A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Beatrice Letters

変わった造りなのにその説明がどこにもないので書いときますね。商品説明にはハードカバーとありますが、それは外側のこと。表紙はここに写真が出ていますが、BEATRICEとリボン上に書かれたシルエットの下のLETTERSという文字は切り抜きになっています。その厚紙のカバーをあけるとじゃばら状のドキュメントファイル風になっていて、でも区切りは2つだけ。ひとつには謎めいた両面ポスター（もちろん本編同様Brett Herquistのイラスト）。よく見ると登場人物に関連した様々な物が…。もうひとつには、ソフトカバーの本。いろいろ中に仕掛けあり。とび出す絵本ほどじゃないけどめくって見るような紙ものもくっついてる。絵や写真もたくさん、それぞれ謎めいたものばかり。ページは振ってないけどここamazonの説明を見ると72ページだそうだ。このタイトルのBeatriceという人名にも実はひねりが入っておるんです。（TheEndのレビューでスペル間違えちゃった、恥ずかし。）A Series of Unfortunate Events13巻読んだ人はもうわかりましたね。シリーズのファンは必読、シリーズを読んだことない人にはまったくちんぷんかんぷんの代物です。自分はまあこういうのも有りかなあという感じで、ものすごーく気に入ったわけでもないけど買って損した気もしなかった。借りて読めば済むかもしれないけど、図書館とかではなかなかこういう変わった形の買ってくれそうもないしね。作者や出版社の遊び心を粋に感じて星4つ。だって日本の子ども向けの本には、こんな人くったひねりまくったものってちょっと無いかと思うから。まあこの作品自体、子ども向けってわけではないのか。とにかくファンは要チェック。新シリーズへの橋渡しとなるはず。多分。

La mia saga preferita fin da bambina! E questo titolo è bellissimo, con molte cose da scoprire.

From the very first clue all the way to untangling the anagrams in the sonnet `My Silence Knot' (also an anagram), the `letters' are tantalising and humourous - and brilliantly realised - which here means a joy to look at. But what is also remarkable is the beauty in the prose the real author has penned (Daniel Handler that is - not `Lemony Snicket' who is the fictitious `biographer' of the `Series of unfortunate events' chronicles) - very funny and insightful - as always - but also - very very moving.Even if you are not a fan of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny - the Baudelaire orphans who lost their parents in a fire, as chronicled by the character `Lemony Snicket' in the thirteen-part ` A series of unfortunate events'; and even if you haven't seen the DVD and marvelled at its contents, or read any of the books, you will draw lots from this.

If there's anyone on your gift list unlucky enough to own the entire series of unfortunate events, you may wish to inflict further adversity upon them by purchasing this additional volume for their collection. Not so much a book as a mystery contained between hard covers, this most attractively presented publication contains two folders, one with a large two-sided poster filled with clues, and a notebook containing correspondence exchanged between a guy named Lemony Snicket and what seems to be two people named Beatrice Baudelaire, one of whom claims to be a fourth Baudelaire sibling. The letters begin before The Bad Beginning and end sometime after The End.It soon becomes evident that the notebook contains many clues, and from the cover we learn that these clues are "suspiciously linked to Book the Thirteenth". The most obvious puzzle is the anagram using the punch out letters, but there's no way in heck that anybody's going to ruin the notebook by actually doing that. There are several solutions to the anagram, two of which contain names, the simplest one seeming to tie in with the poster illustration, and the other one connected through the correspondence. Even the cover has an illustrated surprise which could also be a clue.Conspiracy buffs will have a field day with this one, which is a lot trickier that it looks. For instance the occupation "baticeer" (someone who trains bats) won't be found in the dictionary, and the poem "My Silence Knot" is also a puzzle. It's highly unlikely that I'll be any closer to revealing any secrets by the time "The End" comes out next month, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see. In the interim, this one gets full marks for originality and presentation.Amanda Richards, September 17, 2006

Fin bok. Bra inpackad. Mycket nöjd.

A booklet made with love! Im a vig fan of anything lemony snicket makes, so its no surprise i fell in love with this 🙂 beautifuly made