On Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions 1: Who Could That Be at This Hour?

"There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of paper and a sharp pencil. Then sketch out nine rows of fourteen squares each. Then throw the piece of paper away and find whoever is screaming so you can help them. It is no time to fiddle with paper." CHAPTER 9

Allow me to quote a single thing Stephanie Meyer has said about all the books she reviewed plus Edward Cullen: "Beautiful!" Well, this book is, unless: (1) you are not a fan of Snicket's witty writing style; (2) you haven't read or you didn't like reading A Series of Unfortunate Events (ASoUE); or (3) you are either too young or too old. You see, books like this have a definite target, and that is Snicket fans. That's a good thing for a fan, actually. You can save-up money for the book, not worrying if the local bookstore would run out of it. Interestingly, however, the last time I went to National Bookstore, they only have one copy left.
     Going back, I can say that I'm a fan of Lemony (and how I usually simulate in my mind Jude Law's voice while reading Snicket's books). Leir is a big-fan of him, and I'm the mini-fan--the one on the last row of viewers on Daniel Handler's (that is Lemony Snicket's "handler"--check the internet, dummy) book signing. That is mostly because I didn't grew up with the Baudelaires (ASoUE's protagonists). I was already 18 when I was influenced by my partner to read the series. But being an eternal child inside this maturing body, I received the books and its humor and tragedy quite well. The books confirmed my theory that I'll be forever 11.

     As you may probably know, this book is an account of the young Snicket, before he spent years unveiling the Baudelaire sibling's mystery adventure. It is still innocent to the graver danger the Snicket we have come to know earlier had faced. The same writing style is, of course, applied--defined relatively difficult words, foreshadowings, comedic tragedies, unresolved issues, and hints regarding the next book. I can imagine a non-fan screaming "That's it?" upon discovering that there's no chapter left, and a fan smiling that Lemony has maintained his character. As a mini-fan, I await for the succeeding installments to reunite with characters I have loved and hated since ASoUE, and engage with Lemony's stories (and how he treats them).

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We lost internet connection for a week, I learned how to swear.