one thing i really like about a series of unfortunate events is how few concrete facts there are as the series progresses
the best example of this is when the kids learn that their parents killed olaf's parents - they don't have any context as to why, what the situation was, really any details other than that. they have to make their minds up about it based on very little evidence, and that's realistic, you know. you're never going to have the full story, because the full story would take an age to recount. sure, you could learn why the baudelaire parents killed olaf's parents, but there will be other stories and reasons and factors behind that, and more behind them, on and on until every story is the entire story of the universe. you have to work with the information you have and hope that you're right.
