The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)
Book Review: A good ending to an "unfortunate" series.
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved the last line of this book. It fit perfectly with the whole series and summed up the whole series. I would have liked to have seen more of some characters, but I liked where this last installment of the series took the Baudelaires. I loved how you finally figure out where the name of the series came from and who it involves. I've never seen an author make up a sort of pen name and then integrate that into the books. I think this series was well written even though some of the plots were a little over redundant. All and all I'm glad I stuck with the series till the end of "The End" even when I wanted to put the books down (as Lemony Snicket has said) before the end of "The End."
thank you for your time,
Loran
Book Review: The Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Dear Reader,
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket is a great book to read on the go. For example, if you are on a trip with your embarrassing parents, you might want to dive into an interesting book. When I saw the 13th book in the stores I was so excited! When I read that _______________. I was so shocked, I couldn't believe that ___________________. Oops... Did I forget to fill in the blanks? Well this is what happens... After the 12th book comes the 13th. In the 12th book the children burn down a hotel. So, that's were the 13th book starts off... Count Olaf and the 3 Baudelaire's are on a boat not knowing what will happen. They don't know what he contains in his helmet! Will they be infected? Will the water be infected? Or will the children throw him overboard...? I really recommend this book because there are so many questions to be answered and reading this book will help you answer them.
Book Review: LEMONY SNICKET IS VERY COOL
Summary: 5 Stars
It's very hard to read this book because you know it's the last one. I've enjoy all the books equally. If you didn't read it, buy all the books and have a great great time.Book Review: the quetioning end
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have read all of the books except the end and are reading the reveiws to see whats up on it then good luck it was a good book altough it was answer to none of my questions it was a lovely storie but iwant no scratch want ineed to know what happens! the beatrice letters dont answer anything also. well this book the end contains:
Peeling of onions exspreion
a large wooden bout with an octipus eating a man as the mast
White beans
a coastal shelf
lots of useful junk
white ugly uniforms
white tents
suspisily hurt feet always covered in white "healing" clay
an aboretum
coridal
islanders
Kit Snicket
a Vaporetto of favorite Detritus
a very large snake "ink"
apple tree a seris of unfortunate events
death of more than one person
a child
goats
a fourtenth chapter
and the end
Book Review: Do not read this review
Summary: 2 Stars
If you are interested in book reviews that have happy endings, you would be better off reading some other review. Because this review, like so many others, is more likely to make you hide in your cellar than prompt you to give your credit card number to complete strangers to order a copy of "The End."
Unfortunately, like other series of books that start out splendidly, a word which here means "with interesting characters and fascinating plots," the last book in the chronicle of the Baudelaire's lives ends not with a bang but a whimper. The phrase "not with a bang but a whimper" was penned by a man named Thomas, who was a close associate of mine until he left one day for New Guinea in a generically-fueled speed boat, all because of a note left in a cookie jar by a hotel concierge. The exact meaning of the phrase is ambiguous to some and downright confusing to others, but to my way of thinking, the best manner in which to use "not with a bang but a whimper" is in reference to an entertaining series of books that end not with plot resolution but with more unanswered questions. Unfortunately, that is how "The End" ends - with more unfortunate happenings that leave the unfortunate reader with the unfortunate sensation of having unfortunately wasted his or her time reading an unfortunate ending, unfortunately.
That brings me to a problem that plagues the whole series of unfortunate events, and that is the repetitive nature of the books, a word which here means "Lemony Snicket deems it necessary to repeat the same sentence structure and subtle jokes ad infinitum throughout the series." This literary technique, a word which here means "way of writing a book," is novel the first few times it is tried, but after reading through 170 chapters filled with repetitive phrases, a word which here means "the same phrases over and over again," one tends to become disinterested, a word which here means "bored," or downright angry, a word which here means "why am I reading this book?" Mr. Snicket's stories also tend to fall into abject pessimism, a which here means "a depressing view of the world," which might make good reading for hermits and old maids but not high-spirited little children.
If you have read this much of my review - which I certainly hope you have not - then you must be wondering what redeeming qualities Lemony Snicket's unfortunate series of unfortunate books may have. While it is true that "The End" leaves one whimpering, it is equally untrue that the series should not be read. Books one through 11 are quite entertaining, a word which here means "worthy of being read." Unfortunately, Mr. Snicket begins to wax philosophical in the two closing books of the series. By "wax philosophical" I do not mean that Mr. Snicket uses a putrid smelling and oily substance to buff and shine his automobile, which he has nicknamed "philosophical." Rather, "wax philosophical" means that Mr. Snicket attempts to examine the nature of good and evil, often with rather embarrassing results. Mr. Snicket's liberal views on politics, morality, religion, and "pelosi" (a word which, when translated, means "his choice to live in San Francisco rather than Vermillion, South Dakota") may be interesting in a debate, but they serve as a mere annoyance in a children's yarn. That being said, the first eleven books are entertaining and enjoyable, words which here mean "worthy of being read, even if the last two books are horrid."
There are some books, of course, that are better left unread, and I am sorry to say that "The End" is one of those. While it is wise to avoid "The End," it is definitely unwise to avoid many of the other books in the series. So, if you can look past the repetitive prose and odd humor, pick up the first few books in the series, but expecting a decent resolution to the storyline would be an unfortunate event indeed.