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The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) Hardcover – Illustrated, October 1, 2006

by Lemony Snicket (Author), Brett Helquist (Illustrator), Michael Kupperman (Illustrator)
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Like an off-key violin concert, the Roman Empire, or food poisoning, all things must come to an end. Thankfully, this includes A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The thirteenth and final installment in the groundbreaking series will answer readers' most burning questions: Will Count Olaf prevail? Will the Baudelaires survive? Will the series end happily? If there's nothing out there, what was that noise?

Then again, why trouble yourself with unfortunate resolutions? Avoid the thirteenth and final book of Lemony Snicket's international bestselling series and you'll never have to know what happens.

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  2. Book 13 of 13
    A Series of Unfortunate Events
  3. Print length
    368 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    5 - 6
  6. Lexile measure
    NC1370L
  7. Dimensions
    5 x 1.27 x 7 inches
  8. Publisher
    HarperCollins
  9. Publication date
    October 1, 2006
  10. ISBN-10
    0064410161
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0064410168
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Picking up from the final pages of the Pentultimate Peril, this farewell installment to the ridiculously (and deservedly!) popular A Series of Unfortunate Events places our protagonists right where we last left them: on a large, wooden boat in the middle of the ocean, trapped with their nemesis Count Olaf, who has armed himself with a helmet-full of deadly Medusoid Mycelium.

The situation quickly and--this being the Baudelaires--predictably deteriorates. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny find themselves tossed in a storm so terrible that our beloved narrator spends four pages describing how he cannot describe it. From this point on, fans of the series' smarty-pants wordplay and acrobatic narrative can rest assured that they're in for more of the same (and how) in this 368-page finale, and Daniel Handler's deadpan Snicket continues to tutor a generation in self-referential humor (including one particularly funny bit regarding three very short men carrying a large, flat piece of wood, painted to look like a living room). Snicket notes, of course, that if you read the entire series, "your only reward will be 170 chapters of misery in your library and countless tears in your eyes."

There's one big question, though, for anyone who's made it through "the thirteenth chapter of the thirteenth volume in this sad history": is the final book a fitting end? That question is probably best-answered by one of The End's most oft-repeated phrases: It depends on how you look at it. Those looking for conclusive resolution to the series' many, many mysteries may be disappointed, although some big questions do get explicit answers. Not surprisingly for a work so deliberately labyrinthine, though, even the absence of an answer can be sort of an answer--and reaction to The End can be something of a Rorschach test for readers. Or, as Lemony Snicket says, "Perhaps you don’t know yet what the end really means." --Paul Hughes

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After a singularly bad beginning, the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, have finally reached the end.The question is, will Book the Thirteenth in A Series of Unfortunate Events meet the expectations of the series' myriad fans? Snicket might put it a somewhat different way: if end simply means to cease, the answer is yes. If, however, end means to complete, the answer is most assuredly no--because though Snicket neatly clips numerous threads in the tragic saga, he leaves others literally fluttering in the breeze. As with the previous books, this one begins where its predecessor left off, with the orphans and the villainous Count Olaf afloat on dangerous open seas. When a storm blows their craft ashore, kindly islanders welcome the orphans, but Olaf is an outcast. Have the children finally found the longed-for "last safe place on earth?" Not so fast . . . before long, they are once again scrambling to avert disaster and death ("Kikbucit," as Sunny puts it when a couple of characters are terminated). If possible, this title is even more preposterous than others in the series (the children help an old friend give birth), as well as considerably longer than some. But frequent references to the other adventures will send Snicket fans back to previous books to delight once again in the idiosyncratic characters, the wry humor, and the wordplay, which has surely increased their vocabulary tenfold. Stephanie Zvirin
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Illustrated edition (October 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064410161
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0064410168
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NC1370L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 6
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.27 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Lemony Snicket claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. He is the author of several other unpleasant stories, including those in the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Lump of Coal.

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My daughter read this book and took 5 days to finish the whole book . She said it was a little bit confusing . And I myself think the raw edge cutting looks so antique, I love it.
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cathy norris
5.0 out of 5 stars A happy ending it is not, but don't just skip it either (SPOILERS FOR ASOUE NETFLIX FINALE AND #12)
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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Beware I am going off of the Netflix show with this opinion (it's why I got this version specifically) but WOW, what an ending for a creepy and intriguing series! If you went into this series by reading The Bad Beginning wondering where this was going to end, you never would've expected it ended here, I guarantee you! After The Penultimate Peril ended with the Hotel Denouement burned to the ground and the Baudelaires end up back in Count Olaf's arms in a yacht, they drift through the ocean to a tropical island shaped like the eye tattoo found on Olaf's ankle. With the island as protective and watchful as the VFD over the Baudelaires, the four learn that the island is a locked gateway trapped by coasts and storms and they can't leave it. So, in the last stand, and an unexpected island visitor pregnant and dying, the Baudelaires must confront the secrets of the past and Olaf must confront his vulnerability when he might actually seem like he can get a happy ending. But, of course, this isn't a story of happy endings, that's just not how the story goes....

