AWFUL END
When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud, and it doesn't look as if the three of them are ever going to reach their destination ...
DREADFUL ACTS
Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids an explosion, a hot-air balloon and arrest, only to find himself falling head-over heels for a girl with a face like a camel's, and into the hands of a murderous gang of escaped convicts who have 'one little job for him to do'.
TERRIBLE TIMES
Eddie had been given the task of travelling to America to look after his family's interests there. But his life is never that simple; especially with a potential stowaway in his trunk, and Lady Constance Bustle at his side. She's a professional 'travelling companion', whose previous employers seem to have died under the most remarkable and unfortunate circumstances ...
A short and quick read written with middle age readers in mind. With a similar style as to "A Series of Unfortunate Events ", this book (being a first in a trilogy) offers a cute, silly, dark and dreary tale of a boy named Eddie who was sent away to stay with his Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud.
Despite it's silliness and fun writing style, I hold back my higher star rating mainly for it's lack of uniqueness. In comparison to similar books that are fun and darkly-written-for-kids, I felt that the scenes could have been a little bit more thought-out and creative in order to make this book stand out from the rest.
