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Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket’s alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really have to experience it. Unless you have an ear for such ghastly details as a tragic fire, a nefarious villain, itchy clothing, and cold porridge for breakfast, all narrated in chilly detail by the distinguished, and disturbed, Tim Curry with a team of talented readers, you would be better off listening to something else.

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Tim Curry is the narrator of Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning audiobook that was written by Lemony Snicket

Tim Curry has portrayed many memorable characters, most notably the role of the scientist in the Broadway and film versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Arthur in the Broadway production of SPAMalot.

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Lemony Snicket is the author of Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning

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Narrator Tim Curry
Length 2 hours 29 minutes
Author Lemony Snicket
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Publisher HarperCollins
Release date November 02, 2004
ISBN 9780060817916

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The publisher of the Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Family, Juvenile Fiction, Siblings

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The publisher of the Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780060817916.

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Goodreads Reviews

Mark

August 29, 2022

I'm reading through this series with my daughter Celyn (10 years old, very disabled, hence Dad does the reading).Edit: Finished & reviewed all 13!So, this is a clever, entertaining book set in a world like ours but populated with bizarre characters and with distinctly dark undercurrents.Recurring themes throughout the series are:i) Adults are mindbogglingly stupid.ii) The narrator, Lemony Snicket, is a character we glimpse in tantalising snatches.iii) Words that stretch a child's vocabulary are used regularly but defined in context (by the narrator) in an amusing way.iv) The three siblings, Violet (14), Klaus (12), and Sunny (1) will use their singular talents (respectively inventor/bookworm/biter) to solve the problem.v) That problem will be Count OlaafThe book (like Roald Dahl's work) succeeds with a combination of wit, slapstick, and malice.Short, very readable, will leave you wanting the next.This one sets the scene, rapidly orphaning the children, establishing the goal (to survive long enough to take control of their huge inheritance), and their adversary (Count Olaaf and his theatre troop of sinister villains).We have ten of the books because my elder children loved them when they were young. On book 5 I'm thinking we'll probably read them all.EDIT: I have now posted reviews of all 13 books in the series - check them out! Join my Patreon Join my 3-emails-a-year mailing list #prizes.

Federico

July 16, 2022

SADNESS GALORE. Violet, Klaus and Sunny are the pride and joy of their wealthy lovely parents, the Baudelaire. They all live merrily at an enormous mansion in the coastal city of Briny Beach. Until one sad day a fire destroys their beautiful home and burns everything in it, including their parents. The Baudelaire orphans, the embodiment of misfortune, must now face an uncertain future full of painfully sad moments. This is the beginning of a series. A series of unfortunate events.This book specifically warns from the start that this is a sad story. Innocent me, I thought this was going to be haha sad, funny sad; but no, this is just sad. This is pure sadness. This is so fucking sad! What the hell is wrong with you Lemony? And I have twelve more books of crushing sadness to go through? YOU SICK TWISTED FUCK!I have to admire the writer’s capacity to make me hate and love something so much in so few pages. LOVED the Baudelaire siblings, and their group strength and resilience to face all the crappy things that befalls them. Took me only two chapters to HATE Count Olaf with all my mangled heart. And I need more Justice Strauss please. I’m hoping for a diamond incrusted rainbow at the end of the series or else... Then again I must admit this book also specifically warns there is no happy ending at the end of this story; but I don’t care, I’m holding on to my little ray of hope. Fuck you Lemony. You are not bringing me down. YOU HEAR ME YOU SICK BASTARD??? You are not bringing me down!!----------------------------------------------- PERSONAL NOTE : [1999] [176p] [Fiction] [3.5] [Recommendable] [Justice Strauss

