Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

50 reviews

amanda_mh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.5

I really like it , it’s a sad book but a great start to the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

targrhaegar's review against another edition

funny informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 A great start to one of my favorite series of all time!

This very short book introduces you to the Baudelaire children, their tragic life, the useless and absurd adults around them and Snicket's witty and funny writing.

I love it.

Lemony is a great narrator and I am in love with his ASOUE world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcoholism

The adult/minor relationship (villain adult man with 14-year-old girl) isn’t real, it’s a

Spoiler

fake marriage

but they do discuss it quite in depth (nothing sexual/romantic, but she imagines having to sleep in the same bed). Many evil adults are creepy towards the children calling them “pretty” and “beautiful” but it’s not supposed to be genuinely paedophilic. Alcoholism is that they call Count Olaf “a drunk” and say he drinks too much wine.

thecavewoman's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Fire/Fire injury

daniellesharp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Physical abuse

lilshelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The nostalgia at visiting one of my favorite childhood series again. I remember all the plot beats so well but am still so excited to experience them again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Fire/Fire injury

justinareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

ophycore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Fatphobia, Violence, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Transphobia and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

Spoiler

Neglect, Abduction

weepingstones's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Child abuse

librarianjess's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I read this for my StoryGraph genre challenge, since I had wanted to read this as a child and never got round to it. I feel weird reviewing this when I am not part of the target audience, but here we are. 

I thought this was quite enjoyable, and certainly super weird. It isn't something I would have picked up as a child but it was interesting. Lemony Snicket was very clear in that there isn't a lot of happiness in this book, and he wasn't wrong, but some part of me felt like perhaps it was too much for a children's book. But, children might like this... idk?

I felt like there should have been some sort of trigger warning for the child abuse

Spoiler

Klaus getting slapped and adults literally laughing at him would certainly not be comfortable for some children to read here.

However, I thought it was written well and it was comical in places. I also liked how Snicket was both the narrator and a character in the book. This just added a great dimension to the story. 

Some people have mentioned how they didn't like the definitions of words being brought up constantly within the text. I didn't mind them so much and I knew why they were there. They did break up the writing, but I am not who the book was aimed for, so I skimmed past the definitions and just kept reading. 

Overall, a good read and I have decided to continue reading the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement