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    A Series of Unfortunate Events #6: The Ersatz Elevator

    By Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist and Michael Kupperman

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    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

    In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though their new home in the city is fancy, and the children are clever and charming, I'm sorry to say that still, the unlucky orphans will encounter more disaster and woe.

    In fact, in this sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, the children will experience a darkened staircase, a red herring, an auction, parsley soda, some friends in a dire situation, a secret passageway, and pinstripe suits.

    Both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted, A Series of Unfortunate Events offers an exquisitely dark comedy in the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl. Lemon Snicket's uproariously unhappy books continue to win readers, despite all his warnings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061757181
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    Lemony Snicket

    Lemony Snicket had an unusual education, which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All The Wrong Questions.

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    • 4/5
      This one was actually pretty good. The author has hit his stride with the writing style, the cross-book plot is sidling into view, and the characters actually have some agency, all in the same book.
    • 3/5
      While I loved this series as a whole, this particular title didn't quite meet the bar. It is difficult to recall exactly what threw me about this book so many years after having read it, but I'm guessing it might have something to do with the character Esme, who strikes me as too over-the-top, even in a series of books with highly unusual characterizations.
    • 3/5
      In this next installment, the orphans are placed with the Squalors, a rich couple. Esme cares only about what’s in fashion, and Jerome is completely cowed by Esme. They of course are put in danger again by Count Olaf, who again narrowly escapes with the Quagmire triplets.Another well-executed installment. I continue to enjoy this series.
    • 3/5
      The Baudelaires go to live with some very rich friends of their parents'. Unfortunately, Esme Squalor is too busy trying to be fashionable to care about the orphans, and her husband's kind heart is matched only by his weakness. When their guardians refuse to help the siblings escape Count Olaf, they know they must help themselves. In the midst of this, they start discovering that Olaf's plots are part of a wider conspiracy--one that their parents might have been part of.
    • 4/5
      Yet more bad things happen to the Baudelaires. I'm glad the children are becoming more suspiscious and learning from their past misfortunes. It's interesting how Snicket explores virtue by giving his adults such pathetic character flaws. There are also subtle layers of humor for those who are paying attention. Series is recommended.
    • 5/5
      Just when things get a bit “normal” for the orphans (well, close to normal) when they were taken in by the wealthy Esme Squalor and her husband Jerome in their 71 bedroom penthouse at 667 Dark Avenue, the city where they were born. Here, the community takes the “in” things way too much and exaggerated to the extreme. They were close to find their new kidnapped friends, and they have an experienced of “sleeping with the enemy” as well. It’s getting better folks!
    • 3/5
      Summary: The Baudelair's are off with Esme and Jerome. They find an "ersatz" elevator shaft.Review: It was okay.
    • 4/5
      In the sixth book of this series, the Baudelaire children are taken in my the Squalors. The sinister building they live in has an incredibly long staircase and an elevator, but the elevator is out of service (or is it?). What is in the elevator? And where are the Quagmire triplets? The story proceeds with more and more hints that the fire that killed the Baudelaire parents was NOT an accident. Sometimes the story bogs down, since the formula for this series is now very predictable, but enough is revealed about the narrator's story to keep you reading.
    • 4/5
      I'm not sure how Mr. Snicket manages to make these books interesting, when each book is essentially the same plot line, but maybe it is because of all the snarky word choices and definitions. Certainly there is a full selection of ridiculous and evil adults, per usual, as well as the mysterious new children that seem to have a clue about the underlying mystery. I particularly liked the whole "in" and "out" aspect of this book which hopefully will make young readers think a little more critically about things that are popular in their lives.
    • 4/5
      This book definitely has the feel of being a volume of a series, but does not suffer for it. It is not as funny as the other books, but is perhaps more sinister.
    • 3/5
      My fav part would be the solid black pages lol
    • 4/5
