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    Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope
    Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope
    Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope
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    Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope

    Written by Lemony Snicket

    Narrated by Tim Curry and Stephin Merritt

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    About this audiobook

    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

    DISCLAIMER: The long term effects of listening to this audio are unknown. Scientists have detected slightly higher rates of panic, fright and free-floating anxiety amongst listeners to this audio than that found in those listeners who engaged in more pleasant listening activities.

    Dear Listener,

    Like handshakes or housepets, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up—and down—a range of strange and distressing mountains.

    It would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire.

    Unfortunately, I have dedicated my life to researching and recording the sad tale of the Baudelaire Orphans. There is no reason for you to dedicate yourself to such things, and you might instead dedicate yourself to letting this slippery audio slip from your hands into a nearby trash receptacle, or deep pit.

    With all due respect,

    Lemony Snicket

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 21, 2004
    ISBN9780060793500
    Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope
    Author

    Lemony Snicket

    Lemony Snicket had an unusual education, which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All The Wrong Questions.

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    • 4/5
      Cold and Bitter.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Nearing the end of the Baudelaire children's story, this book manages to be as compelling and interesting as ever. I read it a long time ago, but I do recall the books as all being darkly humorous and very readable. I highly recommend for children (and adults) who can enjoy a certain type of snarky humor.

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    • 5/5
      How it had lemony snickets foreword and how it is so somber I loved all of his books
    • 4/5
      I started on my reread of the final books of ASOUE this month to prepare for the third season and I loved TSS. I do not have anything to say that is not spoilery. I loved it. I loved being back in the world.
    • 5/5
      It's one of my fav books and movie
      And it's amazing
    • 5/5
      This series is stressing me out.
    • 5/5
      I think it’s great but it’s not easy to listen to
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    • 5/5
      The narrator did an extraordinary job in bringing this story and its characters alive! Well done!
    • 4/5
      The plot is getting better and doesn't feel like it's the same thing over and over. Eager to read the last three though.
    • 2/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      This one seemed especially long, but quite a lot happens in it, so maybe it's appropriate.Quigley is a great addition to the gang. I love how everyone has one specific talent. It might be a rather juvenile way of writing characters, but Lemony Snicket pulls it off very well. It also helps that his characters are interesting, and his plot is interesting, and his writing is very good.Overall the best part about this book is Sunny. I swear she might be my favorite of the Baudelaires, because she's probably the most resourceful. And the fact that she's growing up brings me to tears..
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      This is the tenth book in the series. This serie is fun, humorous and clever. It's about 3 kids who are running away from a evil man named Count Olaf. He is trying to get their fortune, but the kids always mange to escape. from him. This book will make you laugh, think and it'll make you want to keep reading.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      The Bauldelaires are split up in this installment of their lives as they battle to reach each other on a freezing mountain and search through more clues about VFD.
    • 3/5
      It's been interesting to watch the evolution of this series. The first four books certainly followed a particular formula with slight changes. The tone was almost gothic, with an attempt at dark humor. The next two stepped out a little farther, but remained close to that formula. Each book seemed to become more action based. With the seventh book, the arc that made this a series began to tighten. Over the next few books, the series became more of a mystery. And here, with book ten, The Slippery Slope the facts begin to come together; finally, I am drawn into more than just the individual plight of the Baudelaire children—I want to unmask the global conspiracy that lies at the heart of these unfortunate events.The Slippery Slope wasn't the funniest in the series. It certainly wasn't the most action packed or memorable of the stories. What it is however, is that moment of reward—the “we're finally getting somewhere” moment. And that can be one of the greatest moments of a series. People don't want answers, they want those moments before they get their answers, as they sit on the edge of their seat waiting. Think about it, The X-Files was at its best when Scully's cancer was a big unknown and Mulder's life-long belief was being tested. Lost was at its best when we were given glimpses of the past and the future, but had no idea what the common thread was. I have a feeling A Series of Unfortunate Events will shake out the same way. I'm eager to have the answers, but I think the next couple of books, the moments when the clues are falling but haven't been pieced together yet, will be the best of the series.A Series of Unfortunate Events:The Bad Beginning – 3.1The Reptile Room – 3.2The Wide Window – 3.6The Miserable Mill - 3.3 The Austere Academy - 3.4The Ersatz Elevator - 3.3The Vile Village - 3.1The Hostile Hospital - 3.4The Carnivorous Carnival - 3.9The Slippery Slope - 3.6
    • 5/5
      I am pleased to report that The Slippery Slope is as good as, if not better than, The Carnivorous Carnival! I did not want to put it down. The reader finally gets to meet Quigley the missing triplet, once again encounters the character who I consider to be the biggest cakesniffer of them all, and "watches" as Sunny stops being a baby and grows into a "young girl". Change is certainly in the cold mountain air. With only three volumes to go in the series I'm getting excited to see what twists and turns remain in the Baudelaire orphans' adventure. Now go get #11, The Grim Grotto, and start reading, you cakesniffers! And don't forget to be accommodating, basic, calm, darling....
    • 4/5
      The books are definitely on an upswing again from the low I felt they reached at book 8. The characters of the Baudelaire orphans are developing as are the intermeshed stories as more details are revealed about the history of VFD.

