A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning is the first book in the series: A Series of Unfortunate Events and the start of the horrible events that happened to the children of the Baudelaire family. This book, like the title of the series suggests, is entirely composited of unfortunate events that occurred to the Baudelaires.

Starting off at a nice and calm beach, Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire received the terrible news that their house and their beloved parents all perished in an terrible fire. In the will of their parents, it states that the enormous fortune that the Baudelaire family owned will be passed on to Violet when she comes of age. Since the Baudelaires received the terrible news, they have been entangled with unfortunate events that seemed to never end. As the Baudelaires struggle to survive they begin to learn more about a man named Count Olaf who is the man behind causing these innocent children their woe. The story of these children is carried on on the second book called A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room.

Although this book is only around 200 pages long, it presents an interesting story that will make you hungry for the next book. In addition, the way that the author writes this book greatly differs from other writers making the book interesting to read. Putting himself inside his own story and using a pen name called 'Lemony Snicket', I believe Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning is a great book suitable for anyone.