Review: #426
Title: The Vile Village
Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events - 7th book
Author: Lemony Snicket
Read Before: no
My Comments: A decent sequel in which the Baudelaires win some but lose more in return. Once again, their guardians are too blinded to see through the disguise of Count Olaf, and once again, the world A Series of Unfortunate Events are filled with stupid people with weird traits. The repetitiveness of some phrases, while one of the iconic elements of the series, starts to get grating. You can’t help but feel that it is acting as filler to pad the book out. The ending was good, breaking the mold from the previous six books. There seems to be some missed opportunities here for some clever plot elements. For example, Klaus could have thought up of an awesome argument to twist things to the way he wants but instead, it was just a simple event where he spouts out one line and that’s that. It can feel frustrating with the unfairness the Baudelaires have to endure.
Rating: 6/10