Ranking A Series of Unfortunate Events Books | Least Favorite to Most Favorite (Long Video)

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  • After a busy month of videos about A Series of Unfortunate Events books, I wanted to take the time to rank each of the books and talk candidly about what I liked about each book. This video covers all 13 books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is why the video is so long.
    I'm also not sure why the audio turned out so bad in this video. Different setup I guess.
    Music from Audioblocks.

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  • @MinuteBookReports
    @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +36

    I made a video addressing my pronunciation of "Baudelaire" so please watch it if that's of concern to you. If not, and you don't let that bother you, thanks for watching the video. :)
    ua-cam.com/video/QpcS-9V_Dqo/v-deo.html

  • @pearlstubetubechannel2476
    @pearlstubetubechannel2476 6 років тому +133

    Ersatz Elevator is love, Ersatz Elevator is life.

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +6

      What did you like about it?

    • @pearlstubetubechannel2476
      @pearlstubetubechannel2476 6 років тому +21

      Minute Book Reports It was slightly different from the repeated formula (Which I actually liked.) by making one of the guardians an antagonist, I liked the "In" and "Out" dynamic, Gunther(Though, this detail is exclusive to the Netflix series.), Café Salmonella, Esmé, Jerome(Though I hate how they Stupified him in the Netflix series.), and The In-Auction.

    • @doggoaj4796
      @doggoaj4796 6 років тому +1

      Pearl's TubeTube Channel YES.

    • @wochita
      @wochita 6 років тому +5

      Its not "love" its IN

    • @theneverlandfairy4832
      @theneverlandfairy4832 5 років тому +1

      Same I loved the book and the episode of the TV show

  • @etherealsky7078
    @etherealsky7078 6 років тому +135

    It's funny because The Miserable Mill is by far my least favourite out of the thirteen books.

    • @Jprager
      @Jprager 6 років тому +8

      Ethereal Sky Daddy same, that and Vile Village I felt didnt have much content, yeah there was big reveals and events but the story was just overall flat in both

    • @etherealsky7078
      @etherealsky7078 6 років тому +6

      Jonathan Perez Yeah, I guess I liked Vile Village a bit more because at the end of it, the story shifts and the orphans have to be on the lam. But looking back the actual story of The VV was quite flat.

    • @scarletthughes2738
      @scarletthughes2738 6 років тому +2

      Same my order from worst to best is 4,7,3,11,1,9,8,2,10,13,6,chapter 14,(if u look in book thirteen chapter 14 is counted so yeah),12 , and the best one is number five austre academy

    • @megandoodles4855
      @megandoodles4855 5 років тому +1

      @@scarletthughes2738 austere academy is best

    • @mahanteshpatil6748
      @mahanteshpatil6748 4 роки тому +1

      Same

  • @umpido3457
    @umpido3457 6 років тому +50

    life is a conundrum of esoterica

    • @footkk
      @footkk 3 роки тому

      life is death

    • @Trant956
      @Trant956 3 роки тому

      R.i.p Monty 🐍🕊️

  • @doggoaj4796
    @doggoaj4796 6 років тому +84

    What!? I loved the Incredibly Deadly Viper.... Uncle Monty and Jerome were my favorite guardians!

    • @littlemissprettybird
      @littlemissprettybird 5 років тому

      Doggo AJ I liked the Incredibly Deadly Viper as well. They are cool.

    • @ryanmartinka9315
      @ryanmartinka9315 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @matthewbates9629
      @matthewbates9629 3 роки тому +1

      @ Doggo this is all his opinion don’t take it personally

    • @autumndawson06
      @autumndawson06 3 роки тому +4

      i agree with monty, but jerome was a guardian who legit stood up for nothing and in the end abandoned them.

  • @chunkc_
    @chunkc_ 6 років тому +79

    I think when Lemony Snicket was writing the first 3 he was just starting out with a series like that and once he realized how repetitive it was he started changing it up and advancing the story.

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +11

      That's a good point. The stories got more interesting.

    • @theanimationlads7598
      @theanimationlads7598 5 років тому +5

      TheOneandOnly I agree with the point, but just to make sure, you know that Lemony Snicket isn’t real.

    • @iknowhowtodraw9945
      @iknowhowtodraw9945 5 років тому +2

      @@theanimationlads7598 if he doesn't imma laugh

    • @theanimationlads7598
      @theanimationlads7598 5 років тому +1

      Iknowhowto draw I was just making sure.

    • @williscool6590
      @williscool6590 5 років тому

      Lemony Snicket is 100% not real I’m afraid

  • @DarkVeromation
    @DarkVeromation 6 років тому +83

    Really? The reptiles Room as Least Favorite? :v
    my Least Favorite is The miserable mill
    and my favorite is The End

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +3

      Wow. I really like The Miserable Mill. I thought it was an interesting twist to the familiar plot the author used.

    • @sabasyoutubechannel
      @sabasyoutubechannel 6 років тому +1

      My least favorite is Vile Village, and my favorite is the Penultimate Peril

    • @DarkVeromation
      @DarkVeromation 6 років тому +2

      about "the reptile room" I liked it. the only thing that disappointed me was that the week that Monty spent with the children was very brief and I think if he had talked more about that week to develop more the relationship of Monty and the children, his death would have been more sad
      and about "the miserable mill" I did not like it because I do not feel it is very relevant to the rest of the books, the only thing that it contributes is that Quigley mentions that he visit Dr. Orwell's office to look for the Baudelaires track and the reappearance Phil on The Grim Grotto and of Sir and Charles in the Penultimate Peril and than Charles and Sir are possibly members
      Also Sir does not like me :v
      but respect your opinion n.n

    • @YarnStore
      @YarnStore 6 років тому

      I like the role reversal in TMM of Violet researching and Klaus inventing.

