The Wide Window
2000 • 214 pages
Ratings127
Average rating3.7
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Ratings127
Average rating3.7
Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all.If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book will probably fill you with despair.I will continue to record these tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket
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13 primary books18 released booksA Series of Unfortunate Events is a 18-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Lemony Snicket.
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Same review as The Bad Beginning applies. After starting the show on Netflix, we were enticed to start the series. My oldest (9) is reading the books either through the library or Libby and we are all listening to the audiobook on our adventures here and there. While I doubt I would enjoy the series for myself, sharing it with the children has been entertaining. We are about to now start The Miserable Mill after finishing up The Wide Window.
Library audiobook. Library book. Libby to Kindle.
The Wide Window is so far my least favorite but man, some guest characters just drive me nuts.
This book was the best for now! really enjoyed the story and all the unfortunate events that the kids went through. I also like a lot the narrator and the way he is always makes side notes. This notes are about some words and expressions. As english is not my first language it is fun to descover some new words and expressions. I belive that this is an amazing book for kids!!
De Baudelaires worden ondergebracht bij hun tante Josephine, aan de rand van Lake Lachrymose. Josephine is bang van zowat alles. Een zekere Captain Sham werkt zich in het leven van Josephine en de kinderen. De kinderen zien meteen dat het Graaf Olaf is, maar niemand gelooft ze. Josephine lijkt uit haar venster in het meer gesprongen te zijn en de kinderen aan Captain Sham overgelaten te hebben, maar eigenlijk laat ze in haar zelfmoordbrief een spoor na dat leidt naar een grot waar ze zich schuilhoudt. Daar zegt Josephine dat Graaf Olaf haar verplicht had een zelfmoordbrief te schrijven. Shenanigans ensue, Josephine wordt opgegeten door bloedzuigers, uiteindelijk bijt Sunny het houten been van Captain Sham af waardoor duidelijk wordt dat het Olaf is. Mr. Poe zal een nieuwe voogd moeten zoeken voor de Baudelaires.
Meer van hetzelfde, ja.