emma

May 22, 2022

YES!!! The least fascinatingly detailed book in my favorite series! It just keeps getting better and better, folks.So, for the three misguided people who haven’t read this series - first off, get ON THAT. What are you doing? There is nothing so important in your life that you can’t put it off in order to read this series.https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co...Second, we follow the Baudelaires - Violet, Klaus, and Sunny - through what can only be Very Foreseeably Described as a series of unfortunate events. I can’t put it better than Lemony Snicket himself, so I’ll just shoehorn in his words: Within these pages, “the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.” So the things about these books...the setting is amazing. Lemony Snicket creates this almost-reality wherein even the smallest, most mundane occurrence is Veritably Fixed & Deliberate. This phenomenon becomes more and more clear as the series progresses, which is why the first book is the worst one. (Or maybe the last one is, depending on how many questions it answers.) None of these sneaky, behind the scenes things are a Visibly Forceful Development in the first book, so it’s not as fun.But I loved this series so much in my childhood. Lemony Snicket taught me the power of books, and of words. Most stuff, when you’re a kid, makes you feel like anything you could do would be nothing more than a Viciously Futile Diversion. But I have vivid memories of being a fairly small child and intensely poring over the pages of these books, looking for clues and ways to help the Baudelaires and, as this book says, “the people who liked them.” And I felt like I was doing something, even if it was fictional.I have Lemony Snicket to thank for a lot of things.Anyway. I’m getting almost...dare I say…emotional, so I’m going to wrap this up. These books are funny, exciting, dark, and teeming with clues and Easter eggs for those who care to look. On top of it all, the TV series is a pitch-perfect adaptation, and if you ask me about the movie I’ll look you right in the eye (but not actually) and ask what movie you’re talking about.Man, I love these books. I could reread them every year and never get bored. (I know this because of a very scientific process wherein I reread them pretty much every year.)Bottom line: READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!!!!The world is quiet here.