    • @plant416
      @plant416 6 років тому +1

      my least favorite is The End
      my Favorite is The Carnivorous Carnavil

  • @charlietuba
    @charlietuba 6 років тому +34

    I found Madam Lulu to be a mercenary. She would help anyone as long as she got some advantage for herself.

    • @viola308
      @viola308 5 років тому

      mercenary means hired assassin

    • @weightedblankett9656
      @weightedblankett9656 5 років тому

      Yung Phobos
      *We KNOW what mercenary means!*

  • @strawberrysoulforever8336
    @strawberrysoulforever8336 4 роки тому +17

    After I read The Bad Beginning, my parents refused to buy me the second book because it was almost as short and I'd "get through it too fast". It really annoyed me, because I wanted to read the series from start to finish, so I had to settle for reading the third book instead of the second. Eventually my grandparents got me the second book. I also read the fourth, fifth and sixth out of order, but that was it. I bought the next two over the next year, and then I had a birthday and one of my aunts sent me the ninth and tenth. I got the others as they came out. I still remember going to the bookshop and seeing The End stacked around a Count Olaf standee.
    Madame Lulu, or Olivia, as that's her real name, has the motto "give people what they want". Count Olaf must have asked the crystal ball where the Baudelaires were that last day, and Olivia must have told him that they were in disguise in the House of Freaks, because she was telling him what he wanted to hear. She was devoted to her motto of giving people what they wanted, even to the detriment of her moral fibre. That was the reason she sold them out.
    I felt like each time a sibling got separated from the other two, that sibling ended up in a situation where their helplessness was inevitable. For Klaus in #4, this was because he was hypnotized. He had a word for orders, but apart from that, he was just confused and fuzzy, so couldn't really think for himself even when he wasn't being ordered around. For Violet in #8, there was no explanation for exactly how they were able to anesthetize her, but I guess they caught her off-guard. After all, there were several of them and just one of her. However, as I mentioned, Violet being unconscious also made her helpless at the climax, but, like Klaus, she wakes up and gets them out of the hospital, similar to #4 when Klaus saved Charles by inventing something. Violet mentions having trouble focusing her skills when she's first trying to think what to do, but at least she manages it.

  • @xyz-fn2rp
    @xyz-fn2rp 6 років тому +47

    *The List*
    13. The Reptile Room
    12. The Wide Window
    11. The Ersatz Elevator
    10. The Vile Village
    9. The Grim Grotto
    8. The Bad Beginning
    7. The Carnivorous Carnival
    6. The Slippery Slope
    5. The Austere Academy
    4. The Hostile Hospital
    3. The Penultimate Peril
    2. The Miserable Mill
    1. The End

  • @irealmz-yt8684
    @irealmz-yt8684 6 років тому +26

    My List
    1. The End
    2. The Ersatz Elevator
    3. The Penultimate Peril
    4. The Reptile Room
    5. The Wide Window
    6. The Slippery Slope
    7. The Carnivorious Carnival
    8. The Grim Grotto
    9. The Hostile Hospital
    10. The Bad Beginning
    11. The Austere Academy
    12. The Vile Village
    13. The Miserable Mill

    • @TheBlackDog_1959
      @TheBlackDog_1959 6 років тому +2

      Jake Lafferty the grim grotto will always have a special place in my heart

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +1

      Thanks for sharing your list. It goes to show that people gravitate toward different books. I put the Miserable Mill near the top of my list, but you placed it at the bottom. lol. I also didn't care too much for The Reptile Room, but you placed it pretty high. Glad you read all the books. It's a great series.

    • @littlemissprettybird
      @littlemissprettybird 5 років тому

      I agree. The Miserable Mill was my least favorite of 13.

    • @theanimationlads7598
      @theanimationlads7598 5 років тому

      RealmzJake _ the Astere Academy was far and above favorite, the end being second

  • @frankielane1517
    @frankielane1517 6 років тому +21

    The first book (I think) has commentary about most of the problems with our judicial system.

  • @acorn1014
    @acorn1014 6 років тому +8

    Anyone else remember how hard it was to get Miserable Mill from your local library; because, that long wait for book 4 is something that my siblings and I struggled with separately.

  • @xxfrostplayz7481
    @xxfrostplayz7481 6 років тому +30

    Some times
    The end is located at the end.

  • @hamisweird
    @hamisweird 5 років тому +29

    If the end wasn't gonna be the end i would call it "The isolated island"

    • @craigf7188
      @craigf7188 3 роки тому

      Hamisweird I was thinking that the whole time

    • @legallyfinn3816
      @legallyfinn3816 3 роки тому

      Hailey Lokken yeah that works because the first book was the bad beginning

    • @hearrts4mo
      @hearrts4mo 3 роки тому

      @Hailey Lokken yes

  • @vibin8373
    @vibin8373 6 років тому +23

    I think the miserable mill is the worst

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +1

      How come you think it's the worst?

