What's your opinion on Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events?

I loved these books. I have a kind of twisted sense of humor, so the parody of Gothic (I think that's what he was parodying) novels was enjoyable. Even though it was a bunch of crazy unrealistic events, I thought he introduced some pretty deep concepts. Not that the books weren't just plain fun to read. But, the whole issue in the later books on how much you can compromise your values to keep from being taken by the bad guys before you become bad yourself was interesting. Heck, he even made Count Olaf more three dimensional (only a little, but still some) by the last few books. And, I loved the dedications to Beatrice. But, I felt let down by the last book. It's been some time since I read it, so I don't recall my exact problems with it. Maybe the ending wasn't as clear? Lots of questions unanswered.

I read the first book, I thought it was good and really amusing. I liked the style of the writing.

I loved the first few books but, like you, found they became a bit repetitive towards the end of the series. I actually read the whole series but wish I'd stopped after the 4th or 5th book so that I might have kept the good impression of the whole series. Have you tried the Rowan of Rin series by Emily Rodda? It's a great adventure with an unlikely hero and a wonderful series to read. The only problem with this series is that you want it to keep going after the 5th book.