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Cordial SADNESS. After leaving Hotel Denouement and every single character from the past behind, the morally gray Baudelaires travel to Olaf-Land; a remote isolated island in the middle of the oceans; during their stay they meet Ishmael, the unquestionable leader of the place, and many other passiv

Okay, rant time. I've spent the last few weeks reading this series from beginning to end. I have been certainly entertained by the language, intrigued by the story-outside-the-story, as it were, and concerned for the Baudelaires. The series has been so grim that, on occasion, I had to take breaks fro Leggi tutto

This book INFURIATED me! What a lazy author. Taking us down the garden path through 12 books and then ending the series without really completing the story. As a children's librarian, I no longer recommend this series to kids. I hate to see them as disappointed as I was at this really stupid final b Leggi tutto

May I steal the lyrics from the eponymous Door's song? This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes...again The important thing to recognise her Leggi tutto

Endings are truly the worst part of human existence. This is saying a lot, because "human existence" is a category that contains things like "stepping in water when you have socks on" and "bad haircuts" and other excruciatingly painful experiences. But endings are the worst ones of all. And endings of Leggi tutto

Jak na 13 tomów to mało pytań zyskało odpowiedzi.

Oy, how annoying! Twelve books! TWELVE books posing question after question and mystery after mystery with twists and intrigue and all that for what? Not answers, that's for damn sure. This book didn't tie anything together. The sugar bowl. The poison darts. The Schism. All dismissed in some silly exi Leggi tutto