    • @Luminary45
      @Luminary45 6 років тому

      Jack Nolan I agree, and to answer your question Minute Bokok Reports just the running theme of misery in the air. Asoue air was always miserable but the Miserable Mill has more "misery" than the other books. Just my opinion ☺

    • @Luminary45
      @Luminary45 6 років тому +1

      Hence the name "The Miserable Mill", heck even the title includes the word miserable

    • @kevinbacon5492
      @kevinbacon5492 6 років тому +2

      Jack Nolan Agreed. The setting is so dull and not much happens. Plus Shirley in my opinion is Count Olaf’s laziest disguise.

    • @lizbannan8340
      @lizbannan8340 5 років тому

      It’s my favourite book

  • @amandajones9227
    @amandajones9227 5 років тому +5

    I feel like Lemony Snicket/ Daniel Handler wrote the books to show how different age groups would react with Violet being a Teen Klaus being in the pre teens and Sunny being an infant

  • @carlyhill1066
    @carlyhill1066 5 років тому +9

    1 grim grotto
    2 Ersatz elevator
    3 Reptile room
    4 austere academy
    5 penultimate peril
    6 slippery slope
    7 bad begging
    8 the end
    9 carnivorous carnival
    10 hostile hospital
    11 vile village
    12 - 13 miserable mill & wide window

  • @stormsaturn5455
    @stormsaturn5455 4 роки тому +5

    Are you kidding? I love the Grim Grotto...

  • @kimmy6468
    @kimmy6468 5 років тому +8

    My list from the most favourite to the least:
    1. The Reptile Room
    2. The Miserable Mill
    3. The Carnivorous Carnival
    4. The Penultimate Peril
    5. The Slippery Slope
    6. The Wide Window
    7. The Ersatz Elevator
    8. The Bad Beginning
    9. The Vile Village
    10. The Austere Academy
    11. The Grim Grotto
    12. The End
    13. The Hostile Hospital
    I think my love for the miserable mill is an unpopular opinion xD

    • @slambotv1334
      @slambotv1334 2 роки тому

      I really liked how dark the Hostile Hospital was

    • @RichRBLX
      @RichRBLX 2 роки тому +1

      true the miserable mill sucks a lot

    • @RichRBLX
      @RichRBLX 2 роки тому +1

      @@slambotv1334 hostile hospital was actually a good book

    • @thesmellofadventure5370
      @thesmellofadventure5370 2 роки тому +1

      The Hostile Hospital is my favorite because of the creative idea and the dark, intense finale

  • @cavetownfangdvibes
    @cavetownfangdvibes 2 роки тому +2

    1. Penultimate Peril
    2. The Slippery Slope
    3. The Reptile Room
    4. The Austere Academy
    5. The Ersatz Elevator
    6. The End
    7. The Grim Grotto
    8. The Carnivorous Carnival
    9. The Wide Window
    10. The Vile Village
    11. The Hostile Hospital
    12. The Bad Beginning
    13. The Miserable Mill

  • @g.b569
    @g.b569 6 років тому +13

    Yay, your number 1 is my number 1. It has a special place in my heart

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому +1

      That's awesome. It's kind of hard not to have that book as the best. lol

  • @symoneglover1941
    @symoneglover1941 6 років тому +2

    My input,
    As a child in elementary school I stumbled on the hostel hospital. The cover of the book caught my eye in the school library so you could say that started my unfortunate events. I feel in love with the style that Lemony Snicket wrote the series in. Being young I continued the series out of order starting with Hostel Hospital then Carnivore circus on the elevator I decided I needed to go from the beginning. To my surprise i had the first 3 books in my house that I never noticed was there. This series impacted me as a young adult. Lemony Snicket take me lessons about life in a way parents try to shield children from. I am fortunate or maybe unfortunate enough to understand by The end what the purpose from this series is questions that will never be answered.

  • @PhantomShadow224
    @PhantomShadow224 5 років тому +4

    I’m not sure what will just happen to end up in “last” place if I were to list my favorites.
    But at the moment (before reading the tragedy that awaits in the end)
    I definitely liked penultimate peril, and ersatz elevator. (Something about complex hotels/apartments gets my attention)
    I kind of liked grim grotto, slippery slope, reptile room, and vile village.
    Sort of liked carnivorous carnival, hostile Hospital, and austere Academy.
    that just leaves bad beginning, Wide window, and Miserable mill.
    I guess I’ll put pony party in last place

  • @thatdoodlingturtle8783
    @thatdoodlingturtle8783 4 роки тому +3

    Aunt josephine cant move away because she is afraid of real estate agents

  • @maurg34
    @maurg34 Рік тому +1

    Wow thank you for making this list! I definitely have completely different opinions than you, and I think we enjoyed the books for different reasons. In my opinion, the point of the series is showing how gray everything really is, how nothing can easily be explained in a black or white way. You talked several times about the weaknesses of the guardians as being faults of the books, I think their weaknesses are highlighted on purpose. Most of their guardians (not all!) are not bad people, but their motives have been convoluted to the point they are doing harm to the Baudelaires. Another thing I think we interpreted the series differently: much of Snicket's writing is purposely not meant to be enjoyable for the reader. The whole series is a cliffhanger that never pays off. It is constantly teasing you with information, relationships, and backstory that is never fully revealed. I think this is a genius move by Snicket as it allows room for the reader to imagine what they want to see, as well as leaving enough clues that much of the information that isn't explicitly revealed is hinted at throughout the series. Again, I'm really grateful for such a long video devoted to this series, but I can't help but feel you missed the point a little bit. I hope this makes at least a bit of sense.

