author: lemony snicket
series/standalone: series - series of unfortunate events (#5)
pages: 221 pages
personal star rating: 4/5 stars
from the back cover:
"Dear Reader,
If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school. Don't. For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives.
Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals, S.O.R.E., and the metric system.
It is my solemn duty to stay up all night researching and writing the history of these three hapless youngsters, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably choose some other book.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
first sentence:
"If you were going to give a gold medal to the least delightful person on Earth, you would have to give that medal to a person named Carmelita Spats, and if you didn't give it to her, Carmelita Spats was the sort of person who would snatch it from your hands anyway."
review:
This book was good but it wasn't as good as the earlier books. It took me longer to get through and story itself got almost boring at points. The series is still good but it didn't have me wondering and waiting for more. This is just a short review since it's in a series and there isn't a lot to comment on except that it was an alright book.
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