Recently Read: A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 4: The Miserable Mill

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A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 4: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket

Lemony switches things up on you in this fourth outing, and that shows character growth, at least in the orphans. Everyone else is still dependably true to form, and I think that's the point. The world is painted in very static brushes, and everything else behaves to pattern.

As always, Olaf seems - to the other adults - to be doing something wholly different because he is quite obviously, as Mr. Poe will point out, not Olaf. Although the orphans will, also true to form, recognize Olaf instantly through any disguise, they change in other ways, and that leaves the impression of their animated characters against a still life of the rest of the cast and world.

Quite a fun read, as always.