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Title: Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket ISBN: 0060007192 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: Very cleverly done!!
Comment: This book HAD to be great fun to write, because it was great fun to read. The book itself is actually physically heavy -- did they use lead ink? It's very confusing. It's funny, but not as funny as I expected, having read some of the Series of Unfortunate Events books. The old pictures are hilarious, though -- where did he ever find them? As I looked back through the book I realized that LEMONY SNICKET: THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY is a book you can read over and over to try to solve the "clues." Big on detail, short on understandable explanation. Even the index is in the hilarious circular dead-end style. The presentation is extremely clever: The book comes with three covers! The reversible dust jacket is a real hoot. The artwork of the entire book is very inventive. The book turns into a newspaper, a scrapbook, a transcript, etc. If you liked the series, do read this book. You'll be confused, fascinated, worried, perplexed, and amused.
Rating: 4
Summary: Huh?
Comment: Huh? This book makes no sense. Ah, never fear, it doesn't really matter. This book is incredibly funny whether you know what it's talking about or not.
Who is Lemony Snicket? Don't read this book if you really want to know. I have more questions about this hilariously funny author now then I did before (I think that's the point). The good news is that after reading this book I have a renewed interest in his popular book series "A Series of Unfortunate Events".
I have not read all the "Unfortunate" books, but I don't believe this made much difference, I only think I was maybe a bit more confused. I can't imagine understanding this book either way. This book did provide me with some good laughs. The reversible book jacket is my favorite (be sure to read it all, this is worth buying the book to see). I also enjoyed the section of the book where Mr. Snicket is musing on what to name a book about himself to pass the time ("Lemony Snicket: The Story of a Man Who Has Never Burned Anything Down" or "Lemony Snicket: The Story of a Man Who Has Never Burned Anything Down, Despite What You Might Have Heard"...plus many others just as funny).
If nothing else, be sure to try and look up the term V.F.D. in the back index. That was an amusing, if fruitless exercise.
Rating: 4
Summary: A puzzle for Snicket's older readers
Comment: If you haven't read Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books, particularly books five through eight (the most recent), you probably will not get as much out of this book and should start with those.
This "biography" explores the V.F.D. conspiracy story arc that becomes increasingly important in the later books, and seems to be aimed for slightly more sophisticated readers. There isn't really a narrative per se, but a collection of notes, letters, minutes, and found pictures, full of self-references, oblique references to characters and events from "A Series Of Unfortunate Events," and cryptic teasers. The index sets the tone-- if you try to look anything up, you'll be sent on a spiral of "see also"'s that are sometimes frustrating, sometimes illuminating (hinting at conspiracies and pseudonyms), but always amusing.
Readers new to Snicket may want to skim this, realizing that they won't get most of the jokes and allusions, then return to it after reading the books. It may not answer all your questions, but you'll appreciate the effort that went into assembling this puzzling in-joke.
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