      Due to one reason or another, I found in my hands (only two of them) a copy of The Ersatz Elevator. As you must already know, ersatz is a word used to describe both artificial and inferior things.For example, I would not use ersatz to describe the quality of this book. Additionally, I would use ersatz to describe products in which a vital ingredient, say, whole grains, is replaced with another ingredient, say lead, and sold as a product claiming to be Whole Grain Muffins. These, in fact, would be ersatz muffins.This book is not any such muffin, nor a muffin at all. It is a book, and book about a miserable trio of orphans who have misery follow them everywhere they go. That is, if misery had a single eyebrow, a tattoo of an eye on his ankle, and answered to the name Count Olaf (when he wasn't busy pretending to be somebody else).After multiple previous guardians, ranging from grammarians to herpetologists, from lumbermill owners to vice principals, the orphans finally come to the penthouse apartment of Jerome and Esme Squalor, friends of their late parents. Esme is into all the latest fashions, and since orphans have of late become vogue, a word here meaning "in", Esme is more than delighted to get her very own set. Jerome, while wishing to make the orphans' lives bearable, after everything that has happened to him, does not argue when his wife makes her eccentric, a word here which means "wish to wear a cat as a stole if it were in vogue", and fashionable wishes known.Misery follows them up the stairs to the massive penthouse apartment several floors above street level and sunny (nee dark) 667 Dark Avenue. He is dressed as an auctioneer who does not speak very fluent English, please.And what's more, the orphans discover that the Quagmire triplets, Duncan and Isadora, are trapped within the very same building, and it's up to them to try to rescue them, which, I must say, they fail to. It is, after all, a series of unfortunate events.An excellent continuation on an otherwise dismal subject, the Ersatz Elevator, ersatz in no way, takes up nor more space than it needs to on your bookshelf or in your head.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my absolute favorites in the series!! So worth reading.
    • 4/5
      The audiobook is fantastic! Fun and quirky, as always, with music and read by Tim Curry!
    • 4/5
      Just when things get a bit “normal” for the orphans (well, close to normal) when they were taken in by the wealthy Esme Squalor and her husband Jerome in their 71 bedroom penthouse at 667 Dark Avenue, the city where they were born. Here, the community takes the “in” things way too much and exaggerated to the extreme. They were close to find their new kidnapped friends, and they have an experienced of “sleeping with the enemy” as well. It’s getting better folks!
    • 4/5
      In this book the Baudelaires almost suceed in rescuing their friends, the Quagmires, but, once again, Count Olaf defeats them. This is probably the sadest book yet as the Baudelaires almost, but not quite, find a home with a loving guardian, but sadly Jerome Squalor isn't quite up to the job.
    • 5/5
      I like how Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are with Olaf and his girlfriend and they don't even know it. This book also took me in like I was an orphan myself.
    • 5/5
      This is the sixth book in a sad, yet interesting series called "the Series of Unfortunate Events." In this book we see the Baudelaire orphans as they are sent to yet another treacherous home by banker Mr. Poe. The Baudelaire are sent to a home on 667 Dark Avenue to live with Jerome and Esme squalor in their penthouse apartment. In Dark Avenue, there are rules saying whats in and whats out, and so life for the Baudelaire's is rather difficult with there new guardians. When the Baudelaire's discover that there friends, Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, are hidden by Count Olaf in an empty elevator shaft, they realize that there new home is just as dangerous as ever. After being pushed down an elevator by Esme, the Baudelaire's attend an auction in which they mistakenly lose there friends. the Baudelaire's are then taken back to Mr. Poe to move on with there wretched lives. REVIEW- I think this book is an interesting story . "The Ersatz Elevator," is a book that definitely does not raise your spirits, given the title, "A Series of Unfortunate Events." Although this story is rather depressing, I enjoy the style in which it is written, giving references to the authors life to relate to the story. I enjoyed this book out of all the series most because this shows some of the secrets beginning to unfold, the secrets of the whole series begin here. I would suggest this book for people interested in mysteries, and people who don't mind having there spirits dampened. This story puts the Baudelaire orphans to the test to see of they can remain noble people in the face of treachery. Even though it is a little depressing, I really enjoyed this book.
    • 3/5
      A decent 6th novel in the Series of Unfortunate Events. The plots become more outlandish as the series continues, but I suppose they would have to as few obvious ideas remain for putting the Beaudelaires in such dire straits. I enjoy the fact that a mystery is being revealed along the way that will hopefully be concluded at the end of the series. If the books were just the unfortunate events themselves, I may have quit reading some time ago.
