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"Very Foul Device", Alas, I bought and read aloud to my son every one of these books, to my regret. The early books were quite witty and clever, but last several were increasingly tedious and decreasingly clever. Every plot device in these books is a "Mcguffin," i.e. a meaningless way to advance a story that goes nowhere, but which showcases Mr. Handler's apparent cynicism and his delusions of profundity. You can write cynical novels for adults; but to do so for children is genuinely cruel. In the case of this series, it is better not to have loved at all. The End is no end, only a cessation. Good riddance.

"a great ending to a wonderful series", The book I am reviewing is The End by Lemony Snicket. The End is a fantasy fiction book.

This book is about three children who are trying to escape from their evil cousin. The names of these children are violet, Klaus, and Sunny. The children land on a mysterious island with very interesting people. These people are led by a secretly evil leader named Ishmael. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kicked of the island only to find their evil cousin waiting for them. This is the beginning of the Baudelaires end.

I personally loved this book. This book is great for people who love adventure and suspense.


"I actually liked the ending!", I have found myself in huge fights with friends and family over "How good" this book is. And I continue to stand by my decision that this was not only a fitting ending to the series but a total masterpiece of modern-day children's literature.

And I've seen the complaints about questions left unanswered and series lack of action. My response: Who cares? Is action the same thing as good storytelling? Were those mysteries necessary to the series' main plot and purpose? I say no.

The Baudelaires wind up on an island inhabited by people who have pretty much decided to forgo society. This poses an interesting moral dilemma: Despite how horrible the world can be, are we supposed to just ignore it? Or are we obligated to do our best?

And there lies the point of this series. Thank-you Lemony Snicket or whatever your name is.

This book contains some of the best writing and best emotion of the series--artistic, even, blowing away the talent of other writers as the author somewhat departs from his usual style (don't worry, it's still there with plenty of force) as he winds down the series (again, I don't care about the lack of action) with tender thoughtfulness and extra mysteries. Hey, I thought plenty of stuff fit together well.

I admit that I cried at the end probably more than I should have. Absolutely brilliant.

"Very Frustrating Drivel", I first started reading this series about two years ago, around the time "The End" first came out. I have to admit, I was caught up in the excitement that surrounded the book's release. At first, I was very impressed. The first few books were wonderful. It started to get a little dull through books four, five, and six. But then, in book seven, when the plot twisted and the children and Olaf switched places, it got interesting again. Also, the introduction of VFD and it's myriad mysteries was a welcome addition.

With each new book I found myself more and more interested in solving the growing mysteries that surrounding Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. When I finally got to "The End," I couldn't wait to see how all the various plot threads would be resolved. Boy, was I disappointed! ALMOST NO QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED!!!!! Yes, we do learn that Beatrice was the Baudelaire mother and that it was Lemony Snicket's love for her that caused him to chronicle the lives of her children. But, what else is answered?!

* Who really burned down the Baudelaire mansion?
* Did both Bertrand and Beatrice Baudelaire die in that fire, or die one of them survive?
* What is the final fate of the Quagmires?
* Why was there a tunnel between 667 Dark Avenue and the Baudelaire mansion and another under the Quagmire mansion?
* What exactly was VFD? (Yes, it was a Volunteer Fire Department, but why was it formed in the first place, why was it a "most secret organization" that virtually everyone seemed to know about or belong to, and why was is SO horrifically ineffective in stopping the villains?)
* Why were VFD members constantly following the children but never really helping them?
* Was justice ever served on the Man with a Beard but no Hair and the Woman with Hair but no Beard?
* What was the importance of the sugar bowl and what was inside it?
* What was the giant question mark, or The Great Unknown, from "The Grim Grotto"?
* What is the ultimate fate of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny?

If you're looking for answers to any of this questions, or the countless others the preceding twelve books created, don't waste your time reading "The End." THE ANSWERS. SIMPLY. ARE. NOT. THERE. In fact, aside from not resolving these many, many mysteries, the book creates another plenitude - a word which here means "a ridiculous amount" - of new mysteries. Here's just a few...

* Why and how does everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, seem to find its way to the island?
* What is Olaf's connection to Kit Snicket?
* Why do the children suddenly become content to simply let the mysteries go unresolved?

I've read a lot of reviews saying none of this matters because that is just Handler's writing style. Well, I'm sorry, I don't find that convincing. A unique writing style is no excuse for not offering a resolution to a series in which so many people have invested so much time, money, and emotion. And simply saying "Some mysteries can't or shouldn't be explained" is a cop out plain and simple.

In short, this book was a terrible let-down to an amazing series. If you're looking a good series that doesn't simply leave you hanging at the end, read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" or "The Return of the King." Both of those authors, unlike Mr. Snicket, offer stories that aren't just mostly meaningless, tangential filler and perfectly tie up all loose plot threads.

"The End", In this book the author gives a great deal of information on the youngest child, Sunny. Sunny is the smart child that is new to the world. Sunny hasn't developed much language yet so she still uses strange words. Sunny has a special tendency to bite things. Later, in the series Sunny develops a cooking skill that comes in handy along the way.
In this story Sunny and her two other siblings , Klaus and Violet, are abandoned on a strange island, along with a few other islanders. Ishmeal, the island facilitator, has strict safety policies for the islanders so schemes don't occur. The island is a place full of peaceful serenity and every time a storm arrives the islanders scavenger for useful things and out of those things were the three siblings. Unfortunately Count Olaf there enemy arrives on this peaceful island. Apparently Olaf was kicked of the island and all the rejected stuff was hauled to the abourtium.
This story is about the adventure of the Bauldelaire siblings journey when a islander girl finds the three outcast washed up ashore. The sassy girl rejects Count Olaf of the island as the Bauldelaires live on their life peacefully. Soon the Bauldelaires start unraveling clues about the island facilitator. Soon the realize the facilitator happens to be their dead parent's friend and they find a secret house hidden in the forbidden abourtium.
The conflict begins when Count Olaf manages to get on the island with a helmet full of a very dangerous poison. Eventually the children's long lost friend washes up on the island pregnant! Sadly the children try to warn the villagers about the poisin but they wouldn't listen. Later the islanders kick the children of the island because they think the children are plotting a scheme. But when trouble arises the children's friend is ready to give birth their is no one to help. She then gives birth and sadly dies due to poisoning. The children survive due to the fact they ate allot of horseradish apples with happen to be the cure for that poison. Along with the newborn baby the children live happily up in the house hidden in the abourtium.
The theme if the story would most likely be live life to its fullest extent.

