Reviews

Ouragan sur le lac by Lemony Snicket

jdurkan91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

The Wide Window / Lemony Snicket

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~ "That means," Klaus said, "that before long certain people will come to look at it. And some of those people"— he paused here dramatically — "will be realtors…" ~

Another bout of misery with the Baudelaire Orphans, and this time on a stormy lake! Usual shenanigans, a new eccentric guardian - loved Aunt Josephine but jaysus she sold them all down the lake! As with kids books, it is very paint by numbers, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.

Once again, and I reiterate, Mr. Poe, why are you so incompetent 😂

On another note though, I love the emphasis that is placed on libraries and books throughout this series.

The Jim Carrey movie covered up to here, so while I may have had some level of cognisance when I started, from now on it’s all on the line! I know not what to expect.

alisoncizek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

sydazin18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book really was a great third to the story that opens up more to the world. Loved it! It’s a nice brain break read for adults. 

nextpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? No

3.0

skdonnelly11's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

mccarshanon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

breadandmushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

allbookedupwithrosie's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

I’ve never been the biggest fan of this book in the series. One issue is that Aunt Josephine is so fearful and grammar obsessed, that she doesn’t seem to care about the children at all. If you are that afraid of everything, you should not be a caregiver unless you want to overcome those fears (maybe not even then). 

My other thing is Mr. Poe is an idiot. 

shitholden's review against another edition

4.0

Por ahora cada entrega me está gustando más que a la anterior, aunque me gustaría ver más interconexiones entre una parte y otra, por ahora con tres libros no parece haber un hilo conductor además de la misma problemática en distintas situaciones. A pesar de esto es muy disfrutable y deja con ganas de continuar.

jade_caera's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.5

Still fun to reread, but the plot was a little too silly/unrealistic. The explanation of phrases and idioms in the story (for children) was brilliant schm was a particular highlight!