    • 4/5
      The mystery of V.F.D. is finally beginning! But will it ever end...?I like the whimsical part of town this story takes place in, with the constant changes of in and out. The restaurant Salmonella. The parsley soda. The stairs. Jerome is a really great guy, and yet really disappointing. But that's how all good adult characters are in the Series of Unfortunate Events.Violet, Klaus, and Sunny really are in their element in this book, inventing and researching and biting the heck out of things. They're getting really really resourceful and their courage and boldness is growing too.One of the best things about the series is a whole is Lemony Snicket. As the Baudelaire story progresses, his does too and he gives you brief snippets of his life throughout the narrative. Also, he can go on at quite some length about things that aren't really relevant at all, and not only is it educational, it's entertaining. Love this guy.
    • 4/5
      Resumed reading the series, having taken a break after finishing the Austere Academy. The series restarts well with an expanded theme. Their friends, the Quagmire triplets, having been kidnapped by Count Olaf in the previous book, the Baudelaire orphans now have the additional responsibility of rescue as well as self-preservation.Their is some broad, but very amusing satire, on fashion. The youngest Baudelaire's character is further developed; she has become both very brave and utterly adorable.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book because even though, by now, we know how things will unfold, the element of mystery and surprise is still prominent throughout the whole story. Moreover, Esmé could be the definition of a despicable woman, her and Count Olaf are a match made in hell!
    • 4/5
      I don't know why, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as the ones before it in the series. It's still good, don't get me wrong, but I just didn't like it as much. Still a good read and I would still recommend it. 4 out of 5 stars.
    • 5/5
      I love all the characters in Snicket's books so far but Esme' just irritates me with her love of everything that's "in". Besides her I have nothing else that's negative to say. As always I find this a marvelous book.
    • 4/5
      The Ersatz Elevator is the 6th book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, the story of the Baudelaire children. We are now almost half way through the tortuous journey. Once again Poe has found a harbor to stow the Baudelaire's and this time with a kind, but spineless cousin to their mother and his wife. This book was one of the better books in the series to this point and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The vocabulary is continuing to expand and the Baudelaire's are learning from their mistakes in the past and are getting better at being proactive in dealing with the problems coming their way.
    • 2/5
      I wish I hadn't started reading this series but now I have to find out how it ends.
    • 5/5
      This is a good book. Shows how strong bonds are between friends.
    • 5/5
      The Ersatz Elevator is the sixth instalment in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The Baudelaire orphans are taken to 667 Dark Avenue, which is to be their new home. They now must stay with Jerome and Esme, in a ridiculously big apartment. There is a mysterious elevator that has been closed down, and the Baudelaire orphans soon discover a shocking secret in the dark depths of the shaft....Probably one of my favourite books in the series so far.
    • 3/5
      Okay, these books are supposed to be absurd. I get it. But I was somehow able to not let my obsessive sensibilities get in the way through the first five books in this series. It didn't matter than a baby was dangled in a cage, that an old curmudgeon almost tricked a judge into marrying a minor, that children worked in a lumber mill, that these children could stay awake for twenty-four hours day after day, that there are banana eating leeches that can capsize a boat, and that anyone would hire Sunny as a receptionist (adorable!!! but not believable.)This one grated on my patience though. Now what follows is a wee bit spoilerific, but you won't care. Three children climb down sixty-six floors of an elevator shaft using electrical cords, neck ties, and curtain pulls, climb back up, climb back down holding broiled fire tongs (did I mention one of these children is an infant?), climb back up, fall down the shaft only to have said infant climb back up using only her teeth, yada yada yada. Okay, so maybe a little more than a wee spoiler, but you'll forgive me.Yeah, I get it, it's a children's book, but my voice of reason was shouting at me and it's never fun to be yelled at. So, otherwise the book was okay. A few funny moments and Handler's definitely adding nicely to the mytharc of the story now, which I'm glad to see. Overall, this one entertained me about as much as The Miserable Mill which is why I'm giving it the same unfortunate rating.A Series of Unfortunate Events:The Bad Beginning – 3.1The Reptile Room – 3.2The Wide Window – 3.6The Miserable Mill - 3.3The Austere Academy - 3.4The Ersatz Elevator - 3.3
    • 4/5
      Trouble in paradise.