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The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events #3)
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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...more
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...more
Hardcover, 214 pages
Published
February 25th 2000
by HarperCollins Publishers
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The third installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events improves on its precedessors in some ways, featuring a mini murder mystery and a lengthy (though unbelievable) chase scene of sorts -- dramatic elements which the first two books' brevity didn't allow. Handler/Snicket also introduce items that would come to have a greater significance in Handler's imaginary world: the Anxious Cafe, "I didn't realize this was a sad occasion," Ivan Lachrymose: Lake Explorer, etc. As I am rereading these novel...more
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Let's just say that this is where the Baudelaire brothers' story starts to get annoying and repetitive. In this book they'll be under the guard of an old aunt that is very nice, but is extremely fearful. And I meant fearful like... she is afraid of touching doorknobs because they might break in hundred pieces and hurt someone. And if that wasn't bad enough, they meet Count Olaf once again, this time under the disguise of a boat renter.
Lemony Snicket's writing style is very pleasant to read and,...more
Lemony Snicket's writing style is very pleasant to read and,...more
Does it count as reading when you listen to the audio version?
Tim Curry isn't reading this version. Instead we get the author "Lemony Snicket", aka Daniel Handler. He's quite nasaly and not as cool to listen to than Tim Curry.
The story is still good and intriguing. So far we like the series and my girls beg for it to be on in the car. We are on the Miserable Mill now, and still stuck with Lemony Snicket's voice (at least in the movie we got Jude Law!) I looked it up and we are back to Tim Curry...more
Tim Curry isn't reading this version. Instead we get the author "Lemony Snicket", aka Daniel Handler. He's quite nasaly and not as cool to listen to than Tim Curry.
The story is still good and intriguing. So far we like the series and my girls beg for it to be on in the car. We are on the Miserable Mill now, and still stuck with Lemony Snicket's voice (at least in the movie we got Jude Law!) I looked it up and we are back to Tim Curry...more
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In this book the three Baudlaires have moved on to another guardian once again, seeing as Olaf killed the last. In this book they have to live with thier crazy aunt who is afraid of everything. She won't cook, so they have cold cucumber soup everyday. They have to open the doors very carefully because she is afraid the doors will shatter into a million pieces and kill them. She doesn't have rugs for the fact that she might skip on one and break her neck. Lastly but not least she doesn't use the...more
Ive learned that Violet, Klouse and Sunny go to their third closest relative named Aunt Josephine who lives on a cliff and most of the house is scooted off the cliff and has beams and that hold onto the cliff and looks like a huge spider holding on for dear life. Aunt Josephine is afraid of relaters and she does not turn on the heater shes afraid that it will blow up, shes afraid of the stove that if she uses it, it will turn into a bunch of flames, and she pushes on the wood of the door for she...more
The Wide Window is probably my least favorite in the series so far, but I love Aunt Josephine's character. :D
Full review to come.
Full review to come.
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In The Bad Beginning, things, well, begin badly for the three Baudelaire orphans. And sadly, events only worsen in The Reptile Room. In the third in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, there is still no hope on the horizon for these poor children. Their adventures are exciting and memorable, but, as the author points out, "exciting and memorable like being chased by a werewolf through a field of thorny bushes at midnight with nobody around to help you." This story begins when the orph
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Now that I'm all sucked into the story by Tim Curry's awesome reading, I have been abandoned. The author, I forget the guy's name who reads as Lemony Snicket is 1) not British and 2) way less entertaining than Tim Curry as a reader. Not that the voice variation isn't a little bit improved, but Curry was great at getting the tone of the story just right.
