Series of Unfortunate

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Series of Unfortunate Events
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Series of Unfortunate Events. Ok, these books are sOOOOOOO depressing!!!! I mean, the whole like chasing thing of Count Olaf going to so much trouble to get some stupid fortune, and the eyes all over the place just weirded me out!!!!! The only reason I read them is because I wanted to know what VFD meant. But I was!!! And the movie?????? Bleghhh!! Come on people!!!!!  Thank you.

 

 

submitted by Creeped Out, age 12 1/9, U.S.A.
(August 21, 2008 - 10:48 am)

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I've never read the books and don't ever want to.  Even the covers are depressing!!!

submitted by Hannah R., age 13, New York
(August 21, 2008 - 12:19 pm)

i like the books, but I can't read too many of them at once. It's like eating cherry candy. I like it until I'm really fed up. Also, the movie was really terrible. It was so stupid to combine 3 or 4 books into 1 story. I'm glad the didn't make another.

Melaina

submitted by Melaina D., age 13, Chapel Hill, NC
(August 21, 2008 - 12:55 pm)

Lemony Snicket would be so glad. Come on, just because "Depressing, don't read this" is written all over the books... Well, it's an ACT! They're actually very interesting and sometimes funny. It says they have a sad ending, and sort of, yes, and most of them do, but if it's going to keep you from reading them, I'll tell you. They don't.

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(August 22, 2008 - 3:01 pm)

I loved the books! They were really great and funny. Although they were sad they were also inspirational. Violet, Sunny, and Clause always looked on the bright side and kept trying. I too HATED the movie. Combing the books was soooooooo stupid! Also it had a happy ending! And it was all about Jim Carrey (Count Olaf) it was just dumb. Don't think the books are anything like the movie!

submitted by Wendy C, age 15, Ohio
(August 24, 2008 - 10:48 am)

Ok, Creeped Out, if your creeped out already, you DON'T want to know how *Don't read this if you haven't read The Vile Villiage*                                                                     

You don't want to know how the VFD gets its volunteers.

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(September 12, 2008 - 6:43 pm)

Did you know that Lemony Snicket in real life is fat??? And when I say fat, I mean FAT!!

submitted by Doris, age 12, Georgia
(September 29, 2008 - 2:58 pm)

How do you know??? I love those books.

submitted by Amy N., age 12, Oz
(October 4, 2008 - 1:26 pm)

You know, the thing that kills me about these books is that everyone except Sunny, Klaus, Violet, Isodora, and Duncan is either dumb, or they're too shy to speak up for what is right. That miffs me. People need to be BOLD, not hide in a corner!

submitted by Phoenix, age 12, The U.S.A.
(October 11, 2008 - 1:04 pm)

Well, there's Kit S. ...

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(October 17, 2008 - 7:52 pm)

Saw the movie. CRIED! BOOHOOHOO!!!!!

submitted by Nathan C., age 8, Chicago IL
(October 25, 2008 - 3:46 pm)

I read those books, all 13 of them.  I have to agree they were quite depressing at times.  Even so, this is one of my favorite series.

submitted by Lydia, age 12, WV
(November 1, 2008 - 2:52 pm)