There is nothing to be found in the pages of A Series of Unfortunate Events but
misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-sel
ler to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and cl
ever Baudelaire children read on...The Ersatz Elevator is the sixth instalment i
n A Series of Unfortunate Events in which Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire enc
ounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, friends in a dire situation, three m
ysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway and parsley
soda.
With 5 million copies sold in the UK alone, one might consider Lemony S
nicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events to make him one of the most successful c
hildren's authors of the past decade. We, however, consider these miserable so-c
alled adventure stories and the Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey that accompan
ied the books for children as nothing more than a dreadful mistake.
