Please tell me about Lemony Snicket?

[Beanbagz]

Will DD (10) and DS (7) both be able to read them? Are they all stand alone books or do i need to buy a series? Whay should i buy them?

Also i've been looking at the audiobooks on Ebay. Anyone have any experience of these? Are they well read? Entertaining enough for a 400 mile round trip by car?

[singersgirl]

Your 10 year old almost certainly. Depends how good a reader your 7 year old is - they are very funny, the first ones particularly, but sophisticated language etc (though it is often explained).

[dontgobacktorockville]

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events has become very popular in our house. It's a series of 13 books. DD, 7, nearly 8, started them a few months ago, and loves them. We do a bit of me reading/her reading. They are funny and dark humoured. Language stretches dd, but she gets the gist. Would def recommend. Not heard the audio versions - but the stories are pretty gripping, could def work for a car journey.

[allfrontandnodoorcolour]

Considering buying these for ds. He is very chilled about reading scary stuff and doesn't get freaked out e.g. by the latter Harry Potters or darker Dahls. But how scary/ sad are these in comparison?