A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning Netflix Tie-In Edition

from nmhale

This is the book that began a unique series of children's literature, filled with a huge helping of dark humor and a highly intrusive narrator. We start out with the Baudelaire children enjoying a brief respite on the beach. A mysterious figure emerges from the mist, revealing itself as Mr. Poe, ...

from robfwalter

Let's suppose that you have a stomach bug, and that you're not really up to reading anything serious. Now let's suppose you happen to have an omnibus of the first three books in this series on your shelf. Well it turns out that you're going to be OK, because they are the perfect read for a day sp...

from KhangNguyen

The bad beginning by lemony snicket The first book in the series of unfortunate event introduces the Baudelaire children, violet, Klaus and sunny. How unlucky they are, their house gets burnt down killing their parent. Leaving them to live with their distant relative Count Olaf, who is a mean and...

from ElizaJane

I read the first three Unfortunate Events books about 3 years ago and for some reason never got around to reading the rest of them. In this first volume the Baudelaire children become orphans and are sent to live with the evil Count Orloff who treats them miserably and plans to take their fortune...

from bangerlm

I would say this is 3.5 stars. I listened to the audio version after watching the Netflix series, and this is one case where I enjoyed the "movie" version more, though the book was still good.