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A Series of Unfortunate Events #2
袙懈胁邪褉懈褍屑褗褌 褋 胁谢械褔褍谐懈褌械
袗泻芯 褋褌械 褋械 褋锌褉械谢懈 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 褋 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪 写邪 薪邪屑械褉懈褌械 胁 薪械褟 锌褉懈褟褌薪邪 懈 胁械褋械谢邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 斜芯褟 褋械, 褔械 褋褌械 锌芯锌邪写薪邪谢懈 薪邪 褋褗胁褋械屑 锌芯谐褉械褕薪芯 褔械褌懈胁芯. 孝芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 胁懈 褋械 褋褌芯褉懈 胁械褋械谢芯 胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯, 写芯泻邪褌芯 褋懈褉邪褑懈褌械 袘芯写谢械褉 卸懈胁械褟褌 褋褗褋 褋胁芯褟 蟹邪薪械褋械薪 褔懈褔芯 褋褉械写 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈 胁谢械褔褍谐懈, 薪芯 薪械 褋械 锌芯写胁械卸写邪泄褌械. 袗泻芯 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 蟹薪邪械褌械 薪械褖懈褔泻芯 蟹邪 褌械蟹懈 薪械褖邪褋褌薪懈 写械褑邪, 蟹薪邪褔懈 胁械褔械 蟹薪邪械褌械, 褔械 写芯褉懈 懈 锌褉懈褟褌薪懈褌械 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 谐懈 胁芯写褟褌 褋褌褉械屑谐谢邪胁芯 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 锌褗褌 泻褗屑 屑褗泻邪褌邪.
袠 褌邪泻邪, 械褌芯 泻邪泻胁芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪 褌褉懈褌械 写械褑邪 - 邪胁褌芯屑芯斜懈谢薪邪 蟹谢芯锌芯谢褍泻邪, 褍卸邪褋薪邪 屑懈褉懈蟹屑邪, 褋屑褗褉褌芯薪芯褋薪邪 蟹屑懈褟, 写褗谢褗谐 薪芯卸, 谐芯谢褟屑邪 屑械褋懈薪谐芯胁邪 谢邪屑锌邪 蟹邪 褔械褌械薪械 懈 锌芯胁褌芯褉薪邪褌邪 锌芯褟胁邪 薪邪 械写薪邪 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋邪 褋械 薪邪写褟胁邪谢懈 写邪 薪械 胁懈写褟褌 薪懈泻芯谐邪 锌芯胁械褔械.
袗蟹 褋褗屑 写谢褗卸械薪 写邪 芯锌懈褕邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋薪懈褌械 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟, 薪芯 胁懈械 褋褌械 褋胁芯斜芯写薪懈 写邪 褋懈 锌芯褌褗褉褋懈褌械 锌芯-谢械泻芯 褔械褌懈胁芯.
袠 褌邪泻邪, 械褌芯 泻邪泻胁芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪 褌褉懈褌械 写械褑邪 - 邪胁褌芯屑芯斜懈谢薪邪 蟹谢芯锌芯谢褍泻邪, 褍卸邪褋薪邪 屑懈褉懈蟹屑邪, 褋屑褗褉褌芯薪芯褋薪邪 蟹屑懈褟, 写褗谢褗谐 薪芯卸, 谐芯谢褟屑邪 屑械褋懈薪谐芯胁邪 谢邪屑锌邪 蟹邪 褔械褌械薪械 懈 锌芯胁褌芯褉薪邪褌邪 锌芯褟胁邪 薪邪 械写薪邪 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋邪 褋械 薪邪写褟胁邪谢懈 写邪 薪械 胁懈写褟褌 薪懈泻芯谐邪 锌芯胁械褔械.
袗蟹 褋褗屑 写谢褗卸械薪 写邪 芯锌懈褕邪 胁褗锌褉芯褋薪懈褌械 褌褉邪谐懈褔薪懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟, 薪芯 胁懈械 褋褌械 褋胁芯斜芯写薪懈 写邪 褋懈 锌芯褌褗褉褋懈褌械 锌芯-谢械泻芯 褔械褌懈胁芯.
