
Count Olaf is horrible from the start. He never hides that he's after the money even after he learned that the money was only accessible when Violet turned of age. The time that they lived in Count Olaf's home was miserable. He forced them to clean his filthy house, only gave them one room to live with one bed. Ordered them to cook a meal for his acting troop then threw a fit when they didn't make roast beef. He then made a plan to get his hands on the money by forcing Violet to marry him by threatening her with the well being of her baby sister. Fortunately, Violet can ford his attempts and save her sister. Still, Count Olaf manages to get away, not without promising to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune and killing the children.
As I said, I have never been so creeped out by a children's book, but that didn't mean that I didn't enjoy it. It was interesting to see how the children got themselves out of a horrible situation. At the same time it broke my heart when it seemed like no one was willing to help them when they were obviously needing the help. Then the one person in the whole book that cared for them and let them use their library couldn't keep them in the end. I'm not sure how I had gone this long and never read a series of unfortunate events.