Lemony Snicket

Despatched to the village of VFD, the three Baudelaire orphans think they may at last be able to find out what Duncan Quagmire meant when he frantically screamed those enigmatic letters, before Count Olaf abducted him and his sister.

The Vile Village

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7)

kelsey

5✰

it was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.

i think this was my favorite one so far? but its so frustrating getting so close to answers and having them torn away from u. but the quagmires are safe <3

and klaus celebrating his birthday in jail my heart broke into a million pieces :(

Monicap

Oh my god, would you just tell me already???

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay in the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded in these pages. I can think of no single reason why anyone would want to open a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the Deluxe Cell, and some very strange hats. It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of the Baudelaire children's lives and write them all down, but you may prefer to do some other solemn and sacred thing, such as reading another book instead. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: The Vile Village

This is one of my favorite books so far in the entire series. It had me on the edge of my seat..

Aly Valenz

Alexa Jade

I almost want to give this a 3.75 because it’s so repetitive at certain points.

Barry Hess

Giulia Pianta

** spoiler alert **
           Lovely as usual, the setting is so bizarre as usual, and the kids are smart as usual.
It really does not get old, despite following always the same general plot steps.

Ren Christina

It’s cool *snaps fingers* to read ASOUE. It’s cool *snaps fingers* to care about these three fictional orphans more than most real people. It’s super cool *snaps fingers* to realise that this will soon be adapted into two surely wonderful television episodes.

Hannah

At this point in the series, I’m now just reading to find out how it ends, the books are too formulaic for me to really be enjoying the journey. However I did enjoy this book more than the previous 2, maybe because it’s less repetitive at the beginning as we are far enough into the series that only people who have read the previous 6 books and therefore will be very familiar with the characters that they don’t need reminding of specific traits Violet, Klaus and Sonny have, or maybe Snicket is just sprinkling them in rather than shoving them in your face like previous books. Only 6 more books to read.

Olivera Mitić

I can't even begin to explain how funny I find the fact that that Esme bitch and Count Olaf are dating :') 
3.5 stars

Jelke Lenaerts

Character wise this book was the best so far. Pasing wise not that much.

Emily

Another great installment of this series. I did predict quite a bit, but that is to be expected of a middle grade book lol. 

I don't have too much to say about these books after a certain point because my opinion on all of them is pretty universal: I love this series, and I need to read book 8 so I can finish season 2 of the Netflix show!

Here is my favorite quote from this book of the series:

  "'Normally I don't approve of children staying up late,' he said finally, 'unless they are reading a very good book, seeing a wonderful movie, or attending a dinner party with fascinating guests.'" 

These are my ongoing questions for the next books:

(view spoiler)[ What does V.F.D. stand for??? I figured out that V. stands for volunteer with my elite deduction skills, but besides that I need to know!

Also, I want to know more about Jacques Snicket and about Lemony's past.  (hide spoiler)]

Loredana

Once again the Baudelaire children escaped Count Olaf on the last second but lost their friends for it. In this book they are sent in a village where all the inhabitants are supposed to take of them. We soon see the "craziness" of the adults, they don't listen to the Baudelaire and force them to work for the town an enormous amount of time each day. But we quickly have some news of their friends, the Quagmires.
This particular book is a real turn of event for the rest of the series we start to see it of something bigger that just the unfortunate adventures of the orphans. They also take a big decision at the end of the book. The rest of the series promise to be different from what we are used to.

Leelynn Brady

Find this review and more on my blog Sometimes Leelynn Reads.

“It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.” 

This is the farthest that I've ever gotten in this series, and I'm so proud of myself! Honestly, this series just keeps getting better and better, you know besides all the unfortunate events that keep happening to Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. But of course, that's how you know what book you're reading: there are rarely any happy events that happen and even though it looks like things are going to get better, they always end up getting worse.

The saying "it takes a village to raise a child" definitely comes into question in this book. Instead of being sent to a specific guardian like in the previous books, the Baudelaires are sent to a certain village, one that has signed up for a program where the entire village helps to raise orphans in need. So of course, they choose the village that they think will lead to some sort of clue as to what happened to the Quagmire Triplets, and the mysterious fire that killed their parents. At first, they feel like they came to a dead end, but that's not always the case. We find out what one version of VFD means, but is it the one that we are looking for? Does Count Olaf end up finding them again this terrible and vile village? Spoiler alert: Doesn't he always?

These books really just keep it interesting enough that I want to find out what the heck happens at the very ending. I want them to finally kick Count Olaf's scrawny butt and not have to deal with terrible guardians that are crappy adults. I want that to happen so badly, but I feel like it's not going to end that way. I just have to keep going to find out.

Stay tuned.

There is nothing to be found in the pages of A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-seller to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on . . . Within the chapters of The Vile Village Violet, Klaus and Sunny face such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the Deluxe cell, and some very strange hats. With 5 million copies sold in the UK alone, one might consider Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events to make him one of the most successful children’s authors of the past decade. We, however, consider these miserable so-called adventure stories and the Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey that accompanied the books for children as nothing more than a dreadful mistake.

Sandy

Hector is one of my favourite guardians! I'm really glad he's caring at least for some of the orphans. Also, these audio books are so so much better when Tim Curry narrates them, it's such a relief that he's "back"!

Erin 

Tim Curry has got to be the world's best narrator.

I still find it so strange that I loved this series once with every fiber of my being, and this was one of my favorites.

Manon van Heumen

This book was a pleasant surprise. I'm always anxious that it will be the same as the last book, but it wasn't, and it surprised me in a good way! I really liked the book, and I can't wait to get some more answers in the next book :)

Kate

This was bizarre but another fun read! It genuinely had me anxious as times and worried for what was going to happen. I'm enjoying the way the plot is starting to somewhat (very slightly) deviate away from the original formula and new characters, mysteries and objectives are being added. I'm still not entirely sure where this series is heading (although I have my guesses) so I'm still very intrigued!

Zoe Wilson

cami

Savannah Lowe

Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.

The Vile Village

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