The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4) in 100+ Books in 2025

Feb 23, 2008 Vesra (When She Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, teens, action-adventure, literature, fantasy, series, children, finished, hardcover, c-brown

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Omg! I can't say I can't believe that happened to the Baudelaire Orphans but like I say before, this isn't just "another" children book. This is a SURREAL REALITY kinda of children book, where there hadn't had a happy ending. YET!

For followers of this series, you all know where the kids are from, but for new, I suggest reading from the first book to know what exactly been going on. The Unfortunate Events Series brings you the story of the Baudelaire Orphans, Violet (the oldest and the inventor), Omg! I can't say I can't believe that happened to the Baudelaire Orphans but like I say before, this isn't just "another" children book. This is a SURREAL REALITY kinda of children book, where there hadn't had a happy ending. YET!

For followers of this series, you all know where the kids are from, but for new, I suggest reading from the first book to know what exactly been going on. The Unfortunate Events Series brings you the story of the Baudelaire Orphans, Violet (the oldest and the inventor), Klaus (second borned and the genius bookworm) and Violet (youngest and the biter). Their parent died from horrible fire that burnt their house down to the ground and since then they have been moving from home to another starting from Count Olaf (who'se determined to get the Baudelaire Orphan's fortune) to their Uncle Monty's Reptile House and their Phobic Aunt Josephine.

Things hadn't improved since we last seen the Baudelaire Orphans. Mr Poe, their fortunes caretaker until Violet comes to an age, took them to their next guardian who's the owner of the Lucky Smells Lumbermill in Paltryville, where they are made to work in the mill and they shared the place to sleep with the rest of the workers. Close to their cabin, to their horror a building that resembled the mark of Count Olaf!

In this Lucky Smells Lumbermills the only option of food for them is Gum and occasionally bits and pieces of food from Charles, their guardian's partner, one of the good people they know there, next to Phil, the extreme optimist who tried to look things in their bright side.

Their foreman, named Foreman Flacutono, who just won't give them a break, and also one of the pawns to make the Baudelaire Orphans' life as miserable as the place itself. With the simple prank by him, Klaus was sent to the building that bears the mark of the feared Count Olaf (who seems to be missing) and came out all wrong. He was hypnotized! While he was under it, he did things unimaginable!

But of course adults just never listen in this story. Sad isn't it. ...more

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Oct 31, 2009 M added it · review of another edition

Re-read: October 29, 2009

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Apr 07, 2009 Wils Cain rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

More horrible things happen to the orphans and, well, that just makes me happy. These books make me smile. Sent to live (work) at a lumber mill, they again find themselves in danger at the greedy hands of Count Olaf.

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