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It would be easy to pick this book apart as formulaic and trite, as the Baudelaires drag their tired, pseudo-victorian selves through another 13 penultimately perilous chapters, but, as it turns out, Snicket has turned form-ula into form-ulart - to the extent that three chapters within this larger screed are, themselves, entirely formulaic.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: November 2005 Archives 2005
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It would be easy to pick this book apart as formulaic and trite, as the Baudelaires drag their tired, pseudo-victorian selves through another 13 penultimately perilous chapters, but, as it turns out, Snicket has turned form-ula into form-ulart - to the extent that three chapters within this larger screed are, themselves, entirely formulaic.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The Penultimate Peril 2005
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