Rapid Reviews - A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3: The Wide Window

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3) by Lemony Snicket: On the one hand, you have to laugh at the sheer unlikeliness of the unfortunate events happening to the children. On the other hand, it is mildly depressing that, despite their intelligence and skill, they keep having unfortunate events happen to them. But then there's the author warning us to stop reading if we want a happy ending. There's also a tiny bit of foreshadowing -- the word "foreshadowing," when it is used here, means "blatantly giving away some future part of the plot" -- that leads to the reader being a bit more informed than the characters. There's also a tiny hint of a larger picture revealed right at the end of this book that may or may not have significance. We'll just have to see... by reading all the other books.