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What to Read After... David Walliams 17/02/25
The Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
Publisher: Farshore
The Bad Beginning is the first of 13 volumes in the appropriately named collection, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The comically dark tale centres around three children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, whose parents are killed in a fire which also destroys their home - a tragic event which sets the tone for the rest of the book. Sent to live with Count Olaf, a distant relative, their unsettled lives take a turn for the worse. Count Olaf treats the children like slaves, ordering them to cook, clean, fetch and carry for him and forcing them to share a single, filthy bedroom, with only one bed.
When Violet turns 18, she is set to inherit the family fortune and it soon becomes clear that Count Olaf is determined to get his hands on the inheritance, by whatever dastardly means necessary. It is up to the three plucky children to outwit the Count, but as all other adults seem to have been taken in by the evil man, this proves to be an extremely difficult task.
Attractively presented, this gothic series is sure to appeal to readers with a taste for the macabre. Those anticipating a pleasant, happy read should avoid this series, for as Lemony Snicket states in the opening sentence, 'If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.'
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Liam, 14 December 2024
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ive rewatched this series like 12 times, and it has never gotten boring, its the best of the best. deffinetly reccomend
julieta, 29 February 2024
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Starts of quite sad but gets better. I have watched the netflix series so understand what it is about.
Esme, 20 January 2024
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It is very sad at the beginning, but then I loved the end:)
numo, 02 February 2017
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It is quite a sad book at the beggining but then it cheers up a bit. The bauldelaire orphans are stuck with awful Count Olaf.
Adventurer, 03 April 2016
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Defintly not the best book they are way to misrebale:(
Isabel, 28 January 2015
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THIS SERIES IS SO AWSOME. My favourite is the Ersatz Elevator series of unfortunate event book 6.
kittylover5000, 20 June 2014
I love this book that has a lot of dramatic events of these three kids