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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events No.1)

Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

45 reviews
Sales Rank: 13094

Media: Hardcover
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 180
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 0.7

ISBN: 1405208678
EAN: 9781405208673
ASIN: 1405208678

Publication Date: May 12, 2003
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4 out of 5 stars

Very good,but very sad. July 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

(This review is written by Sian Prest age:10).This book is really exciting and you're always eager to find out what is going to happen next.I couldn't put this book down once i'd started it and i must say i'm certainly not a bookworm!!I think this book is worth buying.This book is probably aimed at children aged 10-16.

4 out of 5 stars

Bad beginning was fantastic January 13, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

In this short book alone, the three youngsters, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, and a disastrous fire. Also they come across a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast. CAUTION! This book is full of bad luck and miseries so if you can not stand that then don't read this book. This book is only for the really brave 9 - 13 year olds who are very bold. If this description does not sound anything like you then do not read this book all about misfortune and not a drop of joy.

5 out of 5 stars

Gripping, grim and tragic story, yet sooooo good! July 1, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

this book is the first in a series of unfortunate events, written by suspicous author Lemony Snicket. Be warned that it is a tragic tale of despair and unfortunate events, it contains puttensca sauce, a tatto of an eye, itchy clothing, a grappling hook and fire.
But it's a brilliant read and will draw you into the next book in the series. Quite short, easy to read books, good for able 9 year olds and up, boys and girls. Great present, you'll love it! Lemony also defines hard and trick words which is helpeful.

5 out of 5 stars

Great for girls too June 12, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

My 8 year old spent the whole of half term reading this and her sister , 6, enjoyed listening to the story. I can't believe the adults who are complaining it is too short - this is a childs book and it is quite long enough for an 8 year old. I have been begged to get further books and that is the aim of childrens books, to encourage them to read. I would say my daughter is not a natural reader and this is the first book she has ever asked me to buy further episodes off.
The defining of 'difficult' words is fantastic. I think childs volcabulary has expanded by 100 words at least, just from this one book.
I was more scared of the plot than the children!

4 out of 5 stars

Not exactly a fairy tale... May 31, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

The Lemony Snicket books are very popular among the boys in my Year 4 class, largely because they turn the predictable, good-characters-live-happily-ever-after, bad-character-gets-his-comeuppance type story on its head. This, the first in the series, starts as it means to go on as the three main characters - siblings Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire - lose their home and their parents in a big fire before being packed off to live with their closest relative, Count Olaf. But Count Olaf just happens to be a greedy, conniving and generally rather unpleasant character who tries every which way to get his hands on the children's inherited fortune.

The Lemony Snicket books are aimed at readers aged between 8 and 14; they are easy enough to read and - if you're prepared to heed the author's warning on the first page - enjoyable too, being, as they are, darkly comic and just the right side of "mildly disturbing".

Matt Pucci