I'm going to review all four of the last books in this series in one review, since I read them all at one go due to the quick plot pacing, and now they've mushed together in my brain. These are wonderful! When I first started, this series, I was underwhelmed, but Snickett grows up his books like he grows up the Baudelaires. Unlike many coming-of-age stories, this one manages to avoid the trite and the untrue. Despite Snickett's fantastical style and plot twists, there is deep reality at the core of these books, which manage to show the world in all its nastiness and how difficult it is to be a "volunteer instead of a villain," and yet it conveys the desperate need for each of us to try. It also teaches voculary, is subtley hilarious if you already have a big one, and imparts a love of science, literature, poetry, and even good cooking. Highly recommended for all the young, and old, people in your life! ( )

I was about to give up on this series feeling that it had petered out at Book the Fourth, but after taking an extended break I picked up Book the Fifth and kept going. I'm glad I did as the series spun into a new, deeper, complex, and entertaining direction. The last two books have been the best of the series and as I approach the final stretch I only hope the "Denouement" is worthy of the well crafted build up. ( )

The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket is an adventurous story when three orphans Sunny, Violet, and Klaus all find themselves trapped on the slippery glaciers of the Mortmain Mountains. Violet is the oldest and most resourceful because she can invent all kinds of crazy things from objects as simple as a paperclip and a watch. Klaus is the smart, dorky who always wears glasses and loves to read books even the dictionary. Sunny is the baby with two big, strong front teeth, and in this book has learned to talk. They are in search of their parents even though they always end of in the hands of an evil villain named Count Olaf who is in pursuit of stealing their fortune. However, this time the little baby Sunny is trapped with Count Olaf holding her hostage on hidden cliff of Mount Fraught.
Violet and Klaus are stuck in a desperate search of her using all kinds of tricks to make their way through the mountains. In one instance Violet and Klaus are about to fly off the edge of the mountain, but together they stop the caravan by throwing two hammocks out the back on top of sticky foods to stop the rolling. The whole story consists of life filled moments and mystery as Violet and Kalus begin to discover their parents who they thought were dead in the mansion fire may still be alive because of evidence found on a volunteer fire fighter headquarters called the Vertical Flame Diversion(V.F.D), which was really their parents secret society. It is ironic because they heard their parents had stayed in the Valley of Four Drafts, which was also V.F.D and the location of the headquarters. Towards the end they find their sister Sunny with Count Olaf and his villain crew trapped making food and being a servant. they eventually escape his clutches yet again, but the journey never ends because he always follows them to their next destination. ( )

When you're leaning against the counter of a juice bar, and a woman steps up behind you and says "If you want to live, order an apple, strawberry and cucumber smoothie," you should probably comply.

This was me but a short while ago. I ordered the beverage, but instead of receiving a cup full of revitalizing liquid, I received a piece of paper and a moderately dull pencil. I assume the woman had a knife, or at least something that felt like a knife, for it was poking my spine between two of the lower vertebrae.

"You don't write me poems anymore," she said, giving the knife enough of a jab to sting, or even draw blood, were it not for the fact that I was wearing an extra under shirt for this express purpose.

"Fine," I said, squeaking the dull pencil across the paper.

"In a time of series unfortunate," I wrote, "I find a trend with which I infatuate.
I find works of cryptozoology, Medieval France, and rope
To be less interesting than, say The Slippery Slope.
It tells the tales of Baudelaires three,
Though the two eldest have been plucked from Sunny.
They toil in vain to reach to top
In hopes of commanding vile Olaf to stop.
But along the way they meet
A boy once considered dead, but alive, and sweet.
They discover much disappointment when they find the HQ,
For it has been burnt more badly than well done chicken cordon bleu,
By two villains, one with a beard, and one with hair,
And while each has such respectively, the other is not there.
Though the top of the mountain is cold, and would make one shiver,
While in their presence, even Olaf will find a quiver.
And though the mountain is plagued by Snow Gnat,
There too is a pest more foul: Carmelita Spat.
And in the end, we are not surprised to find
That fate is never surmised to be kind."

And with a final pencil stroke, I managed to emit a noise at such a high frequency that all the glass in the shop shattered, including, as I had suspected, the glass blade of her knife. Leaping through the now open window, I ran into the street until a safe solace I could find, or a benefactor I could meet. ( )

The Slippery Slope, the 10th book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, chronicling the misadventures of the Baudelaire children.

I think this is one of the best books in the series up to this point. The story moves right along at a fairly fast pace. All the Baudelaire's are growing up and becoming more responsible for their actions.

Both the ending of the last book and the title of this one suggests an important plot point that will be reached, and hopefully successfully overcome. The book title The Slippery Slope referred both a physical obstacle, and a logical one which had to be surmounted (here meaning both to climb, and to follow ones conscience) in order for Klaus and Violet to try and save their baby sister Sunny, from the clutches of Count Olaf and his troupe.

