The Vile Village
Ratings205
Average rating3.9
4:
My boy Klaus just had the saddest birthday party in the history of ever.
In this one the children are burdened with an entire village of nincompoops, as well as having to deal with their recurring crowd of nincompoops. The whole mob thing was particularly frutrating I won't lie, but hey, at least there was one (1) positive outcome at the end, instead of the usual zero positive outcomes from all the previous installments!
not my absolute favorite but Im very entertained by all the disguises of Count Olaf lol.
Once again the Baudelaire children escaped Count Olaf on the last second but lost their friends for it. In this book they are sent in a village where all the inhabitants are supposed to take of them. We soon see the “craziness” of the adults, they don't listen to the Baudelaire and force them to work for the town an enormous amount of time each day. But we quickly have some news of their friends, the Quagmires.
This particular book is a real turn of event for the rest of the series we start to see it of something bigger that just the unfortunate adventures of the orphans. They also take a big decision at the end of the book. The rest of the series promise to be different from what we are used to.
I have been binge listening to these audiobooks, 2 on Sunday, 4 on Monday, 1 today (because I read finished another book here inbetween), and can't be bothered to write a good review :-D
Sorry.
Anyway, what this book is about is up there.
I hate the descriptions of words. There aren't that many in this book, which is good.
The story feels quicker. Which is also good.
I'm glad they managed to rescue whom they managed to rescue. Less glad about not managing to rescue themselves.
And if I had tried to say something, and was interrupted THREE TIMES already, I would tell the Baudelaires to shut the fuck up and LISTEN for fuck's sake for once! Yes, yes, I know, it's for the sake of tension, but enough is enough!
I loved this! It feels like a proper divergence from the format of the previous books will begin from the next book and I???m so ready for it.
Os adultos continuam burros, mas foi um tanto melhor que os outros livros
Een volledig dorp heeft zich als voogd voor de Baudelaires aangeboden.
De kinderen kozen het dorp omdat het de naar V.F.D. heeft, maar dat blijkt gewoon Village of Fowl Devotees te zijn, met allemaal kraaien die elke dag van de ene naar de andere kant van het dorp vliegen. Ze gaan leven bij klusjesman Hector, die leeft bij de boom waar de kraaien elke nacht komen slapen. De stad heeft een hele resem regels — geen boeken, geen uitvindingen, dat soort zaken — maar in het geniep houdt Hector zich daar niet aan. Nieuws: Olaf is gevangen! Maar het is niet Olaf maar Jacques Snicket, die even later dood teruggevonden wordt. De Baudelaires worden van de moord (op “Count Olaf”) beschuldigd door detective Dupin (Count Olaf). De Baudelaires ontsnappen, vinden na een reeks tips via gedichten de Quagmires terug, Hector heeft een grote luchtballon gebouwd waarmee ze kunnen ontsnappen, maar enkel de Quagmires slagen erin, de Baudelaires moeten vluchten.
Yup, het verhaal is anders dan de voorgaande boeken, die altijd hetzelfde patroon volgden — en er verandert nog wel meer: Mr. Poe is niet meer in beeld, de Baudelaires worden zelf als criminelen bestempeld, ze krijgen dus geen nieuwe voogden maar worden integendeel gezocht, en Graaf Olaf moet zich vanaf na dit boek niet meer verkleden.
Having completed the seventh book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, I must say this one, The Vile Village, was the most difficult to get through. I imagine when I reach the end of the series, this is the one I'll look back on and ask, “what happened in that book?” I remember crows and... that's about it.
There were a few moments worth a snicker. The overarching mystery moved forward a little. Very little. Overall, this book was fairly ho-hum. I've seen many television series go through the same thing—a moment where the creative team loses focus, hopes to stretch the plot while they decide what to do next (Anyone remember Lost's “Stranger in a Strange Land”?) I hope that is the case here. I hope this isn't the new direction for A Series of Unfortunate Events, but merely a breather. The Vile Village was equal with The Bad Beginning in scope and overall story, but I expect more from the seventh book in a series, so I declare this one the worst so far.
A Series of Unfortunate Events:
The Bad Beginning – 3.1
The Reptile Room – 3.2
The Wide Window – 3.6
The Miserable Mill - 3.3
The Austere Academy - 3.4
The Ersatz Elevator - 3.3
The Vile Village - 3.1
