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A review by ladypalutena
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It's been over fifteen years since I last read A Series of Unfortunate Events. I was obsessed with this series in middle school, going so far as to beg my parents to get me a Bellsouth email address so I could create my own website all about VFD. That site is long gone now, of course, but listening to this book (thank you, Tim Curry) brings it all back.
These books are a lot shorter than I remember them being - they look big on the shelves, but there are several illustrations and the margins are really wide. This first book is only two and a half hours long as an audiobook.
These books are bleak. And I know it's a series of "unfortunate" events, but it's even worse than I remember. Every single adult in the Baudelaires' lives fails them, in every single way. Mr. Poe is more than useless, and only picks Count Olaf as guardian because he lives in the same city, and they can stay in the same school system. However, never once in this book do the Baudelaires go to school. They spend it being slaves to Count Olaf.
Listening to this as an adult makes me furious. How dare every single adult turn their back on these kids? They've lost their parents and their homes, and they've lost every single one of their friends.
Tim Curry's narration in this book is great.
These books are a lot shorter than I remember them being - they look big on the shelves, but there are several illustrations and the margins are really wide. This first book is only two and a half hours long as an audiobook.
These books are bleak. And I know it's a series of "unfortunate" events, but it's even worse than I remember. Every single adult in the Baudelaires' lives fails them, in every single way. Mr. Poe is more than useless, and only picks Count Olaf as guardian because he lives in the same city, and they can stay in the same school system. However, never once in this book do the Baudelaires go to school. They spend it being slaves to Count Olaf.
Listening to this as an adult makes me furious. How dare every single adult turn their back on these kids? They've lost their parents and their homes, and they've lost every single one of their friends.
Tim Curry's narration in this book is great.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent