Another cracking installment of Lemony Snicket's series. More stupid adults, more coughing from the worlds most useless man...Mr Poe….more devious plotting by Count Olaf and more resourcefulness by the children.

This has to be my favourite so far, the narrating is top notch, so much doom and gloom in his voice, and the plot itself, whilst silly, was very interesting. Maybe a bit more on the actual hypnotism would have added more to the story.

Miles better than Harry Potter and fun to read to my daughter. Need to try and find a copy of book 5 now.