05 | My favourite boring books
Have you ever thought that you are the unluckiest person in the world? Yes, that happens to all of us sometimes. But wait until you read the unfortunate series of the Baudelaires, you will think to yourself how lucky you are. Written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket, these sorrowful series of the three orphans’ dreadful adventures are the putdownable books which the writer discourages you not to read the dreadful disasters in every each of the volumes. For example, in the last thirteenth book he stated that “"This book is the last in A Series of Unfortunate Events, and even if you braved the previous twelve volumes, you probably can't stand such unpleasantries as a fearsome storm, a suspicious beverage, a herd of wild sheep, an enormous bird cage, and a truly haunting secret about the Baudelaire parents.” I love his writing style though many people think it’s boring to narrate the definition of some words instead of going on with the stories.”The story is about the three siblings who lost their family and fortune with the mysterious fire. Luckily or unluckily, there are a huge fortune left in the bank but the eldest sister’s age must be 18 years old in order to possess them. While waiting for the eldest sister, Violet, to reach her 18 years old, they were sent to live with other families which related with her family some ways. First, they were sent to their closest living relative, Count Olaf, who is cruel and later found that he involved with the mysterious fire. Count Olaf wants their fortune and tried every way in order to get them. No matter where the children were sent to live, he will disguise himself and try to exploit the children. With their own unique skills of the children, they are safe in the nick of time. At first they tried to escape Count Olaf but later they need to find him in order to get the truth about the fire and secret of their parents.
I’m totally a big fan of “the series of unfortunate events.” I like the concept of the story which tells us not to escape the problems but face it and we will learn from it. The stories are also detective style, giving readers many clues and let them guess how the story will end.
