Play Book Tag discussion

It is with great sadness that I have reached The End of my month long read of "A Series of Unfortunate Events". I struggled with my rating because even though this wasn't my favorite book, I just couldn't NOT give this creative series a 5 Star ending.

Over the past twelve books, the Baudelaire children have been trying to escape Count Olaf, the evil villain. But the more they escape, the more powerful he comes back next time. His ankle bears a tattooed eye that has been watching the Baudelaire children all their life. Count Olaf wants the huge fortune that the Baudelaire parents left behind.

The action in this book takes place on an island in the middle of nowhere. You can truly see how much Violet, Klaus and Sunny have changed since book one in this series. The character development in this book was huge, and it might be the reason why I liked this book so much, despite the fact that I didn't love the way the series ended. I felt like there were too many unanswered questions that I still wanted answers to.

"The End" was probably the most serious of all the books. The Baudelaires have come a long way, overcoming so much tragedy, and I think that’s the biggest take away from the series finale. I loved the bond between these kids and the way they support one another, the focus of family, the importance of good morals, and the themes of courage, good versus evil, and hope.

Lemony Snicket's writing is unique, special, witty and very entertaining. I chose to listen to the last half of the series with the always fantastic narration by Tim Curry. I've spent all month with these children and I'm going to miss them.

Nice review Lynda! I listened to one audio, and read two via ebook, and agree that Tim Curry's narration was perfect.

Amazing work to read them all in the month, Lynda! Major kudos!

I’m so glad they were good. Lots of people seem to have enjoyed them this month. I have vague memories of the first few from the time my boys were small, and they are no doubt hanging round the house somewhere. I’ll have to dig them out sometime!

I’m so so glad you liked them all! And here I was feeling sorry that you were making such a huge sacrifice for the team. LOL Clearly I missed out on the fun.