Especially the constant admonitions to stop reading become repetitive and annoying within the first two chapters of "A Bad Beginning". If you also consider the funny explanations of difficult words, and the research both Klaus and Lemony Snicket himself do throughout the narrative, this series is making fun of the process of writing and reading information.Īll in all a good idea, but it goes too far. Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) makes himself a character in the books, which is considered a big no no in any creative writing class. Aren't there many series where the same children get into some kind of trouble over and over again every time engaging in some kind of battle between good and evil?Īlso the authors repeated warnings not to read any further, because there is more mayhem to come is a parody on the way children's writers foreshadow a crisis in their stories. It presents itself as a spoof on series for young children. The idea for this series was truly original.
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