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Title: The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 10)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2003)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 340
Total Page Count: 191,870
Text Number: 568
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: While Sunny is Count Olaf's prisoner, Violet and Klaus discover V.F.D.'s secret headquarters. This story contains a Quagmire, significant overarching plot, an explicitly integrated metaplot, and ongoing character development—particularly in Sunny, who much needed depth. The second half of this series continues to impress me, and this volume shows why: it worries less about establishing and upholding its conventions, and spends more time on substance. If there's any drawback, it's that The Slippery Slope isn't especially funny. But it is what I wanted this series to become, and I appreciate it.
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2003)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 340
Total Page Count: 191,870
Text Number: 568
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: While Sunny is Count Olaf's prisoner, Violet and Klaus discover V.F.D.'s secret headquarters. This story contains a Quagmire, significant overarching plot, an explicitly integrated metaplot, and ongoing character development—particularly in Sunny, who much needed depth. The second half of this series continues to impress me, and this volume shows why: it worries less about establishing and upholding its conventions, and spends more time on substance. If there's any drawback, it's that The Slippery Slope isn't especially funny. But it is what I wanted this series to become, and I appreciate it.
