Nothing really. I tried to read A Series of Unfortunate Events and I couldn't get past the whole wedding thing in the first book. It really creeped me out.
Too bad, I liked those books. They are weird though.
"Children's" fantasy is often much better than "adult" fantasy, because it's interesting and doesn't bog down into boring allegories, isn't as infested with Tolkien ripoffs, and doesn't have as much bad romance. I still like curling up with a nice E. Nesbit or Lloyd Alexander novel.