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Title: The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6) by Lemony Snicket, Curry Tim ISBN: 0-694-52593-6 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (90 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Alfred Hitchcock meet Monty Python
Comment: "The Ersatz Elevator" is the sixth in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" that befall the beleaguered Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. This is a must read series for anyone who likes odd characters, peculiar happenings and a quirky sense of humor.
In this volume the trio are taken in by the trendy Squalors, Jerome and Esme, who live in the penthouse apartment at 667 Dark Avenue. The Squalors have welcomed the children because current fashion says orphans are "in." Unfortunately for the Baudelaire's, elevators are "out" and their new foster family lives either forty-eight or eighty-four flights up.
The author's dark,delightfully witty narrative style can best be described as Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python. This book, we are told, "is one of two books in the world that will show you the difference between the word 'nervous' and the word 'anxious.' The other book, of course, is the dictionary, and if I were you I would read that book instead." Good reading and a great value!
Rating: 5
Summary: We almost gave up on this series, but are glad we didn't!
Comment: My nine year old and I fell in love with the Baudelaire stories shortly after publication of the first book in the series, and have waited anxiously for each installment. Our love affair waned dramatically after we read "The Miserable Mill" and "The Austere Academy." These books were simply too dark for us, and the tone of the often humorous asides didn't sound like the witty Lemony Snickett that we had come to love. Lemony, however, is back! We really enjoyed this story of the three Baudelaires' adventures in and around the elevator to the penthouse of their latest guardians, Jerome and Esme Squalor. The description of the Squalors' lives revolving around what is "in" and what is "out" reminded us of what life can be like in our own small town! While we knew that the end result of the Baudelaire's stay with the Squalors would be disaster and the reappearance of the evil Count Olaf, we laughed at their dinner at the "Cafe Salmonella" and at Sunny's latest inventive use of her teeth. We have come to accept that none of these installments will end well for the plucky and devoted Baudelaires, but are secretly glad. After all, when the happy ending comes, these dark tales will vanish! We are awaiting publication of "The Vile Village." Maybe this book, too, will remind us of home.
Rating: 4
Summary: Book Review
Comment: The Ersatz Elevator was a pretty good book. What I liked about it was that it has a strong plot and story line, it was suspenseful, and it made me want to read more. The bad things were that the author explained things too much. For instance, he would take up a page and a half explaining the definition of just one word. In other words, he "over-explained" things.
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Title: The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064408655 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 24 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 8) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064408663 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064410137 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064407691 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064410129 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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