Poison for Breakfast

Which in this case means something rare and precious that one must treasure. I found this little mystery both profoundly moving and wonderfully intriguing and when I was done I wanted to straight-away read it again. Its the type of book that in my former life as a bookseller I would have pressed into customer's hands, imploring them to trust me and to be sure to read all the way to the end. Lemony Snicket is a wise and wry observer of the human condition. Which is this case means he is a philosopher and a poet.

well im going to be thinking about the inevitability of death for the next week,

May be my favorite book! I wish I could find more books like this—it was a very quick read, but gave me a lot to think about.

More philosophy than mystery, and a far cry from Phantom Toll Booth from which it has drawn comparisons. Go into it expecting lovely writing and you will be pleased. I await the day when Mr. Snicket decides to write another series, unfortunate or otherwise.

LS does not disappoint. I thoroughly enjoyed this creative work. Much food for thought, for sure.

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I bought this because I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events when I was a kid, but I hated this book. It's just a ton of Snicket-isms without any plot or direction and the "twist" at the end was aggravating. I regret spending $$ on this just to slog through 100+ pages of Daniel Handler's pseudo-philosophical ramblings. At least the cover is pretty!

This book was wonderful & nostalgic. A great read for adults, teens and older children!

I listened to this as an audible member freebie, and 'freebie' here, is a word that means I listened to it all in one go and then bought a physical copy. And 'bought' is a word that means I loved it so much I paid for it. Even though I have it for free already.And, better again, I'm going to inflict it onto as many of my students as I can until they scream at me that they would rather have poison for breakfast than listen to me talking about it one more time.And I'm going to beg random people to sign up for more writing classes with me so I can open it again and again and for those of you who don't already realise it, Mr Snicket is either a genius or a Very Strange Man, and by one, I mean the other. Or both.I am trying not to be concerned about all the students who won't sleep at night once I have introduced them to the perilous life and poisoning of Lemony Snicket, (and 'introduced', here is a word that means rammed into them like poisoned eggs. Or honey. Or water. I can't tell you which; it would spoil the element of surprise, and if I learned one thing from this book, it's that surprise is a good thing in story writing.)Read it at your peril.Oh, and one final caution. If you may be the kind of person who is likely to become the kind of person who snorts when you laugh, then you should read this in a secluded place far from madding, mad, and madder crowds, like, say, on a small rowing boat with only one oar, on a dark lake under a mountain. Or if water is not your thing, then in a tree house in a far corner of a field.It is also important to note that after the Series of Unfortunate Events that brought her to us, the kitten temporarily known as HedgeGirl seems to have chosen to be known as Lemony from now on. But she didn't have poison for breakfast. I don't think.

Granddaughters love this book, they couldn't t put it down.