May I steal the lyrics from the eponymous Door's song? 
 This is the end 
 Beautiful friend 
 This is the end 
 My only friend, the end 
 Of our elaborate plans, the end 
 Of everything that stands, the end 
 No safety or surprise, the end 
 I'll never look into your eyes...again 
 The important thing to recognise here is that in a continued move to the meta that Patrick Rothfuss might admire (and even have studied) this is a story about stories. 
 In order that we not forget this fact/theme (a theme that, incidentally, is probably far too old/advanced for any reader of this series who didn't grow old reading it as it came out) Lemony provides us with essentially no answers to any of the many questions posed in the series. 
 That's right. You won't for example (view spoiler)[ learn anything more about the all-important sugar bowl (hide spoiler)]. Or be presented with the solution to many other puzzles teased throughout the series. 
 The big reveal is that the books may have stopped ... but the story doesn't. And that when the books started ... that wasn't the start of the story. We've just been afforded a view through a moving window and now the curtains are closing again. 
 That's not to say that interesting/amusing things don't happen, or that the bizarre altered-reality of the books doesn't saunter on in its usual style. The entire population of an island survive on drinking an alcoholic beverage and never touch water. Trained sheep drag any useful flotsam and jetsam to the far side of the island where nobody ever goes (though they all firmly believe it's an island...) 
 Count Olaf shines in this book. I particularly love the way he commits to his disguise despite everyone seeing through it. Also how he names the island Olaf-land and is dedicated to being acknowledged as its king. 
 The story addresses issues of leadership, group dynamics, rebellion etc ... some of it gets quite tedious if I'm honest, but knowing it's the last book gives a following wind that carries you on. 
 In the last section there are some moments which, by virtue of having spent 13 books in the company of the characters, can't help but be touching - and are. 
 The main problem for me is, having read all 13 of these books aloud to my disabled daughter, and having developed the perfect Count Olaf voice ... what the hell do I do with it now? 
 In conclusion I would say that this is an enjoyable series of books for children of a certain age and that if at any point you feel you've had enough of reading them ... just stop there... 
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