228 pages, Paperback
First published December 3, 1999
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Lemony Snicket
271听books26.1k听followersLemony Snicket had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous published works include the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Composer is Dead, and 13 Words. His new series is All The Wrong Questions.
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September 9, 2015
While re-reading this series my main question is why the hell is an incompetent banker the only adult helping these children. Like where are the police or social workers????
March 25, 2023
Incredibly Deadly SADNESS.
The Baudelaire Orphans misfortune continues. After their home burned, their parents died, and they narrowly escaped the evil clutches of uncle Olaf, Violet, Klaus and Sunny are taken to the care of a distant relative, Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, a BRILLIANT herpetologist and quirky nice guy. A brief respite of happiness ensues; until Stephano, a totally new character appears out of nowhere in their lives, and calamity strikes again.
A wonderfully endearing beginning followed by a terrible succession of utterly sad events. LOVED Uncle Monty, although not as much as Justice Strauss. Totally HATED Stephano, one truly dreadful character, especially when brandishing his scary knife; a nice addition to the series, with much more depth and cunning than the totally different evil Count Olaf of the first book. The Orphans lovely as ever, never giving up, despite everything falling apart around them. Sunny and the Incredibly Deadly Viper were hilarious. A funnier and somewhat lighter sequel than the first book.
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PERSONAL NOTE : I planned to read this series between other books, like I do with almost everything else, but then decided it was probably not the best move to let Lemony kill my buzz every single month for the next year. So here I am. Making my stand for the full depression 12 round match. Bring it on Lemony. Do your worst. I can take it. *feigns strength*
[1999] [192p] [Children's] [3.5] [Recommendable] [Uncle Monty <3] [Die Stephano DIE!] [Disturbing Knife scenes] [New amazing vocabulary that I quickly forget]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 1. The Bad Beginning [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 2. The Reptile Room [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 3. The Wide Window
鈽呪槄鈽嗏槅鈽� 4. The Miserable Mill [2,5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 5. The Austere Academy [4.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 6. The Ersatz Elevator
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 7. The Vile Village
鈽呪槅鈽嗏槅鈽� 8. The Hostile Hospital
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 9. The Carnivorous Carnival [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 10. The Slippery Slope [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 11. The Grim Grotto
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 12. The Penultimate Peril [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 13. The End
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 14. The Complete Wreck
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Incre铆blemente Mort铆fera TRISTEZA.
Los infortunios de los Hu茅rfanos Baudelaire continua. Despu茅s de que su hogar se incendiara, sus padres murieran, y estrechamente escaparan de las malvadas garras del Conde Olaf, Violet, Klaus y Sunny son llevados al cuidado de un pariente lejano, el Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, un BRILLANTE herpet贸logo y peculiar buen sujeto. Sobreviene un breve respiro de felicidad; hasta que Stephano, un personaje totalmente nuevo aparece de la nada en sus vidas, y la calamidad golpea otra vez.
Un maravillosamente encantador principio seguido de una terrible sucesi贸n de desgarradores tristes eventos. AME al T铆o Monty, aunque no tanto como a Justice Strauss. ODIE totalmente a Stephano, un verdaderamente espantoso personaje, especialmente cuando blande su aterrador cuchillo; una linda adici贸n a la serie, con mucha m谩s profundidad y astucia que el totalmente diferente malvado Conde Olaf del primer libro. Los Hu茅rfanos tan adorables como siempre, nunca rindi茅ndose, a pesar de que todo se derrumbe a su alrededor. Sunny y la Incre铆blemente Mort铆fera Serpiente fue hilarante. Una graciosa y algo m谩s ligera secuela que el primer libro.
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NOTA PERSONAL : Planeaba leer esta serie entre otros libros, como hago con casi todo lo dem谩s, pero luego decid铆 que probablemente no era la mejor idea dejar que Lemony destruya mi vibra cada mes durante el siguiente a帽o. As铆 que ac谩 estoy. Defendiendo mi posici贸n para la pelea de 12 rounds de completa depresi贸n. Trae todo Lemony. Hac茅 tu da帽o. Puedo soportarlo. *finge fortaleza*
[1999] [192p] [Libro para Ni帽os] [3.5] [Recomendable] [T铆o Monty <3] [Muere Stephano MUERE!] [Perturbadoras escenas con cuchillo] [Incre铆ble nuevo vocabulario que r谩pidamente olvido]
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The Baudelaire Orphans misfortune continues. After their home burned, their parents died, and they narrowly escaped the evil clutches of uncle Olaf, Violet, Klaus and Sunny are taken to the care of a distant relative, Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, a BRILLIANT herpetologist and quirky nice guy. A brief respite of happiness ensues; until Stephano, a totally new character appears out of nowhere in their lives, and calamity strikes again.