  • @doggoaj4796
    @doggoaj4796 6 років тому +15

    3:08 Everything is a disappointment... what do you expect from a series called "A Series of Unfortunate Events?" 😆

  • @AwesomeHyperSonic547
    @AwesomeHyperSonic547 Місяць тому

    My favourite by far that I read of this series is the Hostile Hospital. I love that it’s quite dark and also how it felt like there was a sense of suspense throughout the book. Also it’s darkly epic in the second half of the book as well.

  • @carlcarlington7317
    @carlcarlington7317 5 років тому +5

    These books are so underrated

  • @blackmakup
    @blackmakup 6 років тому

    The last book is also my favorite, no doubt about that! :D thanks for the vid, a reminder for me (I read them years ago!)

  • @leahj1428
    @leahj1428 5 років тому +3

    Here’s my least favorite asoue book to my favorite asoue events books then the reason why they got that spot
    13.the vile village:I found it very forgettable
    12.the carnivorous carnival: Madame lulu
    11.the miserable mill:poes stupidity
    10.the reptile room :Stephano
    9.the wide window :aunt Josephine
    8.the slippery slope :violet and klaus letting sunny stay there
    7.the hostile Hospital:klaus
    6.the grimm grotto :the fungus
    5.the ersatz elevator :Jerome
    4.the astuer(I can’t spell) academy :loved Carmelita hated Olaf’s disguise
    3.the bad beginning :set the mood for the series
    2.the end :loved everything except the last chapter and Olaf’s death annoyed me cause he was a great character (I know he was evil but I still loved his character)
    1.the penultimate peril :basically everyone came back and I loved everyone being there and all the mystery in it

  • @littlemissprettybird
    @littlemissprettybird 5 років тому +1

    The thing on the sonar screen is seen a little more in the All The Wrong Questions series.

  • @goatmom1346
    @goatmom1346 Рік тому +2

    Asoue from least best to great (in my opinion. I love all of them. Just some more than others):
    13. Miserable Mill
    12: Vile Village
    11. The Wide Window (mostly because of Josephine. Besides Poe, I thought she was the worst character. ESPECIALLY in the books.)
    10. The Bad Beginning (I didn’t hate it but because of my love for the other books I couldn’t rank it higher)
    9. The Slippery Slope
    8. The Penultimate Peril
    7. The Reptile Room
    6. The Grim Grotto
    5. The End
    4. Austere Academy
    3. The Hostile Hospital
    2. The Carnivorous Carnival
    1. The Ersatz Elevator
    (That’s just my opinion though. How’d you rank the books?)

  • @legallyfinn3816
    @legallyfinn3816 3 роки тому +1

    My list
    1. The Ersatz Elevator
    2. The Austere Academy
    3. The Penultimate Peril
    4. The Wide Window
    5. The Bad Beginning
    6. The Slippery Slope
    7.The End
    8. The Grim Grotto
    9 The Carnivorous Carnival
    10. The Hostile Hospital
    11. The Reptile Room
    12. The Miserable Mill
    13. The Vile Village

  • @Tatiana-jt9hd
    @Tatiana-jt9hd 5 років тому +4

    Ahh... i remember reading this series in primary 5!

  • @tTaseric
    @tTaseric 6 років тому

    i really enjoyed the last 5 books, as they were so good compared to the previous ones, my favourite episode in the TV-Show so far is the Carnival one.

  • @jakebednarczyk
    @jakebednarczyk 3 роки тому +1

    The wide window was my fav and the penultimate peril was a close second

  • @theanimationlads7598
    @theanimationlads7598 5 років тому +1

    Hopefully the show shows what happened with the question mark, and that taxi driver, and VFD, and even some of what happened to the Baudelaires themselves.
    Edit: I just saw the trailer, and the taxi driver is actually Lemony Snicket!

  • @youdidnotseemeonyoutube8062
    @youdidnotseemeonyoutube8062 5 років тому

    I dont know if this was in the book but ive seen it on netflix but it said that madam lulu was the librarian but i dont know if its in the book aka the carnivores carnival

  • @fancycuber3154
    @fancycuber3154 4 роки тому +2

    A fine commentary on the series, although if I had made the list, the Vile Village would have been far higher

  • @craigf7188
    @craigf7188 3 роки тому

    My List: (haven’t read all the books yet but I got a decent idea from the series)
    13. The Miserable Mill
    12. The Vile Village
    11. The Ersatz Elevator
    10. The Bad Beginning
    9. The Wide Window
    8. The Carnivorous Carnival
    7. The Slippery Slope
    6. The Reptile Room
    5. The Hostile Hospital
    4. The Grim Grotto
    3. The Penultimate Peril
    2. The Austere Academy
    1. The End

  • @user-bq5is3nb5k
    @user-bq5is3nb5k 6 років тому

    The thing on "The Wide Window" about Aunt Josephine is that she was fierce before but the following days after ike's death she became a scaredy cat

  • @savannahc8486
    @savannahc8486 5 років тому +2

    I’m kinda surprised how high up the miserable mill is. In my opinion it just felt kind of boring and rushed, and repetitive. For example Klaus broke his glasses multiple times and it was for the same reason of one of count Olaf’s workers tripping him and him going and being hypnotized by dr Orwell.

