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Title: The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 7)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2001)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 270
Total Page Count: 189,960
Text Number: 562
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: It takes a village to raise three orphans, and so the Baudelaires are sent to the village of V.F.D., where they hope to find answers to clues left by the Quagmire triplets. This series is always more successful when it has 1) a strong overarching plot, 2) some positive elements to counterpoint the gothic tone and copious frustration-by-proxy, and 3) the Quagmires. But the obvious clues, combined with the trademark repetitive language, slow The Vile Village a bit too much. This isn't my favorite, but it's better than average—and I presume the series will show general improvement in its second half, now that there's more plot.
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2001)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 270
Total Page Count: 189,960
Text Number: 562
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: It takes a village to raise three orphans, and so the Baudelaires are sent to the village of V.F.D., where they hope to find answers to clues left by the Quagmire triplets. This series is always more successful when it has 1) a strong overarching plot, 2) some positive elements to counterpoint the gothic tone and copious frustration-by-proxy, and 3) the Quagmires. But the obvious clues, combined with the trademark repetitive language, slow The Vile Village a bit too much. This isn't my favorite, but it's better than average—and I presume the series will show general improvement in its second half, now that there's more plot.
