What would you do if you got poisoned? In this book, the author ate poison and needs to find a cure. The book Poison for breakfast written by Lemony Snicket in 2021 is a true story about the author being poisoned at breakfast. The plot of the story is that the author (the main character) found out he is eating a poisoned breakfast from a note. Now, he needs to find an antidote before his demise. Throughout the novel, he wanders into many shops investigating the source of the poison.
The main strengths of the book are the flow, the unpredictability, and the fusion between reality and fantasy. The flow is important because I didn’t get bored while reading. The flow also makes the book exciting, encouraging the reader to investigate with the author. Although the book is weird and unpredictable and the clues or details are all over the place, this makes the book exciting and never dull. Additionally, the reality and the fantasy parts are all mixed up with no differentiation between them. At first, it was confusing to follow but soon I got used to it, I really enjoy reading it.
Another thing that I like about the book is that the main character is full of humour. He makes dark jokes even though he is in a dangerous situation. There is a part where it makes fun of death or drowning which I think is funny. In addition to that, there are illustrations in the stories which describe some weird clues. I think they are cool.
Due to the unpredictability and the humour, Poison for breakfast, in my opinion, is a mysterious, funny and it is a wacky book, that everyone should read.