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swaye's review against another edition
3.0
The most lackluster, nonsensical and frustrating of the series so far.
Regardless, I love the Baudelaires with all my heart and can't wait to devour the next book!
Regardless, I love the Baudelaires with all my heart and can't wait to devour the next book!
karis_lit's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kriavidar's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
emileeandherbooks's review against another edition
3.25
Everyone come up with your own V.F.D. acronym! (No spoilers or I’ll hunt you down like Olaf hunts down the Baudelaires).
I’ll start:
Visceral Federal Drugs
What’s yours?
🐦⬛
I’ll start:
Visceral Federal Drugs
What’s yours?
🐦⬛
crabbit40's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
beammey's review against another edition
5.0
This was one of my favorite stories in the series so far because the format was switched up a bit and Olaf didn't show up until a bit later. I think this was my favorite disguise for him as well. Had me in stitches, it did. Another brilliant edition to this series. I would recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars.
kat_doy's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
guillevaldata's review against another edition
3.0
No es el mejor libro de la saga pero me está gustando mucho como es que está siguiendo la historia... ya no es predecible, ahora ya no sé que esperarme y todo es sorpresa.
eesh25's review against another edition
3.0
3.25 Stars
At this point, these reviews seem more like progress updates. But I might have something relatively new to say.
Violet, Klaus and Sunny are, once again, in need of a guardian. And when Poe gives them options as to where they could go next, they come across the name V.F.D. and find out it's a town. A really weird one too. The people there take the saying "it takes a village to raise a child" way too seriously, but only in the matters that suit them. So the kids get the chores of the entire town but no one wants to keep them or feed them. And that's without all the crows.
Thankfully, the town council selects someone for them, and he's a good guy. He treats the kids well, which is a nice change for them after the events of the last six books. There were a few changes in this book, but certain annoying things prevailed.
One was the sheer incompetence of every single adult ever. I know the kids are supposed to do stuff on their own, but would it really hurt to have one adult in there who isn't useless? Olaf seems to be the only one around with half a brain. It wasn't fun in The Bad Beginning and it's still not fun. We're also still getting multiple dozed of being told what each of the kids' interests are. Sunny still makes no sense.
But things are slowly changing and maybe, in time, Sunny will learn to speak, and will develop an interest other than getting into sword fights using her teeth —that scene is still the most bizarre thing in this series.
Anyway, there were positives. Like how short and easy-to-read these books are. And there were a couple of surprises, one regarding Count Olaf. But mainly, I'm really happy about the direction the book took near the end. It was something that could really change the series. It gave me hope that maybe the old formula is about to change, which makes things interesting.
At this point, these reviews seem more like progress updates. But I might have something relatively new to say.
Violet, Klaus and Sunny are, once again, in need of a guardian. And when Poe gives them options as to where they could go next, they come across the name V.F.D. and find out it's a town. A really weird one too. The people there take the saying "it takes a village to raise a child" way too seriously, but only in the matters that suit them. So the kids get the chores of the entire town but no one wants to keep them or feed them. And that's without all the crows.
Thankfully, the town council selects someone for them, and he's a good guy. He treats the kids well, which is a nice change for them after the events of the last six books. There were a few changes in this book, but certain annoying things prevailed.
One was the sheer incompetence of every single adult ever. I know the kids are supposed to do stuff on their own, but would it really hurt to have one adult in there who isn't useless? Olaf seems to be the only one around with half a brain. It wasn't fun in The Bad Beginning and it's still not fun. We're also still getting multiple dozed of being told what each of the kids' interests are. Sunny still makes no sense.
But things are slowly changing and maybe, in time, Sunny will learn to speak, and will develop an interest other than getting into sword fights using her teeth —that scene is still the most bizarre thing in this series.
Anyway, there were positives. Like how short and easy-to-read these books are. And there were a couple of surprises, one regarding Count Olaf. But mainly, I'm really happy about the direction the book took near the end. It was something that could really change the series. It gave me hope that maybe the old formula is about to change, which makes things interesting.
faeriesparks's review against another edition
3.0
Some things in these books are so ridiculous but I'm finding myself enjoying them a lot more now. This book actually made me feel anxious at times because of how hopeless situations felt.