A wonderfully endearing beginning followed by a terrible succession of utterly sad events. LOVED Uncle Monty, although not as much as Justice Strauss. Totally HATED Stephano, one truly dreadful character, especially when brandishing his scary knife; a nice addition to the series, with much more depth and cunning than the totally different evil Count Olaf of the first book. The Orphans lovely as ever, never giving up, despite everything falling apart around them. Sunny and the Incredibly Deadly Viper were hilarious. A funnier and somewhat lighter sequel than the first book.
-----------------------------------------------
PERSONAL NOTE : I planned to read this series between other books, like I do with almost everything else, but then decided it was probably not the best move to let Lemony kill my buzz every single month for the next year. So here I am. Making my stand for the full depression 12 round match. Bring it on Lemony. Do your worst. I can take it. *feigns strength*
[1999] [192p] [Children's] [3.5] [Recommendable] [Uncle Monty <3] [Die Stephano DIE!] [Disturbing Knife scenes] [New amazing vocabulary that I quickly forget]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 1. The Bad Beginning [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 2. The Reptile Room [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 3. The Wide Window
鈽呪槄鈽嗏槅鈽� 4. The Miserable Mill [2,5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 5. The Austere Academy [4.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 6. The Ersatz Elevator
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 7. The Vile Village
鈽呪槅鈽嗏槅鈽� 8. The Hostile Hospital
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 9. The Carnivorous Carnival [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 10. The Slippery Slope [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 11. The Grim Grotto
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� 12. The Penultimate Peril [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 13. The End
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 14. The Complete Wreck
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Incre铆blemente Mort铆fera TRISTEZA.
Los infortunios de los Hu茅rfanos Baudelaire continua. Despu茅s de que su hogar se incendiara, sus padres murieran, y estrechamente escaparan de las malvadas garras del Conde Olaf, Violet, Klaus y Sunny son llevados al cuidado de un pariente lejano, el Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, un BRILLANTE herpet贸logo y peculiar buen sujeto. Sobreviene un breve respiro de felicidad; hasta que Stephano, un personaje totalmente nuevo aparece de la nada en sus vidas, y la calamidad golpea otra vez.
Un maravillosamente encantador principio seguido de una terrible sucesi贸n de desgarradores tristes eventos. AME al T铆o Monty, aunque no tanto como a Justice Strauss. ODIE totalmente a Stephano, un verdaderamente espantoso personaje, especialmente cuando blande su aterrador cuchillo; una linda adici贸n a la serie, con mucha m谩s profundidad y astucia que el totalmente diferente malvado Conde Olaf del primer libro. Los Hu茅rfanos tan adorables como siempre, nunca rindi茅ndose, a pesar de que todo se derrumbe a su alrededor. Sunny y la Incre铆blemente Mort铆fera Serpiente fue hilarante. Una graciosa y algo m谩s ligera secuela que el primer libro.
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NOTA PERSONAL : Planeaba leer esta serie entre otros libros, como hago con casi todo lo dem谩s, pero luego decid铆 que probablemente no era la mejor idea dejar que Lemony destruya mi vibra cada mes durante el siguiente a帽o. As铆 que ac谩 estoy. Defendiendo mi posici贸n para la pelea de 12 rounds de completa depresi贸n. Trae todo Lemony. Hac茅 tu da帽o. Puedo soportarlo. *finge fortaleza*
[1999] [192p] [Libro para Ni帽os] [3.5] [Recomendable] [T铆o Monty <3] [Muere Stephano MUERE!] [Perturbadoras escenas con cuchillo] [Incre铆ble nuevo vocabulario que r谩pidamente olvido]
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February 6, 2017*I'm not going to rate this, because I've already read this book & stand by my first rating of it.
