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5.0 out of 5 stars The Vile Village, Jul 5 2004

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This review is from: Sue #7: The Vile Village (Audio CD)

This book was very exciting,funny, and has many miserable characters.Atleast Violet, Klaus, and Sunny have someone who cares for them, even though that person is not much help.This is the best book I've ever read. I hope other people enjoy it, too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quoth the crows, "Squawk!", Jun 24 2004

By	E. R. Bird "Ramseelbird" (Manhattan, NY) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Vile Village (Library Binding)

This is the first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events that I really wish I had heard on tape. Many parts of this tale should be heard spoken aloud to be truly appreciated. As it was, I was resigned to instead reading the book while working out on a particularly nasty elliptical runner all the time pondering the sad fate of the Baudelaire orphans and their friends. In "The Vile Village", the plot not only thickens but congeals. Here at last are more clues about the mysterious VFD. Here the name "Snicket" has arrived within the text of these pages rather than as merely its author and narrator. Here the clues add up and up.

Taking the phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child", a little too seriously, the Baudelaire orphans have now been officially adopted by none other than an entire village. The orphans have chosen this particular location because of its fascinating name, VFD. As you might recall, these initials were part of the Quagmire triplets' last cryptic words to the Baudelaires before they were officially kidnapped by the loathsome Count Olaf. As it turns out, the town is actually named the Village of Fowl Devotees due to its enormous crow population. While there, the orphans are required to do the chores for all the townspeople and live with the kindly handyman, Hector. It isn't long before mysterious messages in the form of rhyming couplets start appearing, apparently from the Quagmires. It's up to the Baudelaires to find their friends and save their own skin before an angry mob torches them forthwith.

While the tension runs high in this particular Snicket outing, I found it strangely hopeful at the end. Obviously this was not the author's intention, but that's how I felt anyway. Though tensions run high in this tale, the angry mob is about as threatening as the witch hunters in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Personally I was delighted when I was able to figure out where the Quagmires were being hidden by page 143. Then I remembered that I am currently 26 years of age and this book was written, ostensibly, for kids. Still, I think I've also figured out what VFD stands for, and only time will show if I am right or wrong.

The story itself is just as you would like it to be. The orphans have a little more enjoyable down time here and (much to my relief) far better food than they've had in some time. One squiggle of a squabble I did have involved the crows perching continually in the Nevermore tree. Shouldn't they be ravens? Otherwise, I liked Count Olaf's latest disguise (hence my wish that I could hear the audio of this book) and I especially enjoyed the clues and mystery in the tale. The author has the difficult job of continually upping the ante, as it were, while keeping these stories invigorating and interesting. At the end of this book the Baudelaires are in the direst of straits, but I have little doubt that they'll eventually pull through. Call it a bolt of optimism from the blue, if you will.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and unfortunate!, May 30 2004

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This review is from: The Vile Village (Library Binding)

This book held my attention from the beginning to the end. Once I finished a chapter I didn't want to stop there. I have read from the first through the ninth books in this series. I intend to read the rest as well. I hope Lemony Snicket, the author, never stops creating additions to this series. Everyone should at least start the "Unfortunate" series because I think once they do, they will enjoy all of them as much as I have.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A story full of unhappiness! so sad!
This book was very sad. I felt so bad for these kids, I just wanted to reach in the book and take them out. It makes my life and anyone's life so good. Read more

Published on May 19 2004 by jamee

4.0 out of 5 stars Erin Riley
Count Olaf is after the Baudelaire fortune, can the Baudelairs do anything to stop that from happening? Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book #7.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lemony Snicket strikes again!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Julia from Richview Middle School
This has got to be the best book in the Series of Unfortunate Events yet!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Vile Village
The Vile Village is the seventh book of A Series of Unfortunate Events. This is a great book. If you have read any of the Series of Unfortunate Events I think you will like this... Read more

Published on Jan 22 2004 by Katie

5.0 out of 5 stars They're alive! They survived the Vile Village
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Published on Dec 17 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't try to break out of jail by pouring water on the wall!
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Published on Nov 21 2003

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