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    A Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End

    By Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman

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    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

    Like an off-key violin concert, the Roman Empire, or food poisoning, all things must come to an end. Thankfully, this includes A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The thirteenth and final installment in the groundbreaking series will answer readers' most burning questions: Will Count Olaf prevail? Will the Baudelaires survive? Will the series end happily? If there's nothing out there, what was that noise?

    Then again, why trouble yourself with unfortunate resolutions? Avoid the thirteenth and final book of Lemony Snicket's international bestselling series and you'll never have to know what happens.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061757136
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    Lemony Snicket

    Lemony Snicket was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He now lives in the city. During his spare time he gathers evidence and is considered something of an expert by leading authorities.

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    • 4/5
      OK, this was the end of the Series of Unfortunate Events, obviously since the title is also "The End'. Truly, this book I felt, was vastly different than the preceding 12. Most of the books hid important social commentary behind a fun and cute miserable and tortuous story. Things like "the world is not Black & White" or "Take responsibility for your actions" or "Nobody is perfect" etc. In this book the symbolism was MUCH larger, with even darker questions that weren't actually asked in the book. As an example, there was an ancient 'Apple Tree' that was growing in a field of 'knowledge' on an island in the middle of 'paradise'. Not to mention that Violet was given an apple from this tree by a serpent. I suspect a large number of the target audience will miss these things but they are there just the same (including the reference to 'The Great Unknown") . There was quite a bit of stuff going on in the symbolism of this book and I don't want to post spoilers or write a dissertation (here meaning going on and on adnausium about what I think the author meant but didn't actually say). Many questions were answered about the series and many more were raised. Overall I found this to be a satisfactory conclusion to the series but certainly not a great one.
    • 5/5
      What a way to finish off a series. "Lemony Snicket" couldn't make a more heart breaking, depressing, yet at the same time perfect novel.
    • 5/5
      That ending was entirely unexpected. It resolved almost none of the open questions, did not tie together more than two or three open plotlines, rambled, diverged, and generally wound up in a wholly surprising place. I loved it (but I can definitely see how you might not).
    • 4/5
      I'm going to review all four of the last books in this series in one review, since I read them all at one go due to the quick plot pacing, and now they've mushed together in my brain. These are wonderful! When I first started, this series, I was underwhelmed, but Snickett grows up his books like he grows up the Baudelaires. Unlike many coming-of-age stories, this one manages to avoid the trite and the untrue. Despite Snickett's fantastical style and plot twists, there is deep reality at the core of these books, which manage to show the world in all its nastiness and how difficult it is to be a 'volunteer instead of a villain,' and yet it conveys the desperate need for each of us to try. It also teaches voculary, is subtley hilarious if you already have a big one, and imparts a love of science, literature, poetry, and even good cooking. Highly recommended for all the young, and old, people in your life!
    • 3/5
      When I just finished The End, I thought wow what a journey! The story picks up where we last saw the Baudelaire children and they are in a boat load of trouble too. And from all the buzz, I already knew that it was not going to have an ending that would answer all of my questions. There are still questions, but all in all - a very fitting ending to the Baudelaire children's story. And let's face the fact that Lemony Snicket wouldn't give us all the answers anyway - that's crazy talk. I have to say this series is one of my favorite tween reads. It has everything you could ever want from a series. You have the suspense, drama and you still learn something. You do have to somewhat trudge through the first 5 books, but after that you see the plot thicken with overlapping storylines and secrets spilling out of each page - so if you make it to the 6th book (The Austere Academy) you will be hooked on the secret of VFD and want to find a way to use your own special skills at helping fight the noble cause! So ~ borrow, buy, but don't steal this book (well, all of the books) and take the adventure of the Baudelaire children with you. Just make sure you have a hanky close by, it is a rather unfortunate tale.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the entire series. Lots of word plays. I supose I had other hopes for the end but despite initial resistance, it was satisfying.
    • 4/5
      The last part of the unfortunate Baudelaire story. The End is an end whilst also being a beginning, satisfying in some aspects and frustratingly open-ended in others. Good enough for me not be be able to put down when I read it.
    • 4/5
      I was disappointed to see this series that I loved so much end, but it was better than continually dragging on indefinitely. This was an appropriate ending for the series, with mysteries revealed and most of the loose ends tied up.
    • 4/5
      This series was astonishingly clever. I didn't have the patience to read or listen to the whole thing, but I deeply enjoyed the first and last books in the series. The word play is dazzling, and the erudite (here meaning "over-educated to the point of psychological damage") layering of allusion makes me feel almost inadequate to the task of fully appreciating the achievement.
    • 4/5
      This is the last book in the series of unfortunate events and it is a good ending. I recommend this book to the children that have read the other books in the series.
    • 4/5
      Not as disappointing an ending as Snicket seemed to imply it would be. I was very happy with the way things left off.
    • 4/5
      I’m not sure whether I’m satisfied with the end of this tale…The End doesn’t really end. The questions it raises, whether anyone is ever either a Noble person or a Villainous one is a good one and worth some thought.
    • 4/5
      I read this a few years ago and I remember being really sad it was over. These were my favourite books when I was small and I read them over and over. This was a brilliant conclusion and I hope these become great children's classics.
    • 4/5
      The final book in the series was fairly satisfying -- the Baudelaire orphans try to escape the world of treachery on a remote island, but ultimately prepare to return to the world and face both its treacheries and its treasures.
    • 5/5
      A very satisfactory ending to the series. I feel Mr. Snicket did a fine job addressing all of the questions he was raising with the series without actually answering most of them.
    • 4/5
      A perfect ending to this series of books, lots of things are explained but other things are left open-ended. But we finally discover just who Beatrice was. I am pleased that I perserved with this series.
    • 3/5
      This is not how I thought the series would wrap up. I thought there would be some kind of big revelation that would pull everything together. I thought the Baudelaires would be reunited with the Quagmires, but that didn't happen. I thought that Lemony Snicket would become an active player in the drama rather than the outside observer. I thought the whole business with Beatrice would be explained. I thought the V.F.D. would figure prominently.
    • 3/5
      Summary: The Baudelair's long journey has brought them to and end. But what waits for them there?Review: FINALLY the series is over.
    • 3/5
      Although they've escaped the burning Hotel Denoument, the Baudelaire children are now at sea, with little idea where to go and their old enemy, Count Olaf, on board. They wash up on a desert island under the mild but steely control of the indolent Ishmail. Everyone eats, drinks, and dresses the same, and innovation and curiosity are stifled. Although they are finally safe from Count Olaf--this island is the first place they've ever found where no one is fooled by his disguises and lies--the Baudelaires chafe under Ishmail's control.