Once again, another horrible edition to the sorrowful lives of the Baudelaire's. ( )

The Baudelaires were separated at the end of book nine, Sunny was captured by Count Olaf. Violet and Klaus were left plummeting down steep mountain roads in a caravan without any brakes or steering. Violet's ingenuity rescues them from a sticky end and they embark on a steep climb up the mountain to rescue their sister, who is forced to cook for Count Olaf and his merry band. On the way, with some unexpected help, they discover the headquarters of the VFD. The book ends on an unusually optimistic note, well optimistic for this series anyway. ( )

Still great! There were a few great surprises in this one. Sunny continues to grow up, and the Baudelaires find a new(ish) friend. I even thought that things were going to be looking up for the orphans, but I should have known better. ( )

Sunny comes into her own as "a young girl" and no longer a baby. She also develops an interest in cooking. Oh, and the Beaudelaires escape from Count Olaf again.
Many more answers to series-long mysteries in this one, so that's good. ( )

Violet and Klaus escape from near-certain death, and follow Count Olaf into the mountains to rescue Sunny. Along the way they make a new friend, learn more secrets of the VFD, and discover more villains on the other side. They also manage to win a battle without turning to the tricks that bad people use, a nice bit of writing for Snicket there. Once again there's a cliffhanger, and now there's only one more book to read and I'll have to wait until volume 12 is published (gasp!). ( )

Cold and Bitter. ( )

I picked this up straight after book 9 as I really wanted to know what would happen. This one gave us more of the intriguing background knowledge about VFD, we met some old friends, and some new enemies! I want the other books, to find out what happens!! ( )

Oh my gosh! I loved this book! This is probably my top favorite book out of this series. There is a new character in this book who you will love! At least I did. Very good book. ( )

The poor Baudelaire orphans! In their 10th adventure, Violet and Klaus are separated from Sunny, and all three encounter a number of surprises, some pleasant, but most unpleasant, of course. Lemony Snickett just writes so well, and appeals to me as an adult reader just as much as he does to many of his young readers. ( )

Summary: The Baudelaires are in hot pursuit of the sugar bowl and did one parent really survive a fire? And will everything really come together at a slippery slope? I think not, but close to it.
ReviewL It was okay. ( )

Another worthy entry, full of what I've come to expect from this series. The plots have become more unpredictable, although its still safe to say that anyone pleasant who helps the Baudelaires is placing themselves in grave danger. ( )

In this tenth book in the series Violet and Klaus are searching for the V.F.D. headquarters in the mountains to see if one of their parents really survived the fire. They also need to free Sunny from the clutches of Count Olaf. On their quest they run into someone totally unexpected.
Entertaining as usual. ( )

Sunny has been kidnapped! Count Olaf demonstrates just how evil he really is, forcing her to cook for and clean up after him, his girlfriend, and their henchmen. We're introduced to some intriguing (in both good and bad ways) new characters in this book, and things start to get really interesting and suspenseful. ( )

This book took me to the top of a very slippery slope and caught my attention a lot at the kind of scary parts. This book is very attention catching and I like how Lemony Snicket does that. ( )

The Slippery Slope and The Grim Grotto are books 10 and 11 in the Series of Unfortunate events. These are two of the better books in the series (see my other review for details) with more character involvement and plots that rest on the many people and the mysterious VFD rather on just mean things that people can do to each other.

I haven't found it necessary to read all the books in order but it is important to read the Slippery Slope before the Grim Grotto because many things are alluded to but not explained from book to book.

Again I note that hardback list price is $11.99 (sometimes Powells and Amazon have them on sale) but I got them for $7.47 each at COSTCO. Scholastic books also sells paperback editions.

More of the same plot (just a different location and a few new characters)...still enjoyable, but you can't read too many of these in a row. ( )

I wish I hadn't started reading this series but now I have to find out how it ends. ( )

The Slippery Slope is the 10th installment of the ever so dreadful series called "A Series of Unfortunate Events", featuring the three Baudelaire orphans; Violet (14 year old inventor), Klaus (her well read brother) and the youngest Sunny (the ever talented chomper).

The book began with a really bad start, where Violet and Klaus are plummeling down the mountain to their death while Sunny is left in Count Olaf's hands so he could get his filthy hands on the Baudelaire's fortune. After their close call, they meet up with the third missing Quigley Quagmire, who were thought to be dead in the first place! The three of them do whatever it takes to decipher the ever so mysterious VFD, giving Violet and Klaus more important informaton about their parents' past involvement with the VFD.

Meanwhile, Sunny tries her best to keep herself safe, by stalling and doing some chores set by Count Olaf and his evil troupe for her to complete, as cooking, hoping her siblings are safe somewhere and not dead in the feet of the mountains. While she is in Count Olaf's hands, she overheard some things that's useful for her and her siblings to persue in the future.

At first, I wasn't really looking forward to read this one after how that last book ended. I love the cover and the plot really pulls you in like always. ( )

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