      Looking forward to The Grim Grotto!
    • 4/5
      The longest of the series so far, this book still manages to be gripping, funny, heartbreaking and fresh. I can't wait to read the final 3 books!
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      This is a book that has alot of adventures in it and it is a very suspensful book. You never know what is going to happen next. I recommend this book to teachers who have students who like adventure or that just had a death in their family.
    • 4/5
      Some new developments in the 10th book of A Series of Unfortunate Events: "The Slippery Slope" finds Sunny having to deal with Count Olaf and gang by herself for most of the story. She is just as resourceful and clever as the two older Baudelaires (of course), and by the end of the book she can proudly and accurately proclaim that she "is not a baby." A few persons from prior books reappear to the consternation and bafflement of our heroes. Violet and Klaus are united with an unexpected survivor of a horrible fire and walk a slippery slope themselves between becoming as monstrous as Count Olaf in trying to save their sister or retaining the goodness instilled in them by their deceased parents. I'm getting somewhat impatient and anxious to get to the end of the series. Will good triumph over evil? Highly, unlikely, and yet I read on...
    • 3/5
      The 10th book in the Series of Unfortunate Events gives readers more of the same. The three orphans are still battling Count Olaf and his crew, but they have been separated from each other. Olaf has kidnapped the youngest, Sunny and the two older siblings, Violet and Klaus, are trying to rescue her. The book does a lot of rehashing of the previous books. It felt like the author was just trying stretch it out to cram more books in the series than the story needed. The only major plot advancement was the introduction of Quigley Quagmire, the third triplet who is believed dead before this book. I know I'll finish the series, because my curiosity must be satisfied, but I think the series' plot could easily have fit into 10 books.
    • 4/5
      The children, are, quite literally, sliding down the slippery slope as the book opens. Actually more like plummeting. But - a typically-ridiculous scheme saves them, they meet a group of Scouts in the mountains who sing an annoying and repetitive song (if you thought that it couldn't get worse than 'have a heart-shaped balloon; you were wrong.)
      Plus, the terrible Carmelita Spats is back!
      On the more positive side; they meet the presumed-dead Quigley Quagmire - who might actually know something concrete about the mysterious V.F.D.
      Will the children be able to rescue Sunny from the nefarious clutches of Count Olaf, and unravel the mystery behind what happened to their parents in that terrible tragedy that left them orphans?
    • 3/5
      Definitely one of the weirder books in the series. The whole thing takes place on a mountain, with Sunny in Count Olaf's clutches and Violet and Klaus trying to get her back. There were some real breakthrough's in the whole VFD case, but not nearly enough for it to have started to make any sense. I love how at this point, absolutely nothing is realistic, and the author has given up any pretence of acting as such. These books are just really, really good.
    • 4/5
      The central moral dilemma in this installment is how far can one go before one becomes wicked as well. It's a bit silly, because the villains in these books are so ridiculously evil, but at the same time, makes a reasonable point. There are more clues about what the vfd is and who their parents really were. At least they are out from under the poor supervision of Mr. Poe!
    • 5/5
      This is probably one of the most adventurous books in the series. Two siblings going down, one sibling going up. Snicket left me wanting to read more and more and more.