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Series Of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice Cd [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Lemony Snicket (Author)
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Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this all-new audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really have to experience it. Unless you have an ear for such ghastly details as a tragic fire, a nefarious villain, itchy clothing, and cold porridge for breakfast, all narrated in chilly detail by the distinguished, and disturbed, Tim Curry with a team of talented readers, you would be better off listening to something else.

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Lemony Snicket is often despondent, mostly about his published research, which includes A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Composer Is Dead.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Scream and Run Away", Jun 27 2006
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bernie "webviator" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Series Of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice Cd (Audio CD)
This is a review mainly of the unabridged recording of "The Bad Beginning" read by Tim Curry, with an interview of Lemony Snicket by Leonard C. Marcus. And the song "Scream and Run Away preformed by the Gothic Archies. This is also a review of the hardback book .

Initial listening of this book brought horror and disgust (which in this case means repugnance.) Determined to finish the story despite the author's constant warnings, I must say that I became enamored of his style.

There are several pluses to listening to the recording. The pace of the recording helps keep you going when you would have set the book aside. The absence of the books illustrations by Bret Helquist allowed you to imagine a more sinister Count Olaf and a cuter, yet with a tad of tomboy, Violet. Now the significant plus is the unmistakable voice of Tim Curry of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Oscar" (1991 as Dr. Poole) fame. His interpretation of the voices gave just as much panache to the characters as Lemony's writing.

Not in the book, but as additions to the recording are two significant items that help with the understanding of the story, where it came from and where it is going. First is an interview with the author. It covers many of the standard questions asked in an interview; the answers and the communication style is some what unique and a little over the top. Also there is a recording of a song that Mr. Snicket says is played by the Baudelaire memorial orchestra; I have since found that it was realy preformed by the Gothic Archies, written by Gay and Loud.

I do not want to give away the plot however I can tell you that at one point they are forced to eat "boiled chicken, boiled, potatoes and `blanched'- here means `boiled'- string beans"
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5.0 out of 5 stars Actually, a great beginning!, Aug 3 2005
By Rebekah L. Sprecher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Series Of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice Cd (Audio CD)
I downloaded this book from Audible. My sons and I listened to it in the car and finished the whole thing in one day. When we went on errands, they even asked if they could stay in the car and listen while I did what I had to do.

We loved it!! It was silly, educational, and entertaining all at once, with suspense thrown in. The boys' favorite character is Sunny, while I rather like Violet.

Especially engaging was the multicast recording. We have since missed this in the subsequent Lemony Snicket audiobooks.

I want to warn those who have seen the SOUE film: Expect something different in the books. The film combined three books, and not very well. The books have much more substance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Fantabulous!, Dec 10 2008
By Fushia Emerald - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Series Of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice Cd (Audio CD)
My students and I read this as a "just for fun" class novel. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! The multiple voices really made the story come alive. It felt like we were actually in a theatre. I have this entire series on audio; this one is tremendously superior. While all have voice performers, the others are merely "read" in comparison; this one is "acted." We read along with a lot of audio books in my classroom; it is very effective for accommodating multiple learning styles. I received the greatest student response and more positive feedback regarding this audio book than any other (and we have read some phenomenal books). The only problem I had was that it was SO FUNNY that I had to repeatedly remind my students that we had to "laugh respectfully" so we did not disturb our neighboring classroom; that's actually a compliment to the awesomeness to this recording. I utterly captivated a classroom of co-ed fifth graders. I wish the other book in this series were equally as superbly, fantabulously terrific.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So Fun!, Dec 2 2006
By mattiesmotors "mattiesmotors" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Series Of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice Cd (Audio CD)
This recording is so fun! It has sound effects and different voices for each character. It makes it seem like you are watching a movie in your mind. I think kids would really enjoy this version, I sure did!
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