A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 4-6

A Series of Unfortunate Events #4-6

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)

A Warning from the Publisher:

Imagine you are wearing a bandage that needs to be removed. Are you the sort of person who tears the bandage right off, causing an enormous amount of pain in a short instance? Or do you prefer to spread your pain out over a longer period of time, by slowly unpeeling the bandage from your injury?

If you are the first type of person, then this three-book electronic collection might be for you. All of the misery and woe available in three Lemony Snicket volumes—The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, and The Ersatz Elevator—have been joined into one compactly miserable package, so readers foolish enough to read about the Baudelaire orphans can be unnerved in a slightly more economical fashion.

If you are the second type of person, then volumes 4 through 6 in A Series of Unfortunate Events might be for you. Even if you unwisely choose to read them at a more leisurely pace, you will encounter such atrocities as poorly paid employees, a hypnotist, an evil scheme, a gym teacher, dripping fungus, another evil scheme, a fake accent, three mysterious consonants, a red herring, and at least one more evil scheme.

Of course, most people would prefer not to be injured at all. We salute these sensible people, who will doubtless not purchase any books by Lemony Snicket, no matter how conveniently bundled.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Mystery, Adventure, Juvenile

287 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Lemony Snicket had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous published works include the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Composer is Dead, and 13 Words. His new series is All The Wrong Questions.

For A Series of Unfortunate Events:
www.lemonysnicket.com

For All The Wrong Questions:
www.lemonysnicketlibrary.com

Reviews

[Liv · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.3/5 stars (based on ratings of each individual book)

3 of my favorites.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this whole series.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

My seven-year-old and I finished this round tonight and he turned to me and said, “mommy, I want you to read ahead while I’m at school tomorrow so you can tell me if Olaf dies at the end of The End. If he dies, we’ll throw a ‘yay that bad guy is dead!’ party and if he doesn’t, we’ll pitch a ‘why why why why’ tantrum party!”

[Apoorva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviewing every third book bc they’re so short I consider each trio to comprise of one entire regular book (for the sake of my reading challenge). Anyway, this series remains as brilliant and engaging and unique as ever. The absurdist situations and comedic tone balance the bleak journey of the Baudelaires magnificently, and I’m glad it all still holds up even after the many years that have passed since the first time I read them.

[Marine Co · Rating 4 out of 5]

À nouveau, pas de long discours pour moi ici. Un second intégrale qui démarre sur les chapeaux de roue même s'il commence avec le tome que j'aime le moins de la saga, c'est comme ça.

Je reprécise que j'ai décidé de reregardé la série au même rythme que j'avançais dans les tomes afin de voir si elle était vraiment fidèle à l'œuvre originale. Conclusion ? Oui, sans conteste possible. Pour les curieux tatillons, voici un petit comparatif des modifications "majeures" entre livres et série :

TOME 4️⃣ CAUCHEMAR À LA SCIERIE🔥 = Épisodes 7 et 8
📌 Changement de certains noms.
📌 La raison pour laquelle les enfants se retrouvent à la scierie varie entre livre et série.
📌 L'incendie de la Falotte sur Rabougre.
📌 Le sort des parents qu'on croyait Baudelaire dans la série.
📌 Rébellion des employés.

En prime dans l'épisode 8, une référence à mon pseudo booksta, yas ☀️

TOME 5️⃣ PIÈGE AU COLLEGE 🏘️ = Saison 2. Épisodes 1 et 2.
📌 Changement de certains noms, grand retour de Larry et Jacqueline et apparition, dans la série seulement, de Jack Snicket, frère de Lemony Snicket.
📌 Importance de la bibliothèque et de La Bibliothécaire dans la série alors qu'à peine existants dans le livre.
📌 Mystère de VDC dans le livre qui devient VFD dans la série.
📌 Examen qui se transforme en concours où est ajouté une épreuve sportive.

TOME 6️⃣ ASCENSEUR POUR LA PEUR 😱 = Épisodes 3 et 4.
📌 Détails. Monocle/lunettes, costumes ajustés, tentatives de meurtres, journée des secrétaires...
📌 Retour de La Bibliothécaire, de Larry, Jack Snicket, Jacqueline et du Livre.
📌 Herring Houdini + musical.
📌 Romance entre le comte Olaf et Mrs Eschemizère.
📌 Introduction du sucrier dans la série.

[Keliane Hummel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Has my 9 year old asking to read more!

We started the series at the start of the US shut downs in March as a way to keep reading for school but without boring him like most of the 2nd grade level books were. After the first series he was hooked and now every night it’s “I’m going to read without you if you aren’t ready” and “can we just read one more chapter please”. Highly recommend

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

Awesome series. Even as an adult I enjoy them, they're fast reads and they keep my attention. I definitely recommend them.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The grown-ups in these books are delightfully mocked.