  • @sakuraharuno1105
    @sakuraharuno1105 Рік тому

    so in my country are only 6 books and im very suprised 😳 hope are going to make the next ones

  • @phil-iz7hm
    @phil-iz7hm 6 років тому +2

    FROM THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS MY RANKING LIST (SEASON 1)
    *BOOK VERSION S1*
    1. Reptile Room.
    2. Miserable Mill.
    3. Bad Beginning.
    4. Wide Window.
    *SHOW VERSION S1*
    1. Reptile Room.
    2. Wide Window
    3. Miserable Mill.
    4. Bad Beginning.
    *BOOK VERSION S2*
    1. Austere Academy.
    2. Carnivorous Carnival.
    3. Ersatz Elevator.
    4. Vile Village.
    5. Hostile Hospital.
    *SHOW VERSION*
    1. Ersatz Elevator.
    2. Carnivorous Carnival.
    3. Austere Academy.
    4. Vile Village.
    5. Hostile Hospital

  • @leoseguin3736
    @leoseguin3736 6 років тому +4

    My favorite by far is the Ersatz Elevator and you placed it at 11!?

  • @thesmellofadventure5370
    @thesmellofadventure5370 2 роки тому +1

    13: Wide Window
    12: Slippery Slope
    11: The End
    10: Vile Village
    9: Bad Beginning
    8: Reptile Room
    7: Grim Grotto
    6: Carnivorous Carnival
    5: Miserable Mill
    4: Erstatz Elevator
    3: Penultimate Peril
    2: Austere Academy
    1: Hostile Hospital

  • @toxic1strike167
    @toxic1strike167 5 років тому +1

    13: Hostile Hospital
    12: Miserable Mill
    11: Slippery Slope
    10: Bad Beginning
    9: Carnivorous Carnival
    8: Wide Window
    7: Penultimate Peril
    6: The End
    5: Reptile Room
    4: Vile Village
    3: Austere Academy
    2: Grim Grotto
    1: Ersatz Elevator

  • @kaitlynblaonon9680
    @kaitlynblaonon9680 5 років тому +2

    Here’s my list
    1 The end
    2 wide window
    3 austere academy
    4 penultimate peril
    5 hostile hospital
    6 reptile room
    7 ersatz elevator
    8 slippery slope
    9 grim grotto
    10 bad beginning
    11 carnivorous carnival
    12 vile village
    13 miserable mill

  • @joshuawee7836
    @joshuawee7836 5 років тому

    My least is the Miserable Mill and my favorite is a tie between the Austere Academy and The Penultimate Peril.

  • @aquire1
    @aquire1 5 років тому +1

    13. Wide Window
    12. Reptile Room
    11. Hostile Hospital
    10. Miserable Mill
    9. Bad Beginning
    8. Vile Village
    7. Carnivorous Carnival
    6. Austere Academy
    5. The End
    4. Grim Grotto
    3. Erzats Elevator
    2. Slippery Slope
    1. Penultimate Peril

  • @alfonsosalinas7979
    @alfonsosalinas7979 5 років тому

    *My List, from Favourite to Least Favourite*
    1. Hostile Hospital
    2. Penultimate Peril
    3. The End
    4. Wide Window
    5. Miserable Mill
    6. Ersatz Elevator
    7. Reptile Room
    8. Carnivorous Carnival
    9. Slippery Slope
    10. Bad Beginning
    11. Austere Academy
    12. Ville Village
    13. Grim Grotto

  • @frmnNnj
    @frmnNnj 5 років тому +1

    My Rankings:
    13- The Miserable Mill
    Not Much to say about it to be honest.
    12- The Wide Window
    I guess the Lachrymose Leeches were cool..
    11- The Carnivorous Carnival
    Hmm... it was OK
    10- The Grim Grotto
    This one just didn’t do it for me. I read about 80 pages of this book past midnight, so maybe I was so tired it didn’t seem as entertaining... I’m not sure.
    9- The Austere Academy
    The introduction of the Quagmires was probably the best part.
    8- The Vile Village
    VFD.
    7- The Ersatz Elevator
    Pretty good!
    6- The Reptile Room
    Most people seem to dislike this book, but I love it!
    5- The Hostile Hospital
    Definitely the second darkest book of the series.
    4- The Bad Beginning
    Gotta stick with the classics.
    3- The Slippery Slope
    Cold, snowy, setting, love it! And let’s just acknowledge the fact that Bruce, the most underrated character, shows up again! And of course, there was a certain break on a certain ledge of a certain cliff that involved two certain children..
    2- The End
    Greatest plot twist/cliffhanger I have ever read!
    1- The Penultimate Peril
    I think the reason this book was so good is because of the reappearance of so many characters.

    • @frmnNnj
      @frmnNnj 5 років тому

      I liked it, just not as much as the other books.

  • @charlietuba
    @charlietuba 6 років тому +1

    Count Olaf was Shirley the Receptionist for Dr. Orwell in the "Miserable Mill."

  • @thefourthquagmire4685
    @thefourthquagmire4685 6 років тому +1

    My favorite two are the books five and ten because the Quagmires are in it. They are my favorite characters especially Quigley. I can not pick which one is better.

