Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Daniel Handler

6 Stars

"Lemony Snicket here becomes the subject of a fictional autobiography, with an introduction from a fictionalized version of Daniel Handler. Snicket is a harried, troubled writer and researcher falsely accused of felonies and continuously hunted by the police and his enemies. As a child, he was kidnapped and inducted as a "neophyte" into V.F.D. where he was trained in rhetoric and sent on seemingly pointless missions while all connections to his former life were severed." This autobiography gives the reader insight into all of Snicket's notes on the Baudelaire orphans, as well as collections of photographs, and resources concerning the ever-elusive V.F.D. (Taken partially from Wikipedia.)

This book is ridiculously amusing (a phrase which here means both humorous and very silly). If you haven't read any of The Series of Unfortunate Events, you may have to prepare yourself before reading this. But, it won't make any more sense if you do. This biography does give one opportunity to wonder if maybe the whole series wasn't thought up along the ride, after all, though...frightening and perplexing thought. I could readily recommend this to anyone who enjoys Snicket's bizarre humor.