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""Unfortunate" is in the title for a reason", It is unfortunate that I never bothered to write a review for this book early on because I unfortunately assumed that there would be enough competent criticism to help people. Woefully, I discovered that most of the poor reviews seem to simply be people whining about the fact that it did not end like a Scooby Doo mystery in which the gang unveil the perpetrator and commence to explain various things about the plot they couldn't possibly have known. (But don't rate me unhelpful yet! Just read a little bit further!)

If you would prefer the above scenario and were never once bored by the fact that Scooby and the gang solved every single case in the same manner and in the same amount of time, this book IS (probably) NOT for you, plain and simple. There are answers, but they only lead to more questions. And every time you find a new answer, two more questions arise, making it a Hydra of a conundrum and unbelievably frustrating to some.

If you do not mind philosophical, thought-provoking endings that do not tie all the loose ends into pretty little bows, this book IS for you. "The End" is Snicket's most adult book of the series. All the children I know who've read it loved it, but they did not catch all of the darker tones to the story, as is true of the entire series. The final book is titled in an ironic sense, as it is not really the end at all but a new beginning, and it is meant to be a more serious reflection of life. There will NEVER be a neat little book with all the answers in it for you. It would not be a series of unfortunate events if that were the case.

"Now be honest, how do you really feel?" This really was my favorite book of the whole series because I continued to think about it weeks after I'd read it and still find myself jumping into conversations about it any time it's brought up.

If the lack of resolution to Stuart Little gnawed at you when you were 8 and continues to do so to this very day, I would not recommend picking up this book. If you enjoy an open ending that is left up to you to decide and mull over, then what are you still reading this for? Go get a copy of the book right away!

"Rubbish, explanation, maybe spoiler", The only thing that maybe redeems this book (or responds to Handler's cryptic note that maybe you did not get the ending yet if you were hoping it would tie up loose ends) is the idea that from the start, readers were warned that this book would not have a happy ending.

The End is a meta-commentary on the murkiness of "good and evil" and as usual, Snicket borrows (or steals? depends on how you look at it, ha) from the literary greats in his library, most notably The Tempest by Shakespeare and The Odyssey by Homer.

Two amazing works that, if you are familiar with them, demonstrate Snicket is working with themes of great depth and significance and ALSO that when held up to other writers who have tackled it before, Snicket fails to deliver.

He's toiled away at creating a world where nothing is significant, red herrings abound, and there's no satisfaction at the end of the journey. Such is life.

However, this doesn't excuse the extreme melodrama that is so tired by now, the one-sided characters, the endless string of deus ex machinas or the massive amounts of suspension of disbelief required to get through this book.

The characters in the book are inflated caricatures of adult fears, arrogance, worries, cynicism, and intellectual atrophy. At the same time the kids are sniveling wimps ever moving towards adulthood. What do they have to look forward to? Life as caricatures!

It makes no sense, unless we are meant to mourn the passing of the Beaudelaire's "innocence".

Snicket stresses that fluffy books with lessons and morals are ridiculous but even Shakespeare wrapped his stories in life-lessons gleaned from life experiences. So what did the Beaudelaires and the readers learn by the end? That you can't trust everyone (or anyone almost), that adults are bad, that animals are good, that life is unfair.

Oh well, it's emo for embryos. You can't trust a writer to write a good book even if it's a bestseller smash hit, adults sometimes make bad writers, animals (humans aside) don't read so good for them escaping this drivel and life is proved unfair when you've invested a good amount of time and hope into a writer who fails to deliver at the end of the day.

Ah, maybe that's Snicket's answer to his critics:
"Life ain't fair, I'm rich, deal with it."

"Typical Snicket",
Admittedly,I was sort of disappointed with this book ( me and the rest of the world ) there were too many questions left to be answered and if you haven't read the rest of the series you're wasting you're time with this book. In a way though I was kind of expecting it to end like that because it was written like an account pieced together from newspaper clippings,sort of like no one knew the real story. I was glad to find out who Beatrice really was but that was really the only answer in it,I would only recommend this book to people who have read the rest of the series.

"I feel cheated!", I was sooooo disappointed in this "Ending". WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED? I was singing this series praises until chapter 12 and then I realized much too many answeres were left to be answered. How would he be able to wrap up 13 great books worth of secrets in a mere two chapters? Well he didnt. Yes I get the "some secrets are best left unsolved" crap but if I wanted that I would watch unsolved mysteries. I WANT ANSWERS!! I absolutely loved every other book but found this ending to be amazingly unsatisfying and almost thrown together. (I did cry about Olaf though) If you want a satisfying series that wraps up loose ends read Deathly Hallows. Now THAT is an ending!

"Nice book", This is a sad but good book. I do not want to tell you how it ends but it's a great book. It might make some grown ups cry, but for kids it would just make you sad. I wish that there were more Series of Unfortunate Events books. The End is very good.