and warm book with wonderful insights into egg preparation, regret, inspiration, and kissing.

a staple in my mind among every book I've ever read. going to the library as I type.

kaulhilo's review

4.0

6 am and i don’t have the words for this but. lemony snicket being messy in a world that’s already so messy, and trying, at least to some extent, to make sense of it. what more could i ask for? rtc
*i can’t decide on the rating so for all purposes assume it’s schrodinger's stars, simultaneously 4 or 5, or somewhere in between, as a result of their fate being linked to my indecisiveness— a word, which here, means “not sure if i love this book very much, or if i love this book very, very much”.

vlookup's review

3.0

"I am a loneliness savant." I enjoyed the wordplay and lots of memorable lines however, this book is kind of like listening to a man rant.

sarahmfz09's review

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

steffany9's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

zach_medina's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mehsi's review

5.0

I received this book from Netgalley/publisher in exchange of an honest review.

This is going to be short review, one only to come on Goodreads as it will be very short. This was a wonderful bewildering, surprising, mysterious, fantastical, what is happening right now because what are we doing now, 1001% Lemony Snicket book. It is a stream of conscious and I can honestly (truly) tell you that it took me 3 days because it was so confuddling and so much. I just had to take breaks while reading. This is by no means a bad thing. My head is just a bit overloaded at the moment and cannot take a lot. Normally I wouldn't have liked a stream of conscious kind of book, but with Lemony Snicket it worked out. It felt like coming home. It felt like he was talking to me. Explaining things, words and other things. Being philosophical. Of course, the book is also about poison and all the yummy food Snicket had for breakfast. Be prepared for a ride of your life (meaning that you better strap up) I had tons of fun reading this book. I will definitely be adding it to my Lemony Snicket collection (which here means my Unfortunate Event books (various editions) and all the other books Mr. Snicket has penned down).
This book may not be for everyone, but it is definitely a book for all the fans of Lemony Snicket.