The Loathsome Library: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-6 (The Bad Beginning; The Reptile Room; The Wide Window; The Miserable Mill; The Austere Academy; The Ersatz Elevator) by Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1-6

by Lemony Snicket

Readers incapable of running fast enough to escape Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events can breathe a sigh of relief now that the first six books of the series have been securely contained in a shrink-wrapped box disguised with exquisite Brett Helquist slip case art that will prevent this collection of woe from falling into the wrong hands.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Childrens

Hardcover

About the author

Lemony Snicket had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous published works include the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Composer is Dead, and 13 Words. His new series is All The Wrong Questions.

For A Series of Unfortunate Events:
www.lemonysnicket.com

For All The Wrong Questions:
www.lemonysnicketlibrary.com

Reviews

[Liv · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 stars based on average of each individual book

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

cannot imagine the series withOUT tim curry's voice! he was perfect. i always prefer the books to the movies, but sometimes a just-right reader can add an even better dimension to an already great story.

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first.....seven or eight books in this series, but it got more and more confusing, creating more questions than it answered. The books got longer and longer, with less action, so that the later books weren't nearly as fun to read. It was so repetitive. As I got to the last 2 books, I was getting really frustrated because I was tired of not getting any answers and things going on for several books. My daughter has not read the books, but watched the TV series, and she kept asking me if I knew what the schism was about yet. No, not yet.....they keep talking about it, but we don't know what it was about. Oh, well have you gotten to the sugar bowl? Yes, but we don't know where it is or what's in it. Ok, it will be explained soon. But it never was. So I'm guessing that in the TV adaptation they decided to fix the things that people really didn't like about the book series.

The moral of the story seems to be that the world is full of horrible people and also a few not AS horrible people, but still there are no really good people.

We don't find out what happened to a majority of the people. The characters are all just left behind somewhere along the way and we never see them again. They all come together at the hotel, and then that's the last we know....we don't know anything that happened to anyone other than the Beaudelairs, Count Olaf, and Kit.

And the big spoiler at the end with the last word, I told my daughter that's what I thought after book....4 maybe?

But what was in the sugar bowl? What was the schism about? Why did some people end up starting fires? What was the point of the fires? Why is Lemony Snicket documenting the lives of the children and why was he so desperate to get the story out there? Who was trying to stop him and why? What was his relation to the children? Who is the Duchess of Winnepeg and why is the ring special?

[Mandude · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually this was my fav books in fifth and sixth grade but seriously now it's just really bad. Anywho the gang hasn't been though all the VFD business yet which is the big part of the series didn't like books 1-4 coz it feels like the kids r just running away from Olaf for 4 continuous books very boring. Books 5 and 6 r ok but still not that good book 8 is where it gets interesting I recommend read book 1 and then skip to book 5 and then read book 8 and then don't skip anymore coz ull get bored if you read the whole series. Or read the whole series three time like moi haha

[Not Well Read · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Bad Beginning ★★★★

The Reptile Room ★★★★

The Wide Window ★★★★

The Miserable Mill ★★★☆

The Austere Academy ★★★

The Ersatz Elevator ★★★

[Mareena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of these books, such as the Bad Beginnning and the Miserable Mill, sucked.

[defi lugito · Rating 4 out of 5]

kasian bgt mereka...ga beres2...tp gw suka,karena buku ini membuat gw selalu menjaga rasa sayang gw sama ade2ku...he3...(cuih...!!!)

[Carli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a witty, clever collection that I plan to read to my boys in a few years. Entertaining, unexpected, original, with great vocabulary!

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn't like book one and five as much as the others. I love Snicket's wit. He's very creative and keeps you guessing. Book six is my favorite in the series.

[Jeanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Giselle read most of these to me, but I don't think we ever finished the last ones. I would give this 2 1/2 stars. Parts of the books are fun, and it was good to have Giselle share them with me.

[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's has been a good series so far!

[Madi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didnt like these books very much. they were boring.