Even though I've read this series before & I know how unfortunate this story is, it was hard to remember all the details & everything the Baudelaire orphans go through. It seems that every time they're shown a glimmer of hope, it's taken away from them. The relationship between the siblings is incredibly beautiful. They make an unstoppable team & they each pull their weight when needed.
Even though I've read this series before & I know how unfortunate this story is, it was hard to remember all the details & everything the Baudelaire orphans go through. It seems that every time they're shown a glimmer of hope, it's taken away from them. The relationship between the siblings is incredibly beautiful. They make an unstoppable team & they each pull their weight when needed.
May 16, 2025
So, Celyn and I cruised on to book 2, pausing only for breath.
This book sets a pattern, a formula, that is repeated in each of the books we've read so far.
The children move to a new place.
All the adults are idiots.
Count Olaaf arrives in disguise and at some point a selected member of his theatre troop will show up, also in disguise (someone may have been bumped off to make space for one or both of them).
The children see through his disguise in an instant.
The adults don't believe them.
Count Olaaf insinuates his way into their lives and gets them to refer to him by his assumed name (via some kind of threat).
Interesting words are introduced and defined amusingly in context by the narrator.
Sunny makes short random utterances that are interpreted by the narrator as lengthy and cogent observations.
The three children use their given skills (respectively inventor, bookworm, biter) to solve the problem of not letting Count Olaaf gain control of them.
At the end Mr Poe is called in and Olaaf's disguise is revealed.
Count Olaaf runs away while Mr Poe coughs then phones the police.
Rinse and repeat.
Because this is book 2, and because Lemony Snicket is an entertaining writer, the formula has not yet grown old.
Things get darker in this book. Actual murder is done. Olaaf repeatedly threatens the children with a knife and with death.
As the books progress there is a slow progression toward the cartoony and surreal. In this book though the action is still largely believable and the world recognizably 'real' - only the bizarre reptiles referred to in the reptile room take us toward make-believe, and only Sunny's contribution in 'biting rope into shorter lengths' takes us toward cartoony.
This is then, a well written and entertaining book that establishes a formula LS proceeds to beat to death every book hereafter (at least as far as we've read). Fortunately LS's skills mean that this isn't as painful experience as one might think.
...
This book sets a pattern, a formula, that is repeated in each of the books we've read so far.
The children move to a new place.
All the adults are idiots.
Count Olaaf arrives in disguise and at some point a selected member of his theatre troop will show up, also in disguise (someone may have been bumped off to make space for one or both of them).
The children see through his disguise in an instant.
The adults don't believe them.
Count Olaaf insinuates his way into their lives and gets them to refer to him by his assumed name (via some kind of threat).
Interesting words are introduced and defined amusingly in context by the narrator.
Sunny makes short random utterances that are interpreted by the narrator as lengthy and cogent observations.
The three children use their given skills (respectively inventor, bookworm, biter) to solve the problem of not letting Count Olaaf gain control of them.
At the end Mr Poe is called in and Olaaf's disguise is revealed.
Count Olaaf runs away while Mr Poe coughs then phones the police.
Rinse and repeat.
Because this is book 2, and because Lemony Snicket is an entertaining writer, the formula has not yet grown old.
Things get darker in this book. Actual murder is done. Olaaf repeatedly threatens the children with a knife and with death.
As the books progress there is a slow progression toward the cartoony and surreal. In this book though the action is still largely believable and the world recognizably 'real' - only the bizarre reptiles referred to in the reptile room take us toward make-believe, and only Sunny's contribution in 'biting rope into shorter lengths' takes us toward cartoony.
This is then, a well written and entertaining book that establishes a formula LS proceeds to beat to death every book hereafter (at least as far as we've read). Fortunately LS's skills mean that this isn't as painful experience as one might think.
...
July 7, 2018
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In The Bad Beginning, the Baudelaire children lost their parents and everything they had before being shipped off to Count Olaf鈥檚 house. Count Olaf would be their caretaker until they were of age. Quickly the children realize that Count Olaf is evil and only wants to get his hands on their inherited fortune. After countless shenanigans, the children are finally whisked away from Count Olaf and Mr. Poe delivers them to Dr. Montgomery a.k.a. Uncle Monty. This begins The Reptile Room.
