le book review number sixty-five~ the ersatz elevator

title: the ersatz elevator
author: lemony snicket
series: a series of unfortunate events book the sixth
personal star rating: 4/5 stars

from the back cover:
Dear Reader,
If you have just picked up this book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read.
Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda.
I have sworn to write down these tales of the Baudelaire orphans so the general public will know each terrible thing that has happened to them, but if you decide to read something else instead, you will save yourself from a heapful of horror and woe.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket

first sentence:
"The book you are holding in your two hands right now - assuming that you are, in fact, holding this book, and that you have only two hands - is one of two books in the world that will show you the difference between the word "nervous" and the word "anxious."

review:
As promised, this book once again depicts the terrible happenings that the Baudelaire orphans are subject to. But as always, the book also has interesting definitions (example of this in the first sentence) and has twists and turns with each chapter. Although aimed at a younger audience, these books make for a great read. I feel that as the series progresses there is more mystery interwoven and the characters become more complex as the next book is read. Usually when it comes to series books, I tend to get bored somewhere and continue reading for the sole reason that I think "I've read this far, let's see how it ends". However, with this series, I genuinely care about it. Perhaps with the book being directed at a younger age group I'm not as easily annoyed by some things as I would be for other books. Nevertheless, I continue to enjoy this series and can't wait to finish reading it once and for all.