In the third book his plan is to intimidate their guardian into faking her death, and writing in her will that the Baudelaires be adopted by Olaf. In the second book he plots to pose as their new guardian and take them on a scientific expedition to Peru, where, presumably, he’ll be able to manipulate the law more easily. In The Bad Beginning his plan is to disguise a real wedding as a fake wedding, and get Violet to marry him, granting him access to the Baudelaire fortune. This isn’t actually a problem, as I’ll explain later, but it does make the book a slower read than most of Snicket’s books.Įven Count Olaf is less interesting. The new characters introduced in the book are one-note, and the Baudelaires themselves are inactive throughout most of the book. For the majority of the story, things happen to the orphans, rather than them taking initiative and trying to outsmart Olaf, or uncover his plot, the way they usually do. The writing of the book is as superbly dark, imaginative, and humorous as the previous three, but there’s less interesting character work, and less intriguing plotting. While they uphold their end of the deal, their guardian is unable to protect them from Count Olaf, who once again returns in disguise and attempts to steal the Baudelaires’ inheritance. The orphans really have no choice in whether or not to take the deal, and they are forced to work in terrible conditions. Their new guardian offers them a “good deal”-in exchange for his providing them food, housing, and protection from Count Olaf, they will work in his mill. Instead of living in a house, the Baudelaires have to live in a bunkhouse for the mill’s employees.
The fourth installment of Unfortunate Events tells of the Baudelaire orphans’ stay at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. This post contains spoilers for the first four books of ASOUE, so as Lemony Snicket would say, “ if you prefer that, please feel free to make another selection.” Cover courtesy of HarperCollins
Today’s post brings us up to fourth book in the series, and the last book adapted in the Netflix show-The Miserable Mill. With the TV adaptation released as of this very Friday the thirteenth, I’m rereading one of my favorite book series from when I was a kid-A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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