Mr. Poe stepped up to the door and rang the doorbell that was one of the loudest the children have ever heard. After a moment鈥檚 pause they could hear approaching footsteps, and Violet, Klaus, and Sunny all looked at one another. They had no way of knowing, of course, that very soon there would be more misfortune within their unlucky family, but they nevertheless felt uneasy. Would Dr. Montgomery be a kind person? they wondered. Would he at least be better than Count Olaf? Could he possibly be worse?
Uncle Monty seems like a kind and safe person. The children like him and it seems they are finally safe to enjoy some coconut cream cake and an occasional evening movie. They each get their own room and their own chores for the trip they鈥檒l be taking. Uncle Monty explains his plan to visit Peru with the children to go reptile exploring. Klaus is instructed to read books on reptiles, Sunny bites rope, and Violet works on traps that they need for the expedition. They鈥檙e very excited to go on the adventure, until they meet Uncle Monty鈥檚 assistant Stephano who is really Count Olaf in disguise.
Everything spins out of control again as the children try to convince the others that Count Olaf is up to his old schemes again. Once again, it鈥檚 going to be up to the children to solve the problem.
鈥淲ell, let鈥檚 try to hash this out,鈥� Violet said, using an expression which here means 鈥渢alk about something at length until we completely understand it.鈥�
We really enjoyed this installment in the series, even more than the first book. I felt that there were positive aspects in this installment as well. For a time, the children feel safe and engage in normal everyday events, that is until Stephano shows up, but once again the strong children stand by each other and work to solve the problems they face.
The writing is great and we thought it was really easy to follow just like the first book. We loved the illustrations and all the new vocabulary words/phrases that are introduced for children to learn. It was a nice surprise that multiple times throughout the book there were events that were not in the movie which kept us interested.
Overall, this is another winner for us and left completely open for the third book The Wide Window.
5
In The Bad Beginning, the Baudelaire children lost their parents and everything they had before being shipped off to Count Olaf鈥檚 house. Count Olaf would be their caretaker until they were of age. Quickly the children realize that Count Olaf is evil and only wants to get his hands on their inherited fortune. After countless shenanigans, the children are finally whisked away from Count Olaf and Mr. Poe delivers them to Dr. Montgomery a.k.a. Uncle Monty. This begins The Reptile Room.
Mr. Poe stepped up to the door and rang the doorbell that was one of the loudest the children have ever heard. After a moment鈥檚 pause they could hear approaching footsteps, and Violet, Klaus, and Sunny all looked at one another. They had no way of knowing, of course, that very soon there would be more misfortune within their unlucky family, but they nevertheless felt uneasy. Would Dr. Montgomery be a kind person? they wondered. Would he at least be better than Count Olaf? Could he possibly be worse?
Uncle Monty seems like a kind and safe person. The children like him and it seems they are finally safe to enjoy some coconut cream cake and an occasional evening movie. They each get their own room and their own chores for the trip they鈥檒l be taking. Uncle Monty explains his plan to visit Peru with the children to go reptile exploring. Klaus is instructed to read books on reptiles, Sunny bites rope, and Violet works on traps that they need for the expedition. They鈥檙e very excited to go on the adventure, until they meet Uncle Monty鈥檚 assistant Stephano who is really Count Olaf in disguise.
Everything spins out of control again as the children try to convince the others that Count Olaf is up to his old schemes again. Once again, it鈥檚 going to be up to the children to solve the problem.
鈥淲ell, let鈥檚 try to hash this out,鈥� Violet said, using an expression which here means 鈥渢alk about something at length until we completely understand it.鈥�
We really enjoyed this installment in the series, even more than the first book. I felt that there were positive aspects in this installment as well. For a time, the children feel safe and engage in normal everyday events, that is until Stephano shows up, but once again the strong children stand by each other and work to solve the problems they face.
The writing is great and we thought it was really easy to follow just like the first book. We loved the illustrations and all the new vocabulary words/phrases that are introduced for children to learn. It was a nice surprise that multiple times throughout the book there were events that were not in the movie which kept us interested.
