The Series of Unfortunate Events that Led Me to This Book

I read this book and now I understand why adults are so sad all the time

By: Srihita Raju

The first unfortunate domino that led me to this book was a storm. My mom called my teacher about 10 minutes before the day ended to let her know that she wouldn’t be able to pick me up for another couple of hours because her car skidded while she was driving and she hit a tree. This led me to head down to the library once all my friends went home, grabbing the first book I could find and sitting down in a beanbag chair right by the big window where I could watch the storm outside.

This was the most stressed I’ve ever been in my short life. The very first thing that happens in the entire book is that these three siblings, the Baudelaires, find out from a complete stranger that their parents have died in a fire that destroyed their entire home. From there, they are dropped off to live with their evil distant cousin, Count Olaf. And he is worse than all the teachers at this school combined. He makes them clean and cook everything and calls them names, all while talking about how he is waiting to steal all their money. Things just keep getting worse and worse for them! Why would someone write this book and then let it be available to children? Despite how stressed I was the whole time, the writing was funny, and the pictures were fun. They felt like they belonged in a  twisted fairytale. I’m excited about the next book; it appears it will be a lot happier and more fun.