Ahmad

October 30, 2021

The Bad Beginning, Lemony SnicketThe Bad Beginning is the first novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The novel tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who become orphans following a fire and are sent to live with Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance.عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «آغاز بد»؛ «شروع ناگوار»؛ «شروع بد»؛ «آغاز شوم»؛ نویسنده: لمونی اسنیکت؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز شانزدهم ماه آوریل سال2011میلادیعنوان: آغاز بد؛ نویسنده: لمونی اسنیکت؛ مترجم: امیرهوشنگ مهرپرور؛ تهران، فرزانه، روز24، تیر ماه سال1381؛ در192ص؛ شابک9647239114؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 20معنوان: شروع ناگوار؛ نویسنده: لمونی اسنیکت؛ مترجم: نسترن پاشایی؛ تهران، ماهی، سال1381، در136ص؛ شابک9649333304؛ چاپ دوم سال1382؛ چاپ سوم سال1383؛ چاپ چهارم سال1384؛ چاپ ششم سال1386؛ در125ص؛ چاپ هفتم سال1387، در128ص؛ شابک9789649333311؛ چاپ دهم سال1390؛ عنوان: آغاز شوم؛ نویسنده: لمونی اسنیکت؛ مترجم: حسین قنبری؛ مشهد، شریعه توس، سال1384؛ در104ص، مصور؛ شابک9649431608؛ عنوان: شروع بد؛ نویسنده: لمونی اسنیکت؛ مترجم فرزانه کریمی؛ تهران، قدیانی، سال1387؛ در167ص، مصور؛ شابک9789645361585؛ ویولت، و «کلاوس» و «سانی بودلر» سه بچه از یک پدر و مادر ماجراجو و ثروتمند بودند، که در ساحل «برینی بریچ» می‌فهمند، که پدر و مادرشان در آتش سوزی بزرگی از بین رفته اند، و آنها باید از این به بعد در خانه ی «کُنت اُلاف»، که یکی از فامیل‌های دورشان است، زندگی کنند؛ «کنت الاف» با نقشه‌ ای، با استفاده از قانون ازدواج، آنها را مجبور می‌کند، «ویولت» به عقد «کنت الاف» درآید، تا کنت وارث وی شود، و بتواند از ثروت آنها استفاده کند، که با ...؛نقل از متن ترجمه «شروع ناگوار»: (فصل اول: اگر دوست دارید داستانهایی را بخوانید که پایان خوشی دارند، بهتر است کتابِ دیگری دست بگیرید؛ این کتاب، پایان خوش که ندارد، هیچ، آغازِ خوشی هم ندارد؛ وانگهی آن وسطها هم ماجراهای چندان خوشی اتفاق نمیافتد؛ دلیلش هم این است که اصلاً در زندگیِ سه «بودلرِ» نوجوان چیزهای شادِ زیادی پیش نمیآید؛ «ویولت»، «کلاوس»؛ و «سانی بودلر»، بچه های تیزهوش، جذاب و مبتکری بودند، و صورتِ دلچسبی هم داشتند، اما تا بخواهید بدبیار بودند، و بیشتر چیزهایی هم که به سرشان میآمد، همه اش از بدبیاری و درماندگی بود؛ ببخشید که اینها را برایتان گفتم، چه میشود کرد؛ داستان «بودلر»ها از این قرار استبدبختی آنها یک روز در ساحلِ «برینی بیچ» شروع شد؛ بچه ها با پدر و مادرشان، در قصری عظیم، در قلب شهری کثیف و شلوغ زندگی میکردند؛ گاهی پدر و مادرشان اجازه میدادند، که آنها چرخ دستی زِوار در رفته ای را، با خود به لب دریا ببرند؛ اصطلاح «زِوار در رفته» که شاید به گوشتان خورده باشد، یعنی «چیزی که چیزی نمانده متلاشی بشود»؛ بچه ها تمام روز را کنار ساحل میگذراندند، و موقع شام برمیگشتند خانه؛ آن صبحِ به خصوص، هوا ابری و تار بود، که این یک ذره هم بچه ها را پَکر نکرد، چون وقتی هوا گرم و آفتابی بود، «برینی بیچ» پُر از توریست میشد، و دیگر محال بود بشود جای خوبی برای پهن کردنِ زیرانداز پیدا کرد؛ اما روزهای ابری و تیره، ساحل مالِ «بودلر»ها بود، تا هر کاری دلشان میخواست بکنندویولت بودلر، که از برادر و خواهرش بزرگتر بود، دوست داشت روی آب سنگ بپراند؛ مثل بیشتر چهارده ساله ها راست دست بود، برای همین، موقعی که روی آن آبِ دلگیر، با دست راست سنگ میپراند، سنگش دورتر میرفت، تا با دست چپ؛ همیشه وقتی سنگ پرانی میکرد، یک چشمش به افق بود، و تو فکر یک اختراع بود؛ هر کس که «ویولت» را خوب میشناخت، اگر او را در آنحال میدید، میفهمید که او در فکر عمیقی فرو رفته، چون موهای بلندش را با روبان بسته بود، که روی چشمهایش نریزند؛ «ویولت» استعداد خاصی در اختراع کردن، و ساختنِ دستگاههای عجیب غریب داشت، به همین دلیل بیشتر وقتها، ذهنش مشغولِ قرقره ها، اهرمها و چرخ دنده ها بود، و دلش نمیخواست که چیزِ بی اهمیتی مثل موهایش حواسش را پرت کند؛ آن روز صبح هم تو این فکر بود که دستگاهی بسازد، تا بتواند بعد از پراندن سنگ روی آب اقیانوس، آن را پیدا کند و برگرداندکلاوس بودلر، که تنها پسر و بچه ی وسطی بود، دوست داشت روی موجوداتی که پس از مَد، تو چالابها میماندند مطالعه کند؛ تازه رفته بود تو دوازده سال؛ عینکی بود و همین او را باهوشتر نشان میداد؛ خانم و آقای «بودلر» کتابخانه ی عظیمی در خانه ی مجللشان داشتند، که پُر بود از هزاران کتاب با موضوعات مختلف؛ «کلاوس ِ» دوازده ساله، مسلما همه ی آنها را نخوانده بود، اما خیلیهایش را خوانده بود، و کلی اطلاعات تو سرش داشت؛ میدانست که تمساح، چه فرقی با سوسمار دارد، یا «جولیوس سزار» را چه کسی کشته؛ راجع به حیوانات ریز و لیزی که در «برینی بیچ» پیدا کرده بود و الان داشت روی آنها مطالعه میکرد هم کلی چیز بلد بودسانی بودلر، ته تغاری بود، و عاشق گازگرفتن چیزها؛ به نسبتِ سنش خیلی ریزنقش بود، و تقریبا به قد و قواره ی یک چکمه بود؛ اما کوتاهیِ قدش را با تیزی و درشتیِ چهار دندانش، جبران میکرد؛ «سانی» در سنی بود، که بچه ها معمولاً با جیغهای نامفهوم حرف میزنند، و به جز آن موقعهایی که چند کلمه ی درست مثل «شیشه»، «مامان» و «گاز» میگفت، سر درآوردن از حرفهایش برای خیلیها مشکل بود؛ مثلاً آن روز صبح، پشت هم میگفت: «گَک!» که احتمالاً معنی اش این بود «ببینین اون چیه که داره از توی مه میاد بیرون!»؛راستی هم، آن دورها در ساحل مه آلود «برینی بیچ»، موجود دیلاقی دیده میشد، که با قدمهای بلند، به طرف بچه ها میآمد؛ مدتی بود که «سانی» بِهِش خیره شده بود و جیغ میکشید؛ بالاخره «کلاوس» که داشت یک خرچنگ تیغ دار را، بررسی میکرد سرش را بلند کرد، و آن را دید؛ او خودش را به «ویولت» رساند، بازویش را گرفت، و او را از فکر بیرون آورد؛ گفت: «اونو نگاه کن.» و به آن موجود اشاره کرد؛ آن موجود نزدیکتر شد و بچه ها توانستند چیزهایی از آن ببینند؛ قد و قواره اش به آدمها میخورد، به جز سرش که دراز و تقریبا چارگوش بودویولت پرسید: «فکر میکنی چیه؟»؛کلاوس که چشمهایش را تنگ کرده بود تا بهتر ببیند، گفت: «نمیدونم، اما مثل اینکه صاف داره میاد طرفِ ما.»؛ویولت که کمی مضطرب به نظر میرسید، گفت: «ما تو ساحل تنهاییم؛ کس دیگه ای نیست که اون بخواد بِره طرفش.»؛ سنگِ تخت و صافی را که چند لحظه قبل میخواست روی آب بپراند، توی دست چپش فشار داد؛ یک دفعه به سرش زد که سنگ را به طرفِ آن موجود پرت کند چون خیلی ترسناک به نظر میآمدکلاوس که انگار فکر خواهرش را خوانده بود، گفت: «فقط به خاطر مِهِه که ترسناک به نظر میاد.»؛ درست بود؛ وقتی آن موجودِ ترسناک به بچه ها رسید، خیالشان راحت شد، چون ترسناک که نبود، هیچ، آشنا هم بود، آقای «پو» بود؛ او بکی از دوستان آقا و خانم «بودلر» بود، که بچه ها چندین بار او را در مهمانیها دیده بودند؛ یکی از چیزهایی که «ویولت»، «کلاوس» و «سانی» خیلی توی رفتارِ پدر و مادرشان میپسندیدند، این بود که وقتی کسی به دیدنشان میآمد، بچه ها را دَک نمیکردند بلکه میگذاشتند آنها هم سر میز شام با بزرگترها غذا بخورند و با آنها حرف بزنند، به این شرط که در جمع کردنِ میز کمک کنند؛ بچه ها آقای «پو» را خوب یادشان بود، چون او همیشه سرما خورده بود و مدام عذرخواهی میکرد و از سر میز میرفت اتاقِ بغلی که سرفه کند؛) پایان نقلتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 05/11/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 08/08/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Lizziegolightly