Overall, this is another winner for us and left completely open for the third book The Wide Window.
5
January 22, 2018
I love Uncle Monty.
I love Uncle Monty. I love his coconut cake. I love the Incredibly Deadly Viper. I love the movie theater and the popcorn and Zombies in the Snow; I love Monty鈥檚 house and his shaped shrubs and his plans to voyage to Peru.
I love the Reptile Room (the place) and I love The Reptile Room (the book).
It is unusual for me to be so teeming with love. I鈥檓 not well adjusted to it. I may overdose, or my body might reject the chemical reaction in my brain, or something. BUT I LOVE THIS BOOK.
The Bad Beginning is so great, but it is only a fraction of the level of Varied, Full Detail this series will reach. This book kind of hints at it. AND YET IS STILL NOT QUITE AS GREAT AS THE SERIES BECOMES. Which is why my rating for this book is like, a 4.75, technically speaking, or something ridiculous like that. Because it鈥檚 all uphill from here, folks.
Well, generally. Not exactly. The Wide Window is not as good as this book. But whatever; you get what I mean.
Bottom line: I CANNOT WAIT to go home for break so I can continue my reread of this series. I am more excited to reunite with these books than I am to do so with most friends and family. #Priorities, people.
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oh my GOD i love this series so much.
so much so much so much so much so much so MUCH.
what a sequel, am i right? what a follow up. if you think about it this is one of the more important books of the series.
anyway. four to five stars. not my favorite of the series but far from the least. maybe in my top 5 of the books. (how ridiculous that this series is so immense that being in my top five is fairly elite.)
review to come!!!
I love Uncle Monty. I love his coconut cake. I love the Incredibly Deadly Viper. I love the movie theater and the popcorn and Zombies in the Snow; I love Monty鈥檚 house and his shaped shrubs and his plans to voyage to Peru.
I love the Reptile Room (the place) and I love The Reptile Room (the book).
It is unusual for me to be so teeming with love. I鈥檓 not well adjusted to it. I may overdose, or my body might reject the chemical reaction in my brain, or something. BUT I LOVE THIS BOOK.
The Bad Beginning is so great, but it is only a fraction of the level of Varied, Full Detail this series will reach. This book kind of hints at it. AND YET IS STILL NOT QUITE AS GREAT AS THE SERIES BECOMES. Which is why my rating for this book is like, a 4.75, technically speaking, or something ridiculous like that. Because it鈥檚 all uphill from here, folks.
Well, generally. Not exactly. The Wide Window is not as good as this book. But whatever; you get what I mean.
Bottom line: I CANNOT WAIT to go home for break so I can continue my reread of this series. I am more excited to reunite with these books than I am to do so with most friends and family. #Priorities, people.
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oh my GOD i love this series so much.
so much so much so much so much so much so MUCH.
what a sequel, am i right? what a follow up. if you think about it this is one of the more important books of the series.
anyway. four to five stars. not my favorite of the series but far from the least. maybe in my top 5 of the books. (how ridiculous that this series is so immense that being in my top five is fairly elite.)
review to come!!!
November 10, 2016
I liked this book better than the first just because I loved how Uncle Monty was with the kids. Uncle Monty was a great character too. But alas . . .
And I adored Sunny's relationship with the Incredibly Deadly Viper! The end was sad of course!
And I adored Sunny's relationship with the Incredibly Deadly Viper! The end was sad of course!
February 7, 2017
I love this book a lot more than the first one. I think the first book is just introduction to characters, and this one Violet especially begins to establish herself as a character which I LOVE. Also, this one remains one of the most upsetting. I'm excited to see some of these moments play out in the show (which we can now watch?? Oh my god??) because I think they have the potential to be really fun to see on screen. Onto book 3!
October 17, 2020
Violet Baudelaire is a revolution in the female character construct.
This book is so funny and imaginative and delightfully strange.
But let's talk about Violet. What a positively outstanding character. Gentle and kind and funny and intelligent and sensible and feminine and brave. It just doesn't get better than that.
My Book 1: The Bad Beginning Review
My Book 3: The Wide Window Review
This book is so funny and imaginative and delightfully strange.