      Compare to the last few books, there is relatively little action in this one (although certainly some very dangerous and tense situations). The real action is going on inside the Baudelaires, who must decide once and for all what they value most. They must choose between safety, knowledge, or helping others, knowing that they can never have all three.

      The style of these books is so unique and compelling, the main characters so likeable, and the plots so mysterious, that I have found many hours of joy between the pages of this series. That said, don't read these thinking that all will be revealed in time: if Snicket answers one question, he excites three more in the mind of the reader. I can't tell if I'm impressed or aggravated!
    • 4/5
      I didn't want this series to end.
    • 1/5
      I was very disappointed in this book. It answered nothing, went nowhere, and left me with an empty feeling. The author seemed committed to do nothing but kill characters off.
    • 2/5
      I was completely let down by the conclusion of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I waited 8 years for this? There was a multitude of unresolved secrets, confusing storylines, and dubious family trees. I feel that Snicket could have ended the series better, but I still appreciate the massive impact he made on my childhood. During long bus rides home, I would read this series and my love for reading grew each year. The ending to the Baudelaire saga was anticlimactic, but I thank you for my frequent visits to the library.
    • 4/5
      So what do we learn in the 13th and final book of "A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End"? We learn that every one has secrets, that no one is all bad or all good, that there is no safe place in the world, and that a series of unfortunate events keeps happening over and over again to everyone, even possibly, you. Not all questions are answered, but a great many threads are tied. After escaping the burning Hotel Denouement by boat, the children and Count Olaf reach an Eden-like island where everyone drinks the cocoanut cordial kool-aid and follows the instructions of a "facilitator" with feet of clay, or at least covered in clay. But there are grumblings among the natives (who incidentally are all named after characters who are shipwrecked, on an island or kingdom apart, or simply lost at sea, or all three). The children find some answers they are seeking in the arboretum under the apple tree of course. Snicket is up to his usual playfulness with literary allusions and wordplay. Though not everything is explained, it is a fitting, and somewhat hopefilled, conclusion to a very long, sometimes exasperating, but mostly entertaining series. I think this series would make a wonderful audio book(s) to listen to on long, boring drives across bleak landscapes.
    • 4/5
      It did a good job of wrapping things up. A very satisfying ending.
    • 4/5
      This is certainly a difficult series to end. The ending is... satisfying. Read them all. The series really gets going around book 4.
    • 4/5
      The culmination of the Baudelaire's tragic lives is revealed, in (appropriately) the thirteenth book, which breaks the alliterative pattern in its simple but ominous title. When last we left the children, they were in a ship, in the company of their arch nemesis Count Olaf, fleeing from the Hotel Denouement. The beginning of this book brings the group into a terrible storm, which wrecks their ship and casts the lot of them unto a remote island. They soon discover they are not alone. They have landed on an island of castaways, who live by an unusual code under the guidance of their leader, Ishmael.
    • 5/5
      Well. It's the end.The story is relatively simple, but Snicket beefs it up with a bunch of wordplay -- which is very enjoyable.But the story is good. It's tragic, but that's to be expected. It's fairly beautiful too. It's written so well.I don't really know what else to say.
    • 3/5
      Oddly unclimactic conclusion to the series, it felt like some closure issues were sidestepped. Still fun, but not his best work by some degree.
    • 4/5
      Great End to the series and really enjoyed them. After reading all of the 13 books I thought that 'The End was one of the best. I loved the mystery about Beatrice and who she was and only finding out in the last chapter. AThe only disappointment was that some of the questions that I had weren't answered about Count Olaf and Kit but I loved it all the same. Amazing adventure of the Baudelaire triplets and a great read!
    • 4/5
      Oh dear, the end of a fine series of books. What am I going to read now. Overall an excellently funny sweries, and while I'm not sure I'd have liked it as a child (I liked happy books) and the ending would have really annoyed me by not tying up and expalining every last detail, in general, I much preferred it this way now I'm grown up. I liked the openess of it all, and enough was explained and sorted out to safisfy most people I would have thought