Poison for Breakfast

If you like Snicket's signature humor - a word which here means “frequently defining things in a peculiar manner, black comedy, and oddly specific narration” - as well as meditating on life and death, this is a book for you.

I felt it meandered a bit, which is an odd complaint for such a short book, and my main issue is I'm not really sure who the intended audience is for the story itself. Kids who liked Snicket's other books may be drawn to it, but it's more introspection than plot which is normally not a selling point to kiddos, and it may seem too whimsical to some teens and adults. Still, I enjoyed it well enough and of course my favorite part was when he talked about how magical and wonderful libraries are. 3 perfectly prepared eggs out of 5.