But let's talk about Violet. What a positively outstanding character. Gentle and kind and funny and intelligent and sensible and feminine and brave. It just doesn't get better than that.
My Book 1: The Bad Beginning Review
My Book 3: The Wide Window Review
January 13, 2021
Libro sencillo, r谩pido de leer y con una prosa sobresaliente.
En realidad 3,5
La habitaci贸n de los reptiles contin煤a naturalmente la desafortunada historia de los hu茅rfanos Baudelaire; historia, que no tiene la misma crueldad del primer tomo pero que seguimos disfrutando por su tem谩tica. La historia es simple, predecible y poco intrigante, pero conocer la forma como Violet, Klaus y Sunny intentan protegerse de las amenazas de su archienemigo, es suficiente motivaci贸n para seguir leyendo sus desdichadas aventuras.
Lo mejor del libro sin ninguna duda 鈥攁l igual que en el primer tomo鈥� es la prosa del autor. Ese rol de narrador es imprescindible en esta saga porque le permite al autor usar analog铆as, explicar palabras/frases y comentar sobre el comportamiento de los personajes sin nunca aburrir al lector. Daniel Handler, mejor conocido como Lemony Snicket, con su estilo de escritura logra simpatizar con el lector de cualquier edad, atrap谩ndolo con su lenguaje ameno y con su destacado humor, cruel pero respetuoso. Debido a su prosa es que este libro se lee tan r谩pido. Mi intenci贸n era leerlo despacio para acabarlo hasta la pr贸xima semana, pero sin darme cuenta segu铆 leyendo y leyendo hasta que inevitablemente llegu茅 al final. Y ya que menciono la palabra 芦final禄, debo destacar que la carta publicada en esa secci贸n del libro simplemente me encant贸. Esa carta es un recurso muy interesante que el autor usa para promocionar su siguiente volumen. Textualmente sus palabras son:
En cuanto a lo que no me gust贸, lo 煤nico fue el Se帽or Poe: Es demasiado tonto. No, disc煤lpenme, esa no es su descripci贸n; la mejor descripci贸n es: 隆Qu茅 personaje tan idiota! S茅 que es un libro enfocado para ni帽os y adolescentes, pero que un adulto no sea capaz de distinguir un disfraz es rid铆culo. Lo peor es que los ni帽os 鈥攅n su intento de que el Se帽or Poe les creyera鈥� le daban argumentos para que 茅l entendiera que Stephano era el Conde Olaf, pero ni as铆 eran escuchados. El Se帽or Poe los ignoraba simplemente por el hecho de ser ni帽os. Por ello, pienso que el Se帽or Poe 鈥攎谩s all谩 de su estupidez鈥� se convierte en una cr铆tica hacia los adultos que no tienen en cuenta los pensamientos, opiniones y/o sentimientos de los ni帽os. Desafortunadamente, el mundo a煤n est谩 lleno de se帽ores y se帽oras Poe. 隆Hay que erradicarlos!
Una historia que me ha gustado 鈥攁unque sin exagerar鈥� y que me incentiva a continuar con el pr贸ximo volumen debido a la simpat铆a y admiraci贸n que empiezo a sentir por los Baudelaire. No es f谩cil enfrentar momentos dif铆ciles, y menos consecutivamente, por lo que su coraje y capacidad de resolver problemas bajo presi贸n es digno de respeto: Me cautiva su tenacidad. La calificaci贸n es de 3,5 estrellas porque aunque la prosa es excelente y los personajes son geniales 鈥攅xcepto el Se帽or Poe鈥� la trama en general es muy simple y no ofrece ning煤n giro inesperado. Mi pr贸ximo destino es El ventanal, en donde buscar茅 seguir acompa帽ando a los Baudelaire en su complicada vida.
En realidad 3,5
La habitaci贸n de los reptiles contin煤a naturalmente la desafortunada historia de los hu茅rfanos Baudelaire; historia, que no tiene la misma crueldad del primer tomo pero que seguimos disfrutando por su tem谩tica. La historia es simple, predecible y poco intrigante, pero conocer la forma como Violet, Klaus y Sunny intentan protegerse de las amenazas de su archienemigo, es suficiente motivaci贸n para seguir leyendo sus desdichadas aventuras.
