A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: the miserable mill by Lemony Snicket

Twenty fifth book of 2020

Reading period: Apr 02nd 2020 – Apr 04th 2020

Summary

Dear Reader,

I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, THE MISERABLE MILL might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumbermill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking behind every log.

The pages of this book, I’m sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons.

I have promised to write down the entire story of these three poor children, but you haven’t, so if you prefer stories that are more heartwarming, please feel free to make another selection.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

This book is for the O.W.L.s readathon, it stands for the Herbology exam where I needed to read a book which has a title starting with an “M”.

Rating

Review

While I was listening to the audiobook, I was questioning myself if I ever read this one. I had the answer nearly at the end of the book, and it was yes.

The thing that exasperated me the most is that the children are utterly alone. Neither of the adults that take care of them is helpful or believe them when they say that it is Count Olaf. You see it in the previous books of the series, but in this one, it is so predominant.

Also, this book is quite different from the other ones as Olaf doesn’t appear right away. You start to search for him and wait to know his new disguise but nothing. Moreover, I think this story is a little darker than the first three books of the series, I don’t know why, but I feel it.

Liz.