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Oct 27, 2011
Roberta
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Ci vuole un villaggio per allevare un bambino.
Dopo la sfortunata esperienza con i coniugi Squalor al 667 di Viale Oscuro, gli orfani Baudelaire vengono iscritti dal signor Poe al progetto "Ci vuole un villaggio per allevare un bambino". I ragazzi scelgono il villaggio V.F., credendo che abbia a che fare con il segreto scoperto dai trigemini Pantano.
Sfortunatamente dovranno combattere non solo contro il trasformismo del Conte Olaf, ma anche contro gli errori della st More...
Dopo la sfortunata esperienza con i coniugi Squalor al 667 di Viale Oscuro, gli orfani Baudelaire vengono iscritti dal signor Poe al progetto "Ci vuole un villaggio per allevare un bambino". I ragazzi scelgono il villaggio V.F., credendo che abbia a che fare con il segreto scoperto dai trigemini Pantano.
Sfortunatamente dovranno combattere non solo contro il trasformismo del Conte Olaf, ma anche contro gli errori della st More...
Apr 19, 2011
Matthew
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The seventh book in this upsetting series. It is yet another tale of how the Baudelaire children are a well placed razor away from death. The scoundrel Count Olaf is up to his old tricks. How he is able to baffle entire crowds of people with his guile, which in this case refers to his uncanny ability to fool adults. Luckily Violet, Klaus and Sunny are sharp children and are using their individual talents to stay alive.
Thanks to the heroic and mysterious efforts of Lemony Snicket it More...
Thanks to the heroic and mysterious efforts of Lemony Snicket it More...
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Mar 01, 2011
Kat
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As a series these books are incredible. The formulaic plot that is repeated in every book satisfies the child who is being read to's expectation of what's going on, right and wrong and the band of simple characters.
Where the books become really clever is the additional bits of plot woven into the anecdotes, dedications and acknowledgments, written for the older reader, whether parents reading aloud or older children.
The humour is clever, beautifully insightful and infinitel More...
Where the books become really clever is the additional bits of plot woven into the anecdotes, dedications and acknowledgments, written for the older reader, whether parents reading aloud or older children.
The humour is clever, beautifully insightful and infinitel More...
Feb 25, 2011
Nicholas
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If I had to draw a line in the sand with the Snicket books between overly formulaic but funny, and genuinely well put together, I'd put it within the first few chapters of The Vile Village.
There's a few things absent from this read through, most of them positive. He isn't constantly reiterating the three children's skills in a "this is for Violet, this is for Klaus, this is for Sunny" sort of rhythm. There guardian is slightly more relatable, and altogether decent guy who g More...
There's a few things absent from this read through, most of them positive. He isn't constantly reiterating the three children's skills in a "this is for Violet, this is for Klaus, this is for Sunny" sort of rhythm. There guardian is slightly more relatable, and altogether decent guy who g More...
Jul 07, 2010
Graykrickette
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These stories are interesting, and with the ever present, impending doom, they are extremely difficult to put down. The stories are very unique, bleak, yet silly,or a delightful blend of them both. In the later books, I came to embrace, and enjoy the silliness, and the over explanation of words, as Daniel's own unique sense of humor. I can not believe that he actually believed his readers to be that ignorant. I believe that it was more of a tease_ dark, spiteful, humor, which I thoroughly en
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Jan 20, 2010
Casey
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Jan 17, 2010
Alex
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This book is about the three Beaudilaire siblings. Their parents were killed and ever since then they have been chased to multiple guardians by Count Olaf, who always ends up killing the parent. In this book the guardian is a village full of old people, except for the town janitor, who's house they live at. They are reunited with their friends the Quagmire triplets, but the triplets are then stolen away again by Count Olaf.
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I made a text to world connection. Like More...
Oct 13, 2009
Teresa
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This "woe-filled" collection of thirteen books about the tribulations of three unusually talented orphans will keep adults entertained as well as children. When I first saw the series I thought, "That looks too depressing," but soon I discovered the hilarity in overabundant alliteration, contemptible villains, and idiotic bystanders.
As the series progresses and the mysteries deepen, the children's characters grow and develop in surprising ways as togehter they fa More...
As the series progresses and the mysteries deepen, the children's characters grow and develop in surprising ways as togehter they fa More...
Jun 13, 2011
Ana
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A Series of Unfortunate Events 7: The Vile Village / 9780061757198
I first came to this series after watching the tie-in movie "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events". I love the series for its superb characterization, lovely writing, quirky plotlines, and deeply dark humor. This seventh book in the series carries on the tradition and will not disappoint fans.
