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The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
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bookshelves: owned, recommend, children-s, that-setting-tho, reread, 5-stars, reviewed
Mar 25, 2015
bookshelves: owned, recommend, children-s, that-setting-tho, reread, 5-stars, reviewed
Read 3 times. Last read March 5, 2018.
AND SO IT BEGINS.
Yes, technically this is the fifth book in the series, but to me, it is the very first.
This is the book when I really start to love this series, which, in case you are new to my reviews or have been otherwise purposefully ignoring my Snicket-related screeching, is my favorite in the world.
This book introduces V.F.D., my favorite combination of three letters in the universe. Over such fan favorites as "eat" and "bye." This book also introduces the Quagmire triplets, who, in addition to being completely great on their own merit, in turn introduce a complex world of fatal fires and imperiled fortunes. The setting of Prufrock Prep is great. The cast of characters is great, and, with a few notable exceptions, pretty nuanced.
Count Olaf is probably at his most villainous here, because he is a Gym Teacher Who Forces Children To Run Laps. What could be more completely godawful than that??????? Full-on evil.
Also, "austere" has been my favorite word for years, and I learned it from this title. Mad bonus points for that.
Bottom line: I LOVE THIS SERIES I LOVE THIS SERIES I LOOOOVEEEEE THIIIIIIIS SEEEEEERIEEEEES.
Yes, technically this is the fifth book in the series, but to me, it is the very first.
This is the book when I really start to love this series, which, in case you are new to my reviews or have been otherwise purposefully ignoring my Snicket-related screeching, is my favorite in the world.
This book introduces V.F.D., my favorite combination of three letters in the universe. Over such fan favorites as "eat" and "bye." This book also introduces the Quagmire triplets, who, in addition to being completely great on their own merit, in turn introduce a complex world of fatal fires and imperiled fortunes. The setting of Prufrock Prep is great. The cast of characters is great, and, with a few notable exceptions, pretty nuanced.
Count Olaf is probably at his most villainous here, because he is a Gym Teacher Who Forces Children To Run Laps. What could be more completely godawful than that??????? Full-on evil.
Also, "austere" has been my favorite word for years, and I learned it from this title. Mad bonus points for that.
Bottom line: I LOVE THIS SERIES I LOVE THIS SERIES I LOOOOVEEEEE THIIIIIIIS SEEEEEERIEEEEES.
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March 27, 2008
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March 25, 2015
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March 5, 2018
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Mar 05, 2018 02:37PM
Have you read Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions series? There's more VFD...😊
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Stella wrote: "Have you read Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions series? There's more VFD...😊"OMG OMG OMG
only the first one and so long ago!!!! i must must must read it now thank you for this knowledge
I love that you love ASOUE. This is probably one my favorite MG series.