February 25, 2008

When I was a child, I learned a thing or two from reading the works of Roald Dahl. The most important of these lessons is that adults are, more often than not, either evil or oblivious and, to co-opt Lemony Snicket's writing style, by oblivious I mean "lacking conscious awareness; unmindful."As an adult, I have only received mountains of proof substantiating the notion that adults are either evil or oblivious. All you need to do is watch the news or enter the workforce and you too will realize the same. So it is through this lens of animosity towards grown ups (hey, just become I am one doesn't mean I have to think like one) that I read the first installment of Lemony Snicket's 13-part serial A Series of Unfortunate Events.Snicket, or his alter ego, seems mighty influenced by Dahl and Edward Gorey. Like the former, most of the adults in the book are worthless. Those who aren't are either dead or somehow taken away from the Baudelaire children. Like the later, bad things keep on happening to our protagonists.The three Baudelaire children-- Violet, Klaus and Sunny-- live a rather charmed life with parents who love and respect them. Upon an unsupervised excursion to the beach, a fire consumes the Baudelaire home and kills the parents. The three children are taken into the temporary care of Mr. Poe (who has a son named Edgar, by the way) until a relative can be located. After some time, the children are pawned off on Count Olaf, a horrid actor with a title and no money. From the beginning, it is obvious that he has only taken in the children because of the vast fortune they are set to acquire. When he learns that the inheritance will be withheld until Violet is of age, he punishes the children repeatedly. We will stop there, lest I give away the end of this first book.Aside from a page-turner plot, what works in the book's favor is the language. Snicket uses large grown-up words with the context of child-sized sentences. He defines the words without being condescending and goes on to explain many of the legal concepts that are used throughout the story. The characters are also intriguing. The adults in the story often appear as grotesque figures that make just enough sense to keep the storyline plausible. And, in the grand tradition of children's literature, the Baudelaire orphans are quick-witted and strong-willed.I found this book as part of a three series boxed set at a thrift store by my house. Each book is small and hard covered, designed to look like a Victorian tome and filled with beautiful illustrations. Now, I can't wait to get started on volume two.