The ending for this one is a little more manageable. I have questions about how to categorize these books. They are not realistic because some d...more
The ending for this one is a little more manageable. I have questions about how to categorize these books. They are not realistic because some d...more
orphans Sunny, Mrs. lockwood,Klaus and Violet meet their new guardian, Aunt Josephine. Josephine is afraid of many things after the death of her husband. When the hurricane is coming they head to town and encounter Olaf in disguise. They tried to prove that he is Olaf but without proof their attempt was unsuccessful. But later on that night, their aunt died, and a note was left saying it was suicide. Now their new guardian would be Olaf in disguise. Would they reveal him in time or will Olaf ca...more
Ah, another classic by Lemony Snicket. This is the third book in The Series of Unfortunate Events books. This follows after The Reptile Room where the Boudelaire children are put in place with a new guardian by the name of Aunt Josephine. Aunt Josephine lives in a house on a cliff overlooking the sea where her husband got attacked and devoured by leeches which has caused her irrational fear about everything...literally everything. Doorknobs, salesmen, leeches. They go into town to prepare for a...more
I chose this book because I wanted to continue this series since I had read the first two books. This book is about the three Baudelaire children who are basically travelling orphans since wherever they go, Count Olaf comes after them one way or another and tries to steal their fortune. This time, they go to their Aunt Josephine who is a kind woman yet frightened of many things such as the stove and the doormat. My favorite quote in this book is, “Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes o...more
As a young and motivated reader I gobbled up the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and now as a mature reader I am surprised that they are still able to capture my attention. The way Snicket as the narrator reaches out in the audience by asking questions, explaining meanings, and developing a personal relationship with the reader. The story is the third part in the series following the goodhearted Baudelaire orphans of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Unfortunately, their lives are full of...more
The Wide Window is the third book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). As we once again join the unlucky Baudelaire orphans, they are about to be deposited by their banker, Mr Poe, with another distant relative, Aunt Josephine, who lives, fearful on many things in a house precariously perched above Lake Lachrymose. Having already suffered the loss of their parents, the threat of marriage, and the murder of their Uncle Monty at the hands of th...more
SUMMARY: 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...more
Dans ce tome-ci, les orphelins Baudelaire vont vivre chez un nouveau tuteur, leur tante Agrippine (Josephine en VO, ça peut être important pour la suite), au bord du lac Chaudelarmes, un lac rempli de sangsues très vilaines.
La maison de leur tante est perchée dans un équilibre instable au dessus du lac et semble prêt à y basculer au moindre coup de vent. D'ailleurs, Herman, un ouragan, est attendu sur le lac.
Les enfants vivent avec leur tante un court instant avant que le Comte Olaf ne refasse s...more
This book has the children moving on to another town to meet their new guardian. At this point the children are devastated that they have not only lost their parents but also lost a great guardian who they had come to love. During this time they realize that no matter if this new guardian is good or bad Count Olaf will come and try to find them and when he does he will stop at nothing to try and get his hands on their fortune. Here they meet Aunt Josephine, who has a phobia with everything and h...more
I think that this book is O.K. because of how their is a slight change in the plot of this story from the rest. I think that Lemony Snicket is doing a good job making the guardians of the children getting worse and worse each time something bad really happens. I also like how each one of the children's guardians has an interest which has shaped their life,for example Uncle Monty had a fascination with reptiles and that is why he goes around the world collecting rare snakes and reptiles and shows...more
This time, the orphaned Baudelaires are sent to live with their Aunt Josephine in a house that teeters above the deadly Lake Lachrymose, to be greeted with phobias, leeches, and another appearance of Count Olaf. The Wide Window sustains but does not progress: the series has reached the point of a strong, delightfully dark narrative voice and deceptively robust characterization; this book adds an indulgent gothic atmosphere (backed up by a few fantastic illustrations), but little more in the way...more
I read a book called A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket. The book is series and it's until #13. I read Wide Window #3. The book is about 3 Baudelaire children. Their name are Violet, Klaus and Sunny. They use to live in A huge mansion but it burns down and their parents died too. After that their unfortunate begins. A man name Mr. Poe helps them to find guardian but the guardians always die in each series or mean. Each series takes place in different place. Like lake, cities ..etc....more
Everyone is afraid of something, that much is a given. If someone claims he's not afraid of anything, don't believe him. It's either he hasn't come across what he's afraid of just yet, refuses to admit it, or hasn't realized he's afraid of it. Even the Baudelaire orphans, despite having special talents, gone through a lot of messy and complicated situations, and lived to tell about them, are afraid of something. More specifically, SOMEONE... by the name of Count Olaf. It is perfectly natural wit...more
The third book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" involves the orphans being sent to live with a distant pantophobe cousin, who asks them to call her Aunt Josephine. Despite living in a stilt house poised hundreds of feet above a lake filled with piranha-like carnivorous leeches - which would suggest a certain insouciant bravery - Aunt Josephine is terrified of everything. Like all the adults in these books, she's completely disconnected from reality, and thinks she can actually care for the Ba...more
I am slowly working my way through Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events books, and enjoying them very much. This one was about the Baudelaire orphans' adventures when they are taken to live with Aunt Josephine on the shores of Lacrimose Lake. Count Olaf, their nemesis, appears in this story under the moniker of Captain Sham. Aunt Josephine is obsessed with grammar, and that obsession plays a big part in the story and solving a mystery. They also have to contend with Hurricane Harold (of...more
This book was not that great. I was very annoyed with the gaurdian that the Baudelaire children had this time. Aunt Josephine was afraid of everything,and oblivious. This made it difficult for the Baudelaire orphins to be there usual selfs. That factor made the book on the boring side. In the end this was not one of the best books in the Lemony Snicket series.
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book was not that great. I was very annoyed with the gaurdian that the Baud...more
The Wide Window by Lemony SnicketMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book was not that great. I was very annoyed with the gaurdian that the Baud...more
Ma se anche avessero avuto una casa dove tornare, quale sarebbe stata la morale della storia, mi domando. Con certe storie è facile. Prendi per esempio Biancaneve: la morale è « non mangiare la mela ». Oppure la Prima guerra mondiale: « non assassinare l'arciduca Ferdinando ». O Cappuccetto Rosso: « per cretina che tu sia, come puoi scambiare un lupo per una nonna? » Anche ai Baudelaire sarebbe piaciuto trovare una morale della storia, solo che il loro caso era molto più complicato.
Però, mentre...more
Però, mentre...more
Se mi fossi limitato a (ri)leggere il libro in inglese avrei potuto fare una recensione riassumibile in: amo zia Josephine e mi ero dimenticato del libro a forza di vedere il film. Ma per gli ultimi capitoli ho sfogliato anche l'edizione italiana e mi sono accorto di quanto la traduzione sia oscena e irrispettosa dell'originale, al contrario degli altri libri della saga.
Non so come ho fatto a non notare un cambio di voce drastico tra gli altri libri e questo — cambio di voce causato dal cambio d...more
Non so come ho fatto a non notare un cambio di voce drastico tra gli altri libri e questo — cambio di voce causato dal cambio d...more
The third book in A Series of Unfortunate Events is where the series begins to the pick up. Where the first book was new, original and fresh, the second was predictable and pretty dull to be honest. Both had flaws with the writing style, but here, Snicket (or should I say, Handler?) begins to work out those problems.
The Wide Window flows better than its predecessors, with the writing less jarring and the book as a whole is longer, enabling more character development and plot twists in order to w...more
The Wide Window flows better than its predecessors, with the writing less jarring and the book as a whole is longer, enabling more character development and plot twists in order to w...more
Since I'm writing my reviews for books 1-3 at the same time, don't mind if I do a bit of copy pasting.
The books have a way of touching some really deeply bad situations (parental loss, loss of one's spouse) in a way that makes you feel for the kids, without it being too emotionally charged. The intended audience is a young one, so the scenes aren't written in the same way you would write for an older crowd (I would hope that's obvious). That said, it doesn't gloss over anything, which makes it r...more
The books have a way of touching some really deeply bad situations (parental loss, loss of one's spouse) in a way that makes you feel for the kids, without it being too emotionally charged. The intended audience is a young one, so the scenes aren't written in the same way you would write for an older crowd (I would hope that's obvious). That said, it doesn't gloss over anything, which makes it r...more
Zuppa di cetrioli fredda a volontà
I graziosi orfani Baudelaire sono riusciti di nuovo a sfuggire per un pelo dalle grinfie del malvagissimo Conte Olaf, ma al costo della vita dello zio Monty.
Svanito il sogno di una vita serena al suo fianco, i tre orfani vengono accompagnati dall'immancabile signor Poe alla loro nuova casa sul Lago Lacrimoso. La loro tutrice è zia Josephine, vittima di mille fobie che le impediscono di fare quasi tutto, compreso difendere i propri nipoti di fronte alle minacce d...more
I graziosi orfani Baudelaire sono riusciti di nuovo a sfuggire per un pelo dalle grinfie del malvagissimo Conte Olaf, ma al costo della vita dello zio Monty.
Svanito il sogno di una vita serena al suo fianco, i tre orfani vengono accompagnati dall'immancabile signor Poe alla loro nuova casa sul Lago Lacrimoso. La loro tutrice è zia Josephine, vittima di mille fobie che le impediscono di fare quasi tutto, compreso difendere i propri nipoti di fronte alle minacce d...more
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09/25/11
The Wide Window (Book Review)
The Wide Window is the third book in the popular Series “The Series of Unfortunate Events”, by Lemony Snicket. This book is about three children named Violet, Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire, whose parents died in a terrible fire that destroyed their home. Their parents had left them an enormous fortune which they would inherit when the oldest (Violet), would come of age. A banker named Mr. Poe watched their enormous fortune, and made sure th...more
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09/25/11
The Wide Window (Book Review)
The Wide Window is the third book in the popular Series “The Series of Unfortunate Events”, by Lemony Snicket. This book is about three children named Violet, Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire, whose parents died in a terrible fire that destroyed their home. Their parents had left them an enormous fortune which they would inherit when the oldest (Violet), would come of age. A banker named Mr. Poe watched their enormous fortune, and made sure th...more
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Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler. Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional character and a real person. This article deals primarily with the character.
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