The Austere Academy
by Lemony Snicket
Taste attributes: familycomedymysteryfantasyfastfresh & originallightimaginarylinearglossyenclosedhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyfool triumphant
Boxlist takeExpect a stylised, fresh family novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
41 ratings
About This Book
As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home 埐rufrock Preparatory School : they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid...
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- Author
- Lemony Snicket
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 235
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- Open Library
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