  • @ethanalgicosathlonchannel1110
    @ethanalgicosathlonchannel1110 3 роки тому +1

    My ranking:
    1st: The Penultimate Peril(Best)
    2nd: The Austere Academy
    3rd: The Vile Village
    4th: The Reptile Room
    5th: The Ersatz Elevator
    6th: The Carnivorous Carnival
    7th: The Bad Beginning
    8th: The End
    9th: The Hostile Hospital
    10th: The Slippery Slope
    11th: The Grim Grotto
    12th: The Wide Window
    13th: The Miserable Mill(Worst)

  • @cameronf5647
    @cameronf5647 5 років тому +1

    1. The Penultimate Peril
    2. The End
    3. The Slippery Slope
    4. The Ersatz Elevator
    5. The Austere Academy
    6. The Reptile Room
    7. The Bad Beginning
    8. The Carnivorous Carnival
    9. The Grim Grotto
    10. The Vile Village
    11. The Hostile Hospital
    12. The Wide Window
    13. The Miserable Mill

  • @YarnStore
    @YarnStore 6 років тому +2

    Will you summarize The Beatrice Letters?

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому

      I probably won't be reading the other books. I thought about it, but I wanted to move on.

    • @rohanparikh4392
      @rohanparikh4392 3 роки тому

      @@MinuteBookReports Heyy, the 'All The Wrong Questions' series is pretty good too!
      I understand your apprehension that reading other books from this universe may spoil the original charm that ASOUE holds for you.. But rest assured, that is not the case here!

  • @joleigh6909
    @joleigh6909 5 років тому +2

    sis cmon the slippery slope is the best 🤷‍♀️

  • @Mythologicalmemes
    @Mythologicalmemes 5 місяців тому

    Oh!Good list,definitely made some points!
    This is my mine:
    13:Grim Grotto:Boring in a lot of places,felt like padding until the final two books.
    12:The Wide Window:Still quite boring,but it’s saved from last place because it does start to get more interesting after this(for the most part) and this book does lay the foundation for that.
    11:The End(I am not counting chapter fourteen):I feel really bad about putting it here because the final scenes of this book is great,but my main problem with this book is that it feels completely disconnected from the rest of the series,why do we need to see an oppressed island in the middle of nowhere to end this series?It adds some small interesting details to the world,but that’s all really,not that many answers either.
    10:The Vile Village:Carried by its ending,There’s not a lot and Detective Dupin is the only real Count Olaf disguise that gets on my nerves.A paper thin plot aside from the ending too.
    9:The Reptile Room:feels like the orphans get too comfy in this book with Monty,Not totally though,but it still feels that way.Also paper-thin plot.
    8:The Austere Academy:The concept is not that interesting at all,Pretty bland,but the quagmires some really likeable side characters and they are some moments that make me laugh.
    7:The Bad beginning:Gets you into the series really well,the plot can be summed up as: ‘Count Olaf is abusing the kids for like 250 pages until reveals he’s marrying one of them’
    6:The Estarz Elevator:I do respect it because of the reveal Esme was working with Olaf,it’s a nice subversion of the trope we got used to for the 5 books before this.Some good comedy,but quite a few plot holes too which holds it back for being great.
    (Now we get onto my favourites):
    5:The Miserable Mill:This is a pretty dark book,I also love the Klaus hypnotism scenes but some of the things are a pretty confusing and mind-boggling and I think Poe is at one of his most annoying in this book.
    4:The Slippery Slope:Well paced,got a smooth transition between TCC and this book but it’s not as good as the other ones.
    3:The Carnivorous Carnival:The Freaks are handled wonderfully in this book,as someone with a High-functioning disability it’s both wonderful and hilarious to see these completely normal people be called ‘Freaks’ because of one abnormality.
    2:The Hostile Hospital:Dark and throughout the entire book,it feels like the children are constantly about to turn around and see Count Olaf,and his disguise in this book is probably is my favourite,Its a radio presenter,so we never see him in this disguise(Hell,The complete reck pictures of count Olaf’s disguises just show him as a Radio) so he feels almost always present in this book,constantly lurking around every Conner.
    1:The Penultimate Peril:There’s so much to talk about in this book that I don’t even have time to list it all,Details like Lemony Smoking in this,ect,are amazing…You know what?Just go read the book for yourself!

  • @justmonika3116
    @justmonika3116 6 років тому

    I've only read the first book, watched season one and half of season two. I would say, from the episodes, my three favorite episodes, (hopefully books as well.) are the miserable mill, the wide open window and the elevator one. (Forgot what it's called.) I've enjoyed the show so far. I hope the books are just as good, maybe even better!

    • @justmonika3116
      @justmonika3116 6 років тому

      Ooo! I also like the Austire Academy!

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому

      Thanks for sharing. Hope you continue reading the rest of the series before season 3 comes out. It's great.

  • @isaiahortiz8061
    @isaiahortiz8061 4 роки тому +1

    I'm pretty sure the question mark is something called the bombinating beast from lemony snicket's prequel series.

  • @doggoaj4796
    @doggoaj4796 6 років тому +1

    My 2 favorite books so far are The Vile Village and The Ersatz Elevator!

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому

      Hope you make it to the end of the series. It gets good.

  • @hannahwilliams8737
    @hannahwilliams8737 6 років тому +6

    I like that the last one has 14 chapters because 13 is an unlucky number and at the end it’s like their unlucky ness is over

    • @JC-cn7uy
      @JC-cn7uy 6 років тому +1

      But the 14th Chapter is 13 pages long!

