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 Reviewed by: The Rev 27th May 2005 
 


The Slippery Slope

Lemony Snicket
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As we approach the end of the Series of Unfortunate Events, I don't want to say that the quality of the books is slipping. After all, books eight and nine showed Lemony Snicket going in a new, and very interesting, direction. Unfortunately, The Slippery Slope does nothing more than coast on the coattails of the smash hit series.

It's not that The Slippery Slope is a bad book, it's just a predictable book. The sense of delight and wonder that has been a hallmark since the series' beginning seems to have lost a deal of its lustre, and while it's just as readable as the other books in the series, this is the first time one of them has really left me wondering if the series is going downhill since The Wide Window. Well, it picked up after that; I have guarded hope that The Grim Grotto will see the Baudelaire children back to being, well, the Baudelaire children.



See also
The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The End by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket reviewed by The Rev