[Sammy shortman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

they was emoshons in book.4 than the other

[Brooke Penney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute series. My youngest really enjoyed it.

[Rosa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part 4 of series. Very well written for a young audience. The orphans saga takes them to a mill to hide out but they were forced to work and not fed, again.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can't go wrong!

Love the series. Love that you can by these with the original cover art too. Love the reduced price as well.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

tired

Just not good in any way shape or form. I don’t get why these books are popular in the least.

[GiGi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Miserable Mill: ⭐⭐⭐
The Austere Academy:⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Ersatz Elevator:⭐⭐⭐⭐

[(Harmonie)Amber Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Very unique way of writing. Keeps you entertained all the way through. One of my favorite series. And also a quick read.

[Dramapuppy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty consistent. I'm getting more attached to the characters now. Snicket is getting better at slipping the word definitions in with humor, which I appreciate. I also like that Sunny is learning to talk with real words as the series goes on.

Unfortunately, I'm getting a little bored of the formula. I can handle the -new location-disguised Olaf-kids save the day- thing. That's fun. I just need to stop hearing each individual child explain that they hope their singular skill is useful. "I hope I can invent something." "I hope I can research something." "Gahbada" ("I hope I can bite something.")

Still, it's fun to read and I might not notice the repeated dialogue so much if I wasn't reading them all in a row, so I'm going to go ahead and give this a four again.

[Viggo Pedersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Box 2 of 4 of the Snicket series. The Situation Worsens. Like the first three books, these were a great read! Unlike the first three that the movie were based on, with these I didn't have any pre-set images in my head when I read them. Although the main actors where lurking around! I'm still not sure about the meaning of the word ERSATZ, but that didn't stop me having a really good time reading. Can't do anything else than highly recommend everyone to read this box set!

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again all the adult in the story are complete idiots - I swear they haven't got one brain cell with in their heads to understand the easiest things to figure out.

Mostly all the adults in this series are annoying, idiotic beings. As Count Olaf has said in the past 'No one ever listens to children.' No duh! But this is the only way the series would exist if the adults weren't like this way but still its still frustrating.

The series is so predicable - Children get taken to new home with people they don't know and should never trust, hey what did you know the Count is back to kill the orphans at said home, the kids try to convince cruel Mr. Poe that the Count is back - he doesn't believe them, the kids show the proof, the Count escapes before he can be arrested and swears that he'll get them next time, and Mr. Poe takes the kids to another new owner that is not nice. And repeat and that's how all the book have been so far and will always be until the last book hopefully - fingers cross.

I just hope this series gets better and less predicable, but for now I'm taking a break with this series. I need some relaxing 'me' time.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Again, Lemony Snicket made me laugh so hard, I love his sense of humour, his style of writing, and the illustrations in the books. I love the bevelled pages and the retro-style hardcovers. I loved everything about these books, including how the narrator tries to steer us clear of how terrible they are, and into much happier books with heartwarming plotlines. I think these are very different from the regular children's books, and I would love children who think outside the box to find them. The movie was good, but it does not do the series justice!!!

[Syd L · Rating 3 out of 5]

The new Netflix adaptation made me crave these. I can't believe I never finished this series when they were coming out; I think I was just slightly too old for them at the time, but now I am truly appreciating how clever they are.

Well, it's hard to review these as a collective when this is actually three books. Yes, they are slightly ridiculous. The Austere Academy and The Ersatz Elevator are definitely some of the weaker links in the series, but this is all about building the mystery.

[angrykitty · Rating 3 out of 5]

again....can't seem to get individual books....except 6...book 4.....didn't really like....but liked the gum....book 5....also thought this one was kinda lame...but then again....i find carmelita beyond annoying.....book 6....again....see individual review...

[Not Well Read · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Miserable Mill ★★★☆

The Austere Academy ★★★

The Ersatz Elevator ★★★

[Saima Usmani · Rating 2 out of 5]

like now the story gets really repetitive and i begin to not care.

[Jacque · Rating 4 out of 5]

the miserable mill was slightly confusing, and i wish they would have illustrated more. but the others were great!

[Theresa Vencill · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read all of them. I think they are terrible but nine year old like them.

[Shreya=Drastically Random. Find the emoticon. · Rating 4 out of 5]

four was okay, five was really awesome, and six was pretty good. 3, 5, and 4. I like how they finally have some friends in the fifth, and how it's at school.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

Super cool
Mcg Hogg high Hogg Hogg Hogg. Highly Hogg :/ high school and college students to the gym now I have no clue where to go

[Paul Krieg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book in series yet!

Best book in series yet! Just about to read next book in series! Best book I have every read really!

[Kim Lo · Rating 5 out of 5]

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