Tea

April 11, 2013

Must read! Must read! Dve godine sam jurila informaciju ko drži prava, šetali me od jednog do drugog da bih na kraju sjurila samog Lemoni Sniketa na jednom javnom čitanju/druženju s čitaocima u knjižari Barnes & Noble u Njujorku davne 2002. godine i doživela nesvakidašnje iskustvo... Oko dvestotinjak dece (i njihovih roditelja) sedelo je na podu/stajalo i naizmenično se smejalo ili vrištalo i plakalo na Sniketove imitacije/interpretacije... Kako su deca nekada reagovala na Branka Kockicu samo još tri puta jače i glasnije... I na kraju sam sjurila prava za Narodnu knjigu... Nažalost, NK nije učinila dovoljno za ovaj serijal i ovog autora... I nadam se da ću jednoga dana uspeti ponovo da nagovorim nekog izdavača da objavi ovaj divan serijal...

Carolyn Marie Castagna

December 29, 2021

I’m ashamed to say that before today, I had not read this sorrowful series of books.I grew up watching the Jim Carrey movie adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but this was my first time actually reading it! And I’m extremely unhappy to say that I unfortunately loved it! 😉Such terrible events!

Ariel

March 09, 2014

This was fantastic! I read the series when I was a kid and then just now had to reread it for my Children's Lit class! And I'm glad I did! Because eff yeah! This! IS! GREAT!Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket has such a distinctive tone and writing style, and it's one that I love. He's sarcastic and realistic and cynical and hilarious. Best of all, even though this is absolutely a children's book it treats the reader (who is technically supposed to be a child) as an intelligent human who is capable of figuring things out and having a good vocabulary and understanding subtext and foreshadowing. Also, I just added this to my favourites shelf because geez this is a favourite!

Brian

May 19, 2016

Easily one of the best children's stories I've read, The Bad Beginning is a high stakes, whimsical twist of a fairytale.Count Olaf, the antagonist, ruins everything, but in a way that's super fun to read. As the stakes pile on, and bad luck for the main characters becomes the worst luck, and the tension reaches an all time high, the writing still maintains this playful even keel to keep everything fun and enjoyable.It had me tearing through pages to see just how bad the beginnings got. And I loved every sentence.

Emily

January 25, 2021

I started reading The Series of Unfortunate Events to help me with a small reading slump. Each book is easy to read and nice and short. I wanted to read them as a child but never did so this was a perfect opportunity to do so.

Burt

July 04, 2017

I never really did get into Harry Potter. I imagine that this is viewed as a crime by most everyone on this service. For some it is heresy. But, I refuse to stand shamefaced - Hogwarts just didn't do it for me.I didn't think this would either.However, I was more than pleasantly surprised. I am of a somewhat morbid streak, and the Series of Unfortunate Events books, I must say, tickles that grotesque bone in a way most pleasing.The story of the Baudelaire Children is one filled with tragedy and dire peril. Orphaned after a massive house fire in which their parents burned to death, they are put in the care of their parents' will's executor until a distant relative, Count Olaf, comes to claim them... and their family fortune. The children however do manage to give him a run of it. In the end, they still have their money, but they simply are foisted off someplace else where there parents are still dead and their lot becomes more miserable. This is not a story for happy endings as the author will remind you, time and time again.The real thing about the book that I love is the writing style and tone of the narrative. The author is quite the wordsmith, and he no doubt had it in mind that kids should be learning big, expansive words. He then mixes it up with subtle and unsubtle word play (in the fourth book, the narrator goes into the sensation of deja vu, and when you turn the page beginning that chapter it's the same page over again) that left me quite amused.I only read about four of the books. The downfall of the series is that the villain never changes and the stories are all essentially the same at their core: the children go to live someplace horrible, and Uncle Olaf comes back to try and take their money. It's a one trick pony in that regard, but I really was quite taken by the wording of it.It's worth the investment for the first book and it's a quick read. Give it a shot.