Like the rest of the novels in this series, this book is very slender and can be whipped throu More...
I first came to this series after watching the tie-in movie "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events". I love the series for its superb characterization, lovely writing, quirky plotlines, and deeply dark humor. This seventh book in the series carries on the tradition and will not disappoint fans.
Like the rest of the novels in this series, this book is very slender and can be whipped throu More...
May 16, 2011
Angie
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Dec 27, 2011
Elliot
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One of the greatest joys in reading through A Series of Unfortunate Events is the gradual discovery of Lemony Snicket's character, and the extent of his involvement in the endless perils that follow the Baudelaire siblings. Daniel Handler apparently inserted himself as a character in his debut novel The Basic Eight (which is more-or-less on my To Read list), but I imagine that the effect is quite different than that of Snicket in ASOUE. Handler establishes Snicket's unique position in the story
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Sep 23, 2010
Allendra
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The book that I read is called The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket. This book is the 7th book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. Out of this series so far I think that this book was the best. This series is about the ups and downs of Violet,Klaus,and Sunny Baudelaire who lost their parents in a terrible fire.
In the previous book the Baudelaire orphans were sent to a prefatory school where they met the Quagmire twins. Before the twins were kidnapped they told the Baudelaire orphans t More...
In the previous book the Baudelaire orphans were sent to a prefatory school where they met the Quagmire twins. Before the twins were kidnapped they told the Baudelaire orphans t More...
Dec 23, 2011
Cool
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this book is awesome,the part i favored most was when violet met Count Olaf at the market!
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Mar 27, 2011
Sara
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Lemony Snicket has done it once again! This book, like any other book he has written, is beautifully written, with lots of great detail, and is explained thoroughly, just like he said he was going to do. I love all of his books, simply because he wrote this book to be very sad and to emphasize the unfortunate events that happened in the Baudelaire's lives, but he adds humor to it. Also because he wrote this book so wonderfully, that i can't stop reading. it hooks me like a fish!
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Nov 16, 2010
Ina
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Sophia Lu
The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket
Do you like a good ending? If you do then you shouldn’t read this book called Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village, the book eight. If you already read one the unfortunate event story and you like bad ending. You might as well read the seventh book, which is Unfortunate Event: The Vile Village. This is a great story, it has some mystery that the Baudelaire children’s need to solve.
The Vile Village is set More...
The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket
Do you like a good ending? If you do then you shouldn’t read this book called Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village, the book eight. If you already read one the unfortunate event story and you like bad ending. You might as well read the seventh book, which is Unfortunate Event: The Vile Village. This is a great story, it has some mystery that the Baudelaire children’s need to solve.
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Dec 06, 2010
Giannina
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For Beatrice-
When we were together I felt breathless.
Now, you are.
I rate this book with 4 stars. I did find the Ersatz Elevator much more interesting, but the Vile Village was also good in its own way.
VFD, which stood for Village of Fowl Devotees, which I've forgotten, is a town filled with lots of people who have this intense adoration for crows and have this long and absurd set of rules that must be followed, even though most of them are ridiculous and some, even More...
When we were together I felt breathless.
Now, you are.
I rate this book with 4 stars. I did find the Ersatz Elevator much more interesting, but the Vile Village was also good in its own way.
VFD, which stood for Village of Fowl Devotees, which I've forgotten, is a town filled with lots of people who have this intense adoration for crows and have this long and absurd set of rules that must be followed, even though most of them are ridiculous and some, even More...
Feb 11, 2012
adventurat
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I liked this book a lot better than the one I read last - The Austere Academy - which I realized in retrospect made me rather anxious for all five children, not just the three Baudelaires. This book is just as replete with stupid, foolish, incompetent, oblivious, and crazy adults as all the previous ones, but at least the Baudelaires had a couple of pleasant interludes, staying with Hector and eating good meals and being in their element in his hidden library and inventing studio. Hector was kin
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Dec 08, 2011
04CambreeD
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This is one of those books, where you think you know what will happen in the middle and the end, but doesn’t turn out the way you expected it to. I wouldn’t not recommend this book to any one, unless they have read the beginning, you really would not know what is going on.
I love they Lemony Snicket starts his books, he is always telling you not to read this book, to put it down and go and read a book on happy little elves. It’s like when you tell a child to not do something, but they go More...
I love they Lemony Snicket starts his books, he is always telling you not to read this book, to put it down and go and read a book on happy little elves. It’s like when you tell a child to not do something, but they go More...
