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by Lemony Snicket
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As the page turns..
As the page turns.. rated it 9 years ago
❝ Before too long, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire will have so much adversity that being dreadful Carmelita Spats, and if you wanted to give a gold metal to Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. it would be for survival in the face of adversity.❞ This one, along with the second book, are my favo...
As the page turns..
As the page turns.. rated it 9 years ago
"Before too long, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire will have so much adversity that being dreadful Carmelita Spats, and if you wanted to give a gold metal to Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. it would be for survival in the face of adversity."Along with the second book, this one are my favorite...
KatiEllenReads
KatiEllenReads rated it 10 years ago
The next port of call is Prufrock Preparatory School with its wonderful motto "Memento Mori". Remember you will Die. For me this is definitely the turning point of the books, we meet triplets Isadora and Duncan Quagmire, who tragically lost their brother Quigley and parents in a fire. Sound famili...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
4 stars
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
4 stars
The Book High
The Book High rated it 12 years ago
This was back to being much more light-hearted again. Not only were the Baudelaire children all able to remain united as they tried to outwit Count Olaf, but this time they even recruited friends to help them.I thoroughly enjoyed getting to watch the development of the friendship between the two se...
Kribu
Kribu rated it 12 years ago
The Austere Academy is probably my favourite in the series so far, as it's the first one where there is a clear change (not just the rather subtle change of The Miserable Mill) from the series formula so far - and, after one tiny bit in the third book, also the first clear hints of a there possibly ...
Chris Blocker
Chris Blocker rated it 12 years ago
like what Snicket/Handler is setting up in this, the fifth book, for the rest of the series. In books 1 through 4 he set up a basic storyline and formula, and repeated it in episodic fashion, making only the slightest alterations to keep the story interesting. The same basic formula is repeated in T...
altheaann
altheaann rated it 12 years ago
The misadventures of the Baudelaires continue. Here, they are shipped off to boarding school; where they are forced to live in a shack infested by crabs and fungus.However, they make friends with the two Quagmire Triplets (one of them died in a fire), and things look like they might not be quite so ...
AshleyR
AshleyR rated it 13 years ago
4 stars -The best of the series so far, even without Mr. Curry.
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