If you've paid attention all the way up to this point, this will feel satisfying and even a bit happy of an ending, too. I watched the entire Netflix series and I felt like I experienced something after the final shot of Snicket meeting the Baudelaires' adopted little girl they named Beatrice after their mother as a 12-year-old in a tea shop. Are the answers to this story satisfying? Well, kind of. As I said before, you would NOT expect the series to end here going off of the first book. They feel like there's still so much more to answer but it kind of makes sense, too, and I really teared up at the strong arcs of everyone, even Olaf, during the last few chapters. It's so heartbreaking but it also leaves a bit of hope, too. I liked the way this ended and it really brings Violet, Klaus and Sunny closure after Olaf confesses his feelings to Kit and dies a good man afterwards due to the harpoon strike. It feels fitting for an ending and it does still leave it ambiguous whether or not the Baudelaires survived after The End or not, though potentially revealed in Chapter Fourteen, the book's epilogue. I recommend it for fans and readers of this series, although I regret to warn you if you are interested in stories with happy endings, then you would be better off somewhere else because in this climactic story, there is no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. I'm sorry to tell you this, but that's how the story goes.
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Holly H
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book series
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
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My son & I spent many hours reading the book series (& later watched the film/tv versions). It's a fun book series with interesting stories & characters. I definitely recommend it for young readers.
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Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful books.
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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Thank you for sending the two books exactly as described. I am so happy. Happy Holidays!
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Tulito
5.0 out of 5 stars THE FINAL FIRE!
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2007
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PLOT: In this book, the Baudelaire orphans are shipwreched with Count Olaf onto an "abandoned" island far away from civilaztion and meet a stranger with a certain book who turns out to be more important that you would think. Without spoiling anything, all that I'll say is that the harpoon gun and the Medusoid Mycelium return, and that there's a Chapter 14 (epilogue). Plus, a friend from one of the earlier books is back - but you'll NEVER guess who!! Lastly, let me tell you that at a certain part of the story, there's a Biblical reference that is very interesting to see how Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket portrays in literature. I think that's it's safe to say that The End was very expecteded by all Snicket fans, but that there was a bit of disappointment when people actually read the book. Well, as far as I know, it's all based on opinion becasue even though some people hated the book, others (including myself) enjoyed it even more than the other twelve! True, the sugar bowl mystery was not resolved, but clues in other books hint to its contents. The VFD mystery is in fact solved, but the reader must pay close attention to what Lemony Snicket says. When you get to the end of the book, the identity of Beatrice is the best you'll love to read because it was so unpredictable (although  The Beatrice Letters (A Series of Unfortunate Events)  gives you clues). Overall, if you've read all of the books in the series - do not even think twice about reading this one...just do! The cover says it all: this is a very "unfortunate" book. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT (specially Count Olaf's hilarious and unique disguise)! One more thing: Kit Snicket gives birth (I am not sure whether this is a spoiler or not becasue it was kind of obvious that it would happen in the last book, but it was still worth mentioning). The World Is Quiet Here.
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C. K. Webb
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Series, Good Book, More questions
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2006
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I started reading these books about a year before "The Slippery Slope" came out. I have read the entire series, which are the best books I have ever read in my life. Lemony Snicket, (well the real author of the series is Daniel Handler), but he uses Lemony Snicket because the false name is actually a character in the book. Anyways, I read "The End" from the beggining to, well, to the end(no pun intended:). I liked the Island theme, and the new characters This book was the best I have ever read, beating Harry Potter.The end of "The End" was a cliffhanger, as you would expect from Mr. Handler(Snicket) would write. The whole reason the end of "The End" is a cliffhanger is that the moral of the entire series is that answers will only lead to more questions, which is stated in the book many times, and is the outcome, more questions. All in all,I give this book a four, because the moral left me a little sad that I might never know the fate of some characters, but, Mr Handler(Snicket) might just have another book in his typewriter, just waiting to be published..........
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Nate Gerow
5.0 out of 5 stars Love all 13 books
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2023
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Great read recommended love them all
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5.0 out of 5 stars thank you
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars The end is here
Reviewed in India on October 29, 2018
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This book is a fantastic ending to the Violet, Klaus, and Sunnys story.It was not as sad and miserable story that waas discribed.There a a happy ending in the end.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! The End of The End!
Reviewed in Spain on January 9, 2018
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After so many adventures it was time to give those series an end. This one is quite satisfactory one. Some fans are a little too demanding. It isn't perfect, but there is not a perfect end so enjoy this one.

I've got books 2-12 on Audible, but this one, the 13th, wasn't on Audible, so hopefully I've got this CD version.
Now it's time to wait for Netflix season 2 and continue enjoying this classic adventure.

PS: If you don't know yet the Baudelaires, please start with book 1 and enjoy of 13 books.
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Lakemac
5.0 out of 5 stars Son loved it
Reviewed in Australia on November 19, 2021
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Son is a huge fan and this was the last book he was missing. He loved it
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