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The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
4.0

Finally, after six straight books with very similar formats and plots, this book marks the point in the series where the status quo changes for good. Everything starts out fairly normally, but all is in complete disarray by the end and the stakes have been raised significantly. The village of VFD and its inhabitants provide a clever spin on the Baudelaires' guardianship, and our protagonists are forced to make a heartbreaking sacrifice by the story's end.