  • @theonlyjnockl698
    @theonlyjnockl698 Рік тому

    My ranking of these would go:
    13: The Carnivorous Carnival
    12: The Reptile Room
    11: The Bad Beginning
    10: The Vile Village
    9: The Austere Academy
    8: The Ersatz Elevator
    7: The Grim Grotto
    6: The Hostile Hospital
    5: The Wide Window
    4: The Slippery Slope
    3: The Penultimate Peril
    2: The Miserable Mill
    1: The End

  • @siimplyrheaa5515
    @siimplyrheaa5515 6 років тому +2

    I read all of them too. I had dreams of Count Olaf and stuff, it was great lol.

    • @MinuteBookReports
      @MinuteBookReports  6 років тому

      Interesting. I don't think I've ever dreamed about Count Olaf. :)

    • @frmnNnj
      @frmnNnj 5 років тому +1

      Minute Book Reports There was this one time I was so addicted to the series in my first time reading it that I read The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, and half of The Hostile Hospital In one day. I went to bed that night, and had the oddest dream ever. So the dream started off with the Baudelaires in the Vile Village and they were walking around for whatever reason. So they end up going to bed, but Violet gets out of bed and goes to the Baudelaire parents. The parents want Violet to poison Sunny and Klaus for some reason... and then it ended. Very weird...

    • @koolkyas
      @koolkyas 4 роки тому

      f1r3m4nN1nj4 22 on my god...

  • @screamingbanana4391
    @screamingbanana4391 Місяць тому

    The only thing that is consistent with almost everybody’s list is Penultimate Peril being top 4. Absolute classic, my personal favorite. RIP Dewey Denoumont

  • @linnea1032
    @linnea1032 6 років тому +1

    at the end of book nine count olaf said that madame lulu told him who they are

  • @lukemayse7019
    @lukemayse7019 5 років тому

    IMO:
    1. The miserable mill
    2. The end
    3. The slippery slope
    4. The grim grotto
    5. The penultimate peril
    6. The ersatz elevator
    7. The bad beginning
    8. The austere academy
    9. The hostile hospital
    10. The vile village
    11. The reptile room
    12. The wide window

  • @braydenblack9681
    @braydenblack9681 5 років тому

    The question mark from the grim grotto is the bombinating beast from the prequels

  • @ChrisRoxDuhh
    @ChrisRoxDuhh Рік тому

    My list -
    14. The Miserable Mill
    12. The Wide Window
    11. The Reptile Room
    10. The Grim Grotto
    9. The Vile Village
    8. The Ersatz Elevator
    7. The Austere Academy
    6. The Hostile Hospital
    5. The Carnivorous Carnival
    4. The Bad Beginning
    3. The Slippery Slope
    2. The Penultimate Peril
    1. The End

  • @kelithic
    @kelithic 5 років тому

    My favorite books are the Austere Academy, Slippery Slope, and The End.

  • @nursemain3174
    @nursemain3174 6 місяців тому

    My top three are austere academy, ersatz elevator and carnivorous carnival. But my 4th favourite is grim grotto

  • @mk_1351
    @mk_1351 5 років тому

    Mine:
    1. The end
    2.Austere Academy
    3.Ersatz Elevator
    4.Carnivorous Carnival
    5.Hostile hospital
    6.The vile village
    7.The Grim grotto
    8.The reptile room
    9.The bad beginning
    10.The slippery slope
    11.The wide window
    12.The miserable mill
    I haven't got penultimate peril because I haven't read it yet but judging by other people's reactions I think it will be near the top.
    Btw this is just MY opinion I also love ALL the books so no hate whatsoever. (:

    • @kaitlynblaonon9680
      @kaitlynblaonon9680 5 років тому

      CG-13 M8 why did you read the end before penultimate peril

  • @tammysmith1176
    @tammysmith1176 6 років тому +1

    I Love the erzarts elevator and slippery slope

  • @kstoony4661
    @kstoony4661 6 років тому +2

    I've read the books and watched the show, I like in the show you get a second point of veiw.
    My favorite is 11th book ☺

  • @jacobhamui4963
    @jacobhamui4963 4 роки тому

    Reptile room is definitely one of my favorite

  • @realfartsniffer69
    @realfartsniffer69 2 роки тому +1

    tbh I love the austere academy and the slippery slope

  • @theanimationlads7598
    @theanimationlads7598 5 років тому +1

    My least to most favorite:
    7 Village Of Foul Devotees
    3 Wide Window
    10 Slippery Slope
    4 Lucky Smells Lumbermill
    11 Submarine? (Can’t remember title)
    2 Reptile Room
    6 Ersatz Elavator
    12 Hotel Denoument
    8 Hospitable Hospitle
    1 Bad Begginning
    9 Carnivorous Carnival
    13/14 THE END/ Chapter 14
    5 Academy? (Can’t remember name)

  • @soo7072
    @soo7072 2 роки тому

    You should watch the show since it really gives closure to most of your questions in the vid :)

  • @snaiians
    @snaiians 5 років тому

    My list
    13. The Grim Grotto
    12. The End
    11. The Carnivorous Carnival
    10. The Wide Window
    9. The Austure Academy
    8. The Wide Window
    7.The Miserable Mill
    6. The Vile Village
    5.The Bad Beginning
    4. The Slippery Slope
    3. The Hostile Hospital
    2. The Penultimate Peril
    1. The Ersatz Elevator

  • @angieee1204
    @angieee1204 5 років тому +1

    I love the austere academy book/episode and least is the carnivorous carnival book/episode and also excited for season 3 episodes on Netflix .date of reveal:January 1,2019 on the day of New Years I AM SO EXICTED🎉✨🌈❤️😩😍😇😘😀😅😇😛

