The Austere Academy - Review
Link to the author's (L. Snicket) personal website
Genre: Fiction
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (14)
- Length (2 / 10)
Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Blurb: Dear Reader,
If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school. Don't. For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives.
Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals, S.O.R.E., and the metric system.
It is my solemn duty to stay up all night researching and writing the history of these three hapless youngsters, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably choose some other book.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
Review: Please go see my review for the series as a whole! Spoiler Alert: Mysterious, creepy, funny, often terrifying, and well remembered. See the series review here.