R.K.

July 19, 2018

Wow! I feel like I’m finally capturing something that was missing from my childhood. Like there was some gap in my imagination that I didn’t know was there until I started reading this series.I’ve seen the Netflix series, which only further reminded me that I had never read this series before and had been missing out. I’m in a very exciting part of the journey. The Baudelaires just escaped Count Olaf and his plot to steal their fortune and I find even though I know the basic premise of each story I’ve seen on the show, it hasn’t robbed the books of any of their magic. I can see how Olaf would give children nightmares growing up and I love how the book breaks every rule of writing like avoid adverbs (especially very) and don’t use too many adjectives at once. I’m really excited to start the Reptile Room today.

Victor

November 18, 2016

Eu não aguentava mais ouvir toda a população mundial falar desse livro e eu não ter lido ainda. Acho que o trailer da série do netflix foi o estopim pra eu pegar e começar de vez. E eu gostei bastante.Me surpreendi como, apesar de ser um livro infanto juvenil, ele é sombrio e sarcástico. Quase como se fosse uma crítica aos livros do gênero. Amei os personagens (Sunny dona da minha vida), e o ritmo da história é muito gostoso. Mesmo curto, é bem inteligente e com uma trama divertida. Gostei como ele é moderadamente violento e obscuro, e traz um toque único para o livro.Não tenho costume de ler muitos livros do gênero, porque nem sempre consigo aproveitar tanto. Tenho dificuldades em colocar a minha "capinha de infanto juvenil" e apreciar como as outras pessoas, mas esse me deixou em casa. Estou ansioso para ler os próximos e assistir a série quando sair.

Sam

December 27, 2017

The Baudelaire children - Violet, Klaus and Sunny - are suddenly orphaned when their parents tragically die in a fire. Their new legal guardian? A distant relative, the devilishly conniving Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing - not even murder most foul! - to get his hands on the Baudelaire family fortune. So begins the children’s Series of Unfortunate Events… I know this is a kid’s book but I surprisingly really enjoyed it - it not only held my attention but entertained me quite a bit too! Everything about The Bad Beginning embraces/lovingly parodies macabre/Gothic fiction, one of my favourite literary subgenres, albeit in a child-friendly, cartoonishly over-the-top style, so I found the book very appealing on an aesthetic level.The atmosphere of the world is bizarrely, but not off-puttingly, anachronistic. It’s kinda faux-Victorian but also modern enough to have walkie-talkies, as well as being oddly skewed in general, full of absurdly one-dimensional supporting characters. The tone, along with the clever title and presentation, is determinedly, almost comically, downbeat in positioning itself as an anti-kid’s book, a playfully subversive touch I liked very much. Even the framing device plays into the Gothic impression. Daniel Handler is the real author but his name is nowhere on this book. Instead it’s attributed to yet another fictional character, “Lemony Snicket”, portrayed as a stereotypically gloomy writer a la Edgar Allan Poe (there’s even a character here called Poe) who dedicates the book to his dead love, Beatrice, while occasionally inserting himself into the text. A story within a story - an unexpectedly sophisticated device for a kid’s book and I loved it. It adds an element of mystery too - who is “Lemony Snicket” and will we discover more of his life as the series progresses? That said the writing is appropriately accessible for the intended younger audience and the world as a whole, and plot, is also simplistic to match. It’s an effectively engaging approach overall. Count Olaf is a deliciously evil villain and is by far the standout character. The Baudelaire kids were ok but not especially interesting and everyone else was basically just window-dressing. The story is entertaining enough but nothing too special or original - it didn’t blow me away and it’s a little too farcical in how it plays out, though it’s fine. The Bad Beginning is a really good start to this promising series - a charmingly strange and fun read!

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