  • @mattattack22
    @mattattack22 4 роки тому +2

    How to write: Baudelaire
    How to pronounce: bodalair

  • @themasonschickel8969
    @themasonschickel8969 5 років тому +1

    My List
    1 The Penultimate Peril
    2 The Reptile Room
    3 The Grim Grotto
    4 The Hostile Hospital
    5 The Carnivorous Carnival
    6 The Vile Village
    7 The End
    8 The Wide Window
    9 The Bad Beginning
    10 The Ersatz Elevator
    11 The Austere Academy
    12 The Slippery Slope
    13 The Miserable Mills
    Tell me your list

  • @sunnygirl523
    @sunnygirl523 6 років тому +1

    my 2 favorite series of unfortunate events books are the bad beginning and the hostile hospital 😁😁😁

  • @mangosweettea
    @mangosweettea 5 років тому +1

    my list:
    1 The Austere Academy
    2 The End
    3 The Penultimate Peril
    4 The Ersatz Elevator
    5 The Hostile Hospital
    6 The Slippery Slope
    7 The Vile Village
    8 The Bad Beginning
    9 The Grim Grotto
    10 The Carnivorous Carnival
    11 The Miserable Mill
    12 The Wide Window
    13 The Reptile Room

    • @mangosweettea
      @mangosweettea 5 років тому +1

      please don’t come at me like I least like this book or that book because I dearly love the whole series, it is my favorite series so I just wanted to rank them but I really do love them all it’s just some of them are really sad. I am also reading the last book and I finished the other books before that one :)

  • @tcduff1233
    @tcduff1233 6 років тому

    At 2:17 you got a bit wrong. He had seen Olaf because they both worked for V.F.D.

  • @alfonsosalinas7979
    @alfonsosalinas7979 5 років тому +2

    My favourite book is the Hostile Hospital.

  • @oysterhunter276
    @oysterhunter276 5 років тому +2

    3 minutes into this video and the fact that you're criticising The Reptile Room because 'it would've been nice is they could go on a nice adventure together' shows that've completely missed that point of the whole series. Congrats?

  • @paulhuggard3162
    @paulhuggard3162 5 років тому +1

    My list
    13. THE END
    12. TAA
    11. TVV
    10. TGG
    9. THH
    8. TMM
    7. TBB
    6. TSS
    5. TCC
    4. TEE
    3. TRR
    2. TPP
    1. THE WID WINDOW

  • @theratsnatcher8160
    @theratsnatcher8160 2 роки тому

    My Pics
    1. Penultimate Peril
    2. Hostile Hospital
    3. Slippery Slope
    4. The End
    5. Vile Village
    6. Reptile Room
    7. Bad Beginning
    8. Grim Grotto
    9. Wide Window
    10. Carnivorous Carnival
    11. Austere Academy
    12. Ersatz Elevator
    13. Miserable Mill

  • @amnaz8864
    @amnaz8864 6 років тому

    13 1:17
    12 3:29
    11 7:05
    10 10:33
    9 13:59
    8 17:15
    7 19:49
    6 22:52
    5 26:31
    4 29:16
    3 31:20
    2 35:57
    1 36:42
    These are approximately the times.

  • @Emilypwilson
    @Emilypwilson 5 років тому

    My least favourite to favourite;
    13. The carnivorous carnival
    12. The reptile room
    11. The vile village
    10. The wide window
    9. The penultimate peril
    8. The bad beginning
    7. The austere academy
    6.the end
    5.the grim grotto
    4.the ersatz elevator
    3.the slippery slope
    2.the hostile hospital
    1. The miserable mill

  • @floria4917
    @floria4917 3 роки тому +2

    I like sunny's gibberish

  • @Silds.
    @Silds. 10 місяців тому +1

    The mill is one of my favorites

  • @addiec8782
    @addiec8782 5 років тому

    MY OPINION
    Least to Greatest
    13.The Vile Village
    12.The Wide Window
    11.The Bad Beginning
    10.The Miserable Mill
    9.Ersatz Elevator
    8.The Slippery Slope
    7.The Carnivorous Carnival
    6.The Reptile Room
    5.Hostile Hospital
    4.Austere Academy
    3.The Grim Grotto (WhY sO mUcH hAtE?)
    2.The Penultimate Peril
    1.The End.

  • @tritonist2737
    @tritonist2737 5 років тому +1

    The Miserable Mill sucks. It was so bland. I read the first 2 chapters, then put it back and got the Austere Academy. I finally read it when I read The End.

    • @tritonist2737
      @tritonist2737 5 років тому

      anythingnew That I agree with. The end of the book is the best part.

  • @joevasquez1142
    @joevasquez1142 6 років тому +4

    Monty knew they were both in vfd

  • @somethingawesome7555
    @somethingawesome7555 6 років тому +3

    2 then 3
    9 then 10
    6 then 7
    Most are ranked by the next book lol

  • @wyatthagenbeck8055
    @wyatthagenbeck8055 4 роки тому

    Personally my least favorite is the Austere Academy and my favorite three (sorry I couldn’t decide) are The End, The Penultimate Peril, and The Hostile Hospital

    • @wyatthagenbeck8055
      @wyatthagenbeck8055 3 роки тому

      @Fatima Andrea Saenz Vasquez I don’t know I’ve just always thought it was boring compared to the rest of them