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A review by bittersweet_symphony
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
3.0
This will be the last book I will read of the series.
Its templative episodes of bumbling adults is not enough to keep me. Snicket has a fun and clever prose that keeps you reading, but the books are not very satisfying. It is like a sitcom in that the main characters do not change from book the book. They go through the same story of being placed with a naive new caretaker, who is killed by Count Olaf. Then Olaf escapes only to plot another way to kill their next caretaker in hopes of getting the children's fortune. Seen Scooby Doo much?
All my complaints aside. I think these are great books for children. They provide a fun way to learn new vocabulary, and to laugh about the many unfortunate things we experience in life.
It is nice to see someone follow in a tradition similar to the children's books of Roald Dahl.
Its templative episodes of bumbling adults is not enough to keep me. Snicket has a fun and clever prose that keeps you reading, but the books are not very satisfying. It is like a sitcom in that the main characters do not change from book the book. They go through the same story of being placed with a naive new caretaker, who is killed by Count Olaf. Then Olaf escapes only to plot another way to kill their next caretaker in hopes of getting the children's fortune. Seen Scooby Doo much?
All my complaints aside. I think these are great books for children. They provide a fun way to learn new vocabulary, and to laugh about the many unfortunate things we experience in life.
It is nice to see someone follow in a tradition similar to the children's books of Roald Dahl.