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Lemony Snicket's work is filled with bitter truths, 'It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.' 'It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important thing is not trying your best, but getting to safety.' For all of life's ups and downs, its celebrations and its sorrows, here is a book to commemorate it all – especially for those not fully soothed by chicken soup. Witty and irreverent, Horseradish is a book with universal appeal, a delightful vehicle to introduce Snicket's uproariously unhappy observations to a crowd not yet familiar with the Baudelaires' misadventures.
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Let me start off by saying that I like Lemony Snicket's style of writing very much. I also enjoy his sense of humor. This book is an excellent sample of both and will probably find it's way to my permanent bookshelf sooner or later.
Now, to the reason I only gave the book three stars. While being a great example of Lemony Snicketness, the book itself was not very good. The layout was poorly thought out. Each section only had a handful of quotes that actually belonged to the topic. The rest of the quotes were thrown in willy-nilly.