Lo mejor del libro sin ninguna duda 鈥攁l igual que en el primer tomo鈥� es la prosa del autor. Ese rol de narrador es imprescindible en esta saga porque le permite al autor usar analog铆as, explicar palabras/frases y comentar sobre el comportamiento de los personajes sin nunca aburrir al lector. Daniel Handler, mejor conocido como Lemony Snicket, con su estilo de escritura logra simpatizar con el lector de cualquier edad, atrap谩ndolo con su lenguaje ameno y con su destacado humor, cruel pero respetuoso. Debido a su prosa es que este libro se lee tan r谩pido. Mi intenci贸n era leerlo despacio para acabarlo hasta la pr贸xima semana, pero sin darme cuenta segu铆 leyendo y leyendo hasta que inevitablemente llegu茅 al final. Y ya que menciono la palabra 芦final禄, debo destacar que la carta publicada en esa secci贸n del libro simplemente me encant贸. Esa carta es un recurso muy interesante que el autor usa para promocionar su siguiente volumen. Textualmente sus palabras son:
A m铆 querido editor:
Le escribo desde la orilla del Lago Lacrimoso, donde estoy examinando los restos de la casa de T铆a Josephine, para poder entender completamente todo lo que les ocurri贸 a los hu茅rfanos Baudelaire cuando estuvieron aqu铆.
Por favor, dir铆jase al Caf茅 Kafka el pr贸ximo mi茅rcoles a las 4 de la tarde y p铆dale al camarero m谩s alto una taza de t茅 de jazm铆n. A menos que mis enemigos hayan tenido 茅xito, le traer谩 un sobre grande en lugar del t茅. En el interior del sobre encontrar谩 mi descripci贸n de esos horribles sucesos, titulados LA VENTANA GRANDE, as铆 como un esbozo de la Cueva Cuajada, una bolsita con cristales rotos y la carta del restaurante Payaso Ansioso. Tambi茅n habr谩 una probeta con una (1) Sanguijuela Lacrimosa, para que el se帽or Belquist pueda dibujar una ilustraci贸n exacta. Esta probeta no debe ser abierta BAJO NINGUNA CIRCUNSTANCIA.
Recuerde, usted es mi 煤ltima esperanza para que las historias de los hu茅rfanos Baudelaire puedan finalmente ser contadas al gran p煤blico.
Con todo el debido respeto,
Lemony Snicket.
En cuanto a lo que no me gust贸, lo 煤nico fue el Se帽or Poe: Es demasiado tonto. No, disc煤lpenme, esa no es su descripci贸n; la mejor descripci贸n es: 隆Qu茅 personaje tan idiota! S茅 que es un libro enfocado para ni帽os y adolescentes, pero que un adulto no sea capaz de distinguir un disfraz es rid铆culo. Lo peor es que los ni帽os 鈥攅n su intento de que el Se帽or Poe les creyera鈥� le daban argumentos para que 茅l entendiera que Stephano era el Conde Olaf, pero ni as铆 eran escuchados. El Se帽or Poe los ignoraba simplemente por el hecho de ser ni帽os. Por ello, pienso que el Se帽or Poe 鈥攎谩s all谩 de su estupidez鈥� se convierte en una cr铆tica hacia los adultos que no tienen en cuenta los pensamientos, opiniones y/o sentimientos de los ni帽os. Desafortunadamente, el mundo a煤n est谩 lleno de se帽ores y se帽oras Poe. 隆Hay que erradicarlos!
Una historia que me ha gustado 鈥攁unque sin exagerar鈥� y que me incentiva a continuar con el pr贸ximo volumen debido a la simpat铆a y admiraci贸n que empiezo a sentir por los Baudelaire. No es f谩cil enfrentar momentos dif铆ciles, y menos consecutivamente, por lo que su coraje y capacidad de resolver problemas bajo presi贸n es digno de respeto: Me cautiva su tenacidad. La calificaci贸n es de 3,5 estrellas porque aunque la prosa es excelente y los personajes son geniales 鈥攅xcepto el Se帽or Poe鈥� la trama en general es muy simple y no