The Vile Village A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7

Editorial Review

Dear Listener,

Nobody in their right minds would listen to this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay at the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded on this CD.

I can think of no reason why anyone would want to listen to a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the Duluxe Cell, and some very strange hats.

I also shouldn't mention the interactive features of the CD, which include:

A perplexing word game • Photos from The Lemony Snicket Archives • Art from The Brett Helquist gallery

It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of the Baudelaire children's lives and write them all down, but you may decide to do some other sacred and solemn thing, such as listening to another book instead.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket

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Customer Reviews

The seventh and the best

2007-05-26
I highly recommend The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket to anyone who is looking for a fun, quick read. This story is about the three Baudelaire orphans whose lives are always full of adventure and mystery. I could not put The Vile Village down. With every page there is another surprise. In my opinion Lemony Snicket's style of writing is excellent and all books in this series are great.

Anything BUT Vile, This Series Keeps Getting Better!

2007-05-13
I really dig the Series of Unfortunate Events books. The appeal lies somewhere between: because many people just "don't get it" and the fact that the stories are morbidly fun and fly by in a breeze.

Vile Village (Book 7 of 13) follows the strong pacing of the series best books (Reptile Room and Austere Academy). The Beaudelaire Orphans find themselves in a unique surrounding, with a somewhat helpful guardian...BUT...then everything unravels around them.

Count Olaf (Omar) is especially humorous in this story and the added elements that help tie up loose ends from previous books, while creating new ones for the remainder of the series (including the connecting threads to "author" Lemony Snicket) make the reading doubly rewarding for fans of the series.

It was actually a pretty good read. possibly some spoilers.

2007-04-15
Hey again to all you readers. It's been two months since my last book review, which was on the sixth book. So I guess you could say that slacked off a little on my Snicket reading. I actually thought this book was pretty good. I automatically knew who Count Olaf was half way through the book along with one of his newer accomplices. I also knew where the Quagmires were hidden right away. There were some surprises or twists for me that I found as I was reading. I had originally thought that Olaf would eventually kill Hector because him along with the Baudelaires had planned to escape with his self-sustaining hot air balloon motor home. In some of the previous books like books 2 & 3 their caretakers are murdered soon after they set up a plan to live happily ever after with the Baudelaires. I had also thought that the Baudelaires would have made it into the hot air balloon, and then have Esme shoot it down. I was also uncertain whether or not the Quagmires would be able to finally get away from Olaf. I thought it was nice to see Hector accomplish his dream of fleeing the V.F.D. along with the Quagmires who were happy to be flying away from Olaf. Finding out what the V.F.D stood for in the beginning of the book was not exciting like I thought would have been. The book also mentions that Snicket has committed some crimes, so i'm looking forward to seeing that story progress as more of the Baudelaire's lives ahead unfold. I'm also hoping to see more of the Quagmires. I also thought it was a nice ending. The books are definitely fast for me to read. It only takes me about 2 hours to read one of the books now because i've learned to skip over the meanings of the words, and unnecessary detail at the being of each chapter. I'm looking forward to seeing how the series ends, and i'm hoping to see more plot twists, and more information on the passage ways that lead to Esme's elevator shaft and the destroyed Baudelaire mansion.

Thank you for your time,
Loran

Andy's Review

2007-02-23

This was a very, very good book. Out of all the first seven books, this has been the best. In fact every new book I get it seems to get a little bit better.

This book brings the Orphans to the town of V.F.D. The Orphans new guardian, Hector, is the handyman of the town. The town's Police wrongly arrest a man with one eyebrow and a tattoo of an eye on his left ankle but he is definately not Count Olaf, but the police officer that arrested him is. Now he is trying to wrongly arrest the orphans on a charge of murder. Can the Orphans escape his clutches once more?

This book is probobly good for any ages above 8. Because not only is it written just perfect enough for it not to be to easy but it is also not to hard. It is also very easy to get into.

The Vile Village

2007-02-20
This is a book of very unfortunate events, that is highly disturbing and sad at times. It's a very mysterious and impressive book I thought. This book starts with a fifteen year old lady named Vioet, and her two siblings Klaus and Sunny. They are trying to find their parents , who they lost during a fire. And they are on the run from a evil man. Every clue they find leads to another. Oh yes, did I tell you they are in the middle of nowhere . Lemony Snicket , the auther did a really good job with this book. Take it for a spin

The Vile Village, Book 7

2008-07-02
This book is probably my fourth favorite in the series. Like most Lemony Snicket books this was great. The Baudilairs get adopted by a town of their choice. They pick V.F.D. Village of Foul Devotees. They go because they are searching for the secret of V.F.D and they think this town will bring them closer to figuring it out. Many things stand in their way. Like the vile villan Count olaf. To find out if they can figure out the secret of V.F.D you'll have to read it yourself. Its a great book!

Great !

2008-05-25
The Vile Village is the 7th book in the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events. The Boudelaire children find themselves in a strange village where crows are loved and the townsfolk have thousands of silly rules you must follow - or get burned at the stake. Their guardian? The entire village, that believes "It takes a village to raise a child." But as soon as the Baudelaires arrive they are put in the care of a timid cleaning man and made to work as his assistants - cleaning the entire town!

The village is told about Count Olaf from the start, so that they could keep an eye out for him. When the villagers do find Count Olaf, the Baudelaires are accused of his murder. The Vile Village is clever, exciting and very creative. Characters are well done, as is the peculiar setting. Excellent for childrens' reading, and adults as well.

My favorite so far

2008-03-19
This one has been the happiest and hense my favorite so far! I look forward to all the rest!

This book was great for my neice who is 9yrs old

2007-08-20
She loved this book and actually got more from this arthor after she finished this one.

Creepy as the Other Books

2007-08-03
You gotta love the author's imagination and the suspense these books leave you in. If you have read the series you learn to love the children. A fun read. Highly recommended.