This series is amazing!!! I love all the books and I've read all of them too! Once you start reading one of these books you can't stop. All of my friends have read this series and they have all come to me and have said that they loved it. I recommend this book!

love the series. a series everyone can read. read all the book in 6th grade. i didnt find the books nor the movie to be scary or even extremely violent

Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire are very intelligent children. The thing that weirds me out, though, is Count Olaf's plan to marry Violet. Does anyone realize HOW weird that sounds? A-W-K-W-A-R-D…But it is a very good book.

I started reading these books around 7 or 8 years old. It was a little over my head, but perfect for ages 10 and up. Part of this was because of the advanced dialouge and sometimes hard to follow plot. This series leaves twists and cliffhangers at every turn, but I think the role models, such as the children's many guardians, could be a bit better. Overall, this series was fabulous, always leaving me wanting more! Also, read the companion books, The Unauthorized Biography of Lemony Snicket, and The Beatrice Letters, for more info after you finish the series.

I find this books quite amusing! Lemony Snicket warns you it may depress you, but he's exaggerating a bit. Somehow throughtotu each book you know the Baudelaires will be fine, and Count Olaf will lose. This is a good introduction to the series and hints there's more to come.

My dad bought me this series (the first three books) when I was 7 though I didn't read them until I was 10. The uncle is horrible and you'll hate him from the very beginning. The kids you will love though! Because they're very smart and seem almost real! The series is really long but not like it's dragging on and on....it's interesting throughout.

The Bad Beginning is the start to arguably one of the best book series in recent memory. Kids often find reading boring, but it is difficult to critique this book given the lack of boring parts. They will be interested, but adults will probably also enjoy and will understand it better. The Bad Beginning is about Count Olaf, a very evil man, and three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. The three siblings have recently experienced a house fire that caused both their parents to die. The three are the inheritors of a large fortune from their parents but are not old enough to get it. As a result, they must live with their "cousin" Count Olaf, who intends to get that fortune all to himself and uses a plethora of evil plans to do so. Despite seeming childish, this book is fairly realistic. The characters act realistically and the situations are very well described and seem like they could happen to an unfortunate group of siblings. Throughout the series, for the most part anyway, the three siblings are excellent role models for the children and send good messages, even though Olaf sends his share of bad ones. All the books in the series are incredible and they have humor scattered throughout them as well, although not all the kids will understand it. The books are a must buy as they are not boring yet make sense and are a lot of fun to read.

Both me and my sister enjoy these books. Great beginning to the storys. The kids are really smart which makes them good role models. The uncle is really horrible though.

the BAD BEGINNING is the gateway into the orphans lives with woe and blah blah blah! i love this book the the beginning eas not the best! once you get to book 3 you love the books! NACHO BEAN OUT!