I'm loving these books! Seriously wondering why I never read them when I was younger, though I'm glad I'm reading them now. There's a lot of dry humor and sarcastic remarks which I feel I would I have missed had I read this series as a child. Lemony Snicket tried not to dumb things down for kids which is great. I even had to look up some of the words that he used! It is a dark tale but I love it.