A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy (Author: Abby)

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy (Reviewed by Abby)

By: Lemony Snicket

Will Count Olaf get away?

I would say this book is fiction because you could have an evil madman chasing you or you could be sent away to boarding school. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy is a very lively book. There are three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who encounter a terrible man when their parents die in a fire. The man’s name is Count Olaf and he disguises himself as many things. When the Baudelaire Orphans go to boarding school they discover that their new gym teacher is Count Olaf.

I think this story is just like the others. For example Count Olaf finds the children, they try and tell somebody, and the people don’t believe them.

The author’s writing style is very good. For example when there is a part in the book that is exciting and something is about to happen he stops and explains everything. I like it when he does that because it makes you think even more.

Lemony Snicket is very descriptive. Especially when it comes to new characters. For example “If you were to give a gold medal to the least delightful person on earth, you would have to give that medal to a person named Carmelita Spats, and if you don’t give it to her, Carmelita Spats was the sort of person who would snatch it from your hands anyway. Carmelita Spats was rude, she was violent, and she was filthy, and it is a shame that I must describe her to you, because there are enough ghastly and distressing things in this story without even mentioning such an unpleasant person.”

I would recommend this book for 4^th and 5^th graders because I think they would understand it better. I would give this book 3 ½ out of 5 stars because all of the books are mostly the same.