Nov 01, 2009
William
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Aug 19, 2011
Drew
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Here I am, Book the Seventh, over halfway through the entire unfortunate series. Based on the adage "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaires are sent to be raised by the citizens of the Village of Fowl Devotees, which turns out to be as troublesome a living situation as any they have encountered so far. Their only ally, the town's handyman Hector, is kind and caring, but superlatively ineffective when it comes to standing up to the ridiculous citizens of the town. The
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Oct 14, 2010
Terrence
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"The Vile Village" is the seventh book in the famed "A Series of Unfortunate Events." The book starts off with Sunny, Kalus, and Violet in the office of Mr. Poe. They are looking for a new guardian, because their last one was not an ideal caretaker. Mr. Poe finds them a village who will look after the three kids. They start on their journey to the village. When they get to the village it is covered with crows, and the elders who run the village a dressed as crows. The kids ge
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Jun 24, 2011
Audrey
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I thought that this book was GREAT! What happends in this one is Violat, Klaus and Sunny go to a Villege, In this Villege every one is looking after them. But right when they are about to find out the secret of V.F.D Esm'e Count Olofs girl friend starts to shoot at the Balloon that they are in, their friends get into the Balloon but because Esm'e is shooting at the Balloon, the ladder that they were clibming on tarted to brake. The only thing that Violot, Klaus and Sunny can do is climb back dow
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Sep 16, 2009
Kevin
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Dec 12, 2008
Jennifer
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I felt like the action really started to pick up in this book. The kids are off to the Vile Village - a lovation they selected because the name of the village is actually the Village of Fowl Devotees and the children selected it because the initials of the town (VFD) keep popping up over and over again in their travels/investigations.
They don't have an easy time in the Village - but at least they have Hector. They always have one person who is on their side - mostly. Everything goes More...
They don't have an easy time in the Village - but at least they have Hector. They always have one person who is on their side - mostly. Everything goes More...
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May 09, 2010
Winson
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I think this book was ok. I don't really like the Series of Unfortunate events a lot and this book had some ok parts. The book starts with the 3 kids going to some home in another village to live there for protection from Count Olaf. They were then left in a desert area where it seems to be impossible for an village to be in. But after climbing a few sand dunes, they found the village, covered in crows.
This was my favorite part since it introduced new characters and the image of how More...
This was my favorite part since it introduced new characters and the image of how More...
Jan 17, 2011
CekMoNSter
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Vile Village.
No matter how many times I was bothered by the escapee of Count Olaf every time this series were being read, I `m amazed by the unique concepts created by the author.
THis time a village of that holy crows, a council of elders, and a village that decided to foster children.I mean One whole village decided to raise a child. THree if you mean the orphan.
QUeer indeed. But I had a very pleasant reading. The plot was engaging in this one. And the ending was a bit different More...
No matter how many times I was bothered by the escapee of Count Olaf every time this series were being read, I `m amazed by the unique concepts created by the author.
THis time a village of that holy crows, a council of elders, and a village that decided to foster children.I mean One whole village decided to raise a child. THree if you mean the orphan.
QUeer indeed. But I had a very pleasant reading. The plot was engaging in this one. And the ending was a bit different More...
May 30, 2011
Jitske
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When the three Baudelaire siblings learn that their parents have been killed in a fire, it's only the start of a seemingly neverending chain of unfortunate events...
If you are in the age of 10-14 years old, you might love these books. If you're not I suggest you give it a try, too, because - like me - you might love them anyway. These melodramatic books are full of sardonic, witty humor, satirical references, obscure words, ludicrous lessons and unusual plot twists. If you like reading More...
If you are in the age of 10-14 years old, you might love these books. If you're not I suggest you give it a try, too, because - like me - you might love them anyway. These melodramatic books are full of sardonic, witty humor, satirical references, obscure words, ludicrous lessons and unusual plot twists. If you like reading More...
Feb 09, 2012
Sunil
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What a vile village the Baudelaires have found themselves in! The gimmick this time around is that the village has a ridiculous set of rules that have to be followed, and it's taken to the appropriate absurd extreme, although I think it could have been even more absurd. Snicket seems to have discovered the secret to a good book in this series is to have at least one decent guardian in a craptacular place, and Hector is almost identical to Jerome in his being too "skittish" to stand up
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Sep 20, 2010
Lore
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This book, is about the Baudelair children moving to a town called VFD and with the hopes of finding out what it means. The people there turn out to be elderly and all mean eccept the elderly man they live with. In this story, Olaf pretends to be a detective. Jaques Snicket an odd person suddenly finds the Baudelairs ad he wants to tell them so much. Sadly, before he can speak of anything, Olaf murders him giving him no chance of telling the Baudelaire children all the secrets and mysteries thay
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Sep 26, 2009
Angelia Fransisca
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