The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Third)
by Lemony Snicket
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Read in October, 2005
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Those poor Baudelaire orphans. After the death of their beloved Uncle Monty, the third installment of Lemony Snicket's tale has Violet, Klaus, and Sunny heading toward the home of yet another new guardian. Left by Mr. Poe at Damocles Dock at the edge of Lake Lachrymose for the taxi that will take them to the home of Josephine Anwhistle, the orphans must once again wonder about what fate holds in store for them. Will the gramatically correct dowager be kind ...more
Those poor Baudelaire orphans. After the death of their beloved Uncle Monty, the third installment of Lemony Snicket's tale has Violet, Klaus, and Sunny heading toward the home of yet another new guardian. Left by Mr. Poe at Damocles Dock at the edge of Lake Lachrymose for the taxi that will take them to the home of Josephine Anwhistle, the orphans must once again wonder about what fate holds in store for them. Will the gramatically correct dowager be kind ...more
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Read in December, 2005
I found that this book was where the action definitely picked up. The last two, while exciting enough, were still a little dull, and compared to this one, I could even say a little boring. This is also probably the last book one can actually pick up and read, while still relatively understanding what's going on, without having read the last two books.
Aunt Josephine, the new guardian in the book is also the last of the guardians assigned to the orphans to basically give a damn, which is sad s...more
Aunt Josephine, the new guardian in the book is also the last of the guardians assigned to the orphans to basically give a damn, which is sad s...more
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Read in March, 2008
I wanted to read this after gleefully enjoying the first two books of the series a while back. To my delight, I found there was much more substance than I remembered. The explanations of vocabulary in context, the translations of baby Sunny's one-word utterances and the plays on words are fun. The chatty tone of Lemony Snicket, the narrator, urging readers not to go on produces (of course!) the opposite effect and a sense of immediacy.
Then there are the whimsical characters: the courageous ...more
Then there are the whimsical characters: the courageous ...more
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Read in July, 2007
The book The Wide Window is the third book of this great seiries, In this book the kids move in with there Aunt. There aunt is a complete coard, and is scared of the most rediculous things, like telephone and door mats, but most of all she is scared of the lake. (her husband, Ike died in the lake). But the thing she says is the greatest joy and pleasure is grammar.
Count Olaf finds them pretents to be sailor (Captin Sam), makes the aunt a write a fake suicide letter leavin...more
Count Olaf finds them pretents to be sailor (Captin Sam), makes the aunt a write a fake suicide letter leavin...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who liked the books before this
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket is the third book of a wonderful series. It’s about three children who go through many adventures thought their lifetime. First off their parent’s died in a house fire. There was the richest house in their city. After the tragic death, they lived with Count Olaf, which was not a good sight. He tried to kill the kids and steal the fortune. That plan never seceded. Now the three children are going to live with Aunt Josephine. They have never met her.
Aunt J...more
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Read in January, 2005
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comedy, oddness lovers
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
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Read in August, 2007
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all readers
So what if it's formulaic. It's still great fun! What a pleasure reading this series so far. I wish I had done so before now. But hey, now I don't have to wait 6 or more months before each one comes out.
The humour Snicket instills in his stories of misfortune and tragedy is endearing and satisfying to me. Nearly every other page reveals his talent for stating things in a memorably quirky way that draws laughs in stories of frustrating characters.
The action did pick up a bit more in this ...more
The humour Snicket instills in his stories of misfortune and tragedy is endearing and satisfying to me. Nearly every other page reveals his talent for stating things in a memorably quirky way that draws laughs in stories of frustrating characters.
The action did pick up a bit more in this ...more
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Read in January, 2007
Once again, the Baudelaire children are shipped off to another distant relative but of course Count Olaf isn't far behind. Aunt Josephine is the children’s new guardian who lives in an old house on top of a lake that is ready to collapse. If you read this book get ready for, “An old lady that loves grammar, a wide window, and a cold cucumber soup.” A very fast read just like the first two in the series and also incredibly witty. I didn't like The Wide Window as much as the first two, and ...more
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Read in January, 2008
On Becky's recommendation, I gave this third book a shot. I do have to hand it to the series for being creative, but I just continue to have increasing trouble suspending disbelief whenever the erstwhile caretaker, Mr. Poe, shows up and says, "Oh children, you're obviously distressed, there's no WAY that's Count Olaf here to kidnap you AGAIN." I might read the fourth one sometime just because the movie, which I saw, combined the first three books, so I kind of knew already what was g...more
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Read in February, 2008
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Anyone looking for a quick, easy, entertaining read.
Book three of thirteen that describe the Baurdelaire childrens depressing lives.
This one wasn't my favorite so far. I still enjoyed it, and over all enjoyed the storyline, it just seemed to move a little slow for me. Still love Lemony Snicket and his unique writing style though. Alot of the time it seems as if he's writing you a letter that just happens to be about the story of the Baudelaires. He talks to the reader and tells them about his own experiences [as far fetched as they may s...more
This one wasn't my favorite so far. I still enjoyed it, and over all enjoyed the storyline, it just seemed to move a little slow for me. Still love Lemony Snicket and his unique writing style though. Alot of the time it seems as if he's writing you a letter that just happens to be about the story of the Baudelaires. He talks to the reader and tells them about his own experiences [as far fetched as they may s...more
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Read in March, 2008
I know how this Author writes now and although I really, very much like his style, I am feeling a little let down because, I would like to see more interaction with the children's guardians and not so much explanation of what this word/phrase means, even though that is a main reason why I like his books so much. It just seems like he has to use so much paper space to explain is all. I still love these books and I am going to start the 4th one today!
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Read in October, 2007
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2nd-6th
I like the use of descriptive words without giving away all the details. The reader can imagine what is going and yet have each student get a different but similar description or picture in their head when they are describing what is going on and how things look. I also like the word useage and definitions built into the text. Its also good for children who want something a littly scarier without going to far into the grose catagory.
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I started reading the series after I saw the movie trailers. It doesn't have the same wide appeal as the Harry Potter series, and it's definitely meant for kid readers (only). The series is incredibly formulaic. I can see how a kid would absolutely love the series. It's comforting, it's predictable, and at the same time, it still contains pretty imaginative details in the story (without losing the formula).
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i dont really like these books that much. they're not very good. i only read them because i wanted to find out what happened to the baudelaire children... i guess #13 is the best, but it frustrated me because it left so many questions unanswered and it's the LAST book in the series!! yeah, i read the beatrice letters, but it didnt really answer anything or make sense...
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Read in January, 2008
This book was just like the 2nd book of the seies. The Baudelaires had a new guardian. Count Olaf diguised himself and killed their guardian. The Baudelaires once again change guardians and Count Olaf's plans are foiled for now because Sunny blew his disguise. His disguise was a pirate with a wooden leg. Sunny bit the wooden leg. That was my favorite part of the book.
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Read in January, 2004
I LOVE, ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS ENTIRE SERIES!! I enjoyed the way the author writes. Very witty, and you can learn a lot of vocabularies from reading his books. Meanwhile, although it is supposed to be a book written for youngsters, the suspense is just killing me! I kept wanting to find out who people are and it just keeps me guessing. Evil Count Olaf!!!
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Read in February, 2005
I’ve already expressed my dissatisfaction with Lemony Snicket as audio book narrator, but the book itself was fine. They’re getting a little formulaic, but you have to learn to lower your expectations when you’re reading books meant for children. And even I learned something from the little grammar, vocabulary, and history tidbits woven into the story.
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
Everyone Young & Old
Lemony Snicket is very clever for these books. What is an unlucky number? or one we always dread....13. Lemony snicket has 13 Books in this series, and in each book, yep you guessed it 13 chapters. Pretty clever I think!
Anyway these are really fun books and i would suggest that anyone read them.. If you saw the movie...it does not do the books justice!
Anyway these are really fun books and i would suggest that anyone read them.. If you saw the movie...it does not do the books justice!
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Here we get the next of the Baudelaire orphans clueless guardians. Having majored in Linguistics in college I can totally understand why Aunt Josephine was a little out of it. If I was so obsessed with prescriptive instead of descriptive grammar I would likely go a little nuts too. In most regards this book was very much like the first two.
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