As you may know, they have a "Series of Unfortunate Events" Netflix series that just came out. We just watched the entire first season (hopefully the second season comes out soon), which covers the first 4 books. It stuck PRETTY well to the book series. So I decided to reread the books, since it's probably been 15 years since I've read some of them.
The first episode of the series (2 episodes per book), much like the first book, is incredibly depressing. Obviously. by the title. But you keep watching and reading to make sure the orphans triumph over their awful circumstances.
The three protagonists are Violet, a 14 year old girl with a knack for inventing, Klaus, a 12 year old boy who is incredibly bright due to his reading, and Sunny, a baby who has incredibly sharp teeth and likes to bite things.
The Baudelaire orphans find out that their parents died in a fire that destroyed their house, and they were to live with a distant relative named Count Olaf. Turns out he's an awful person who just wants the enormous fortune that Violet will inherit when she turns 18. He is an actor who has a band of actors that follow him in his dastardly deeds. He is cruel, abusive, and nobody seems to believe him. He concocts a giant plan to steal the fortune by marrying Violet in a play, but the Baudelaires figure it out at the last second.
This counts for a "Book written by an author with a pseudonym" in my 2017 Reading Challenge. I love how Lemony Snicket writes his books, because it is not only entertaining but unique. (AND, Patrick Warburton does an awesome job as him in the Netflix series.) He defines many of the big words he uses, which is actually how I learned many words like "austere" and "ersatz" (two of the titles of books have these words in them). So his style was a way for me to improve my vocabulary.
Everyone should read these!
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