To anyone out there, this is the review of the book “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The end” and is the 13th (the last) novel in the “A Series of Unfortunate Events” novel series – which is also available on Netflix as a film series.
The author, who goes by the name Lemony Snicket, is Daniel Handler. Daniel Handler is also the person who wrote the whole “A Series of Unfortunate Events” novel series (13 books) and Brett Helquist is the illustrator of the novels.
“A Series of Unfortunate Events” has a lot of genres (that all books share) including: gothic fiction, absurdist fiction, mystery, comedy-drama, children’s literature and dark comedy. The series was written in a 7-year period (1999 -2006), and this particular one was written in 2006.
The setting at first is on an island. The main protagonists (as you know in the previous books) are the Baudelaire orphans – Violet, Klaus and Sunny. Violet is an inventor, Klaus is a researcher and Sunny is a girl who loves to bite. And the main antagonist is Count Olaf, an evil man who is after the Baudelaire fortune.
At the beginning of the book, the Baudelaire orphans and Count Olaf are heading away from the burning hotel on a boat, until they encounter a storm. The storm brings them to an island, and the Baudelaires are welcomed by a girl named Friday. However, Count Olaf is not welcomed due to his attitude, and the Baudelaires live on the island with the islanders for a while. The ending of this book is a cliff-hanger, so the story of the Baudelaire orphans is a mystery.
One of the things I like most about this book, is Lemony Snicket’s opening for chapters and the comments about the situations. It sometimes is very long and distracting, but it helps us learn more.
The book is good overall, but I would recommend it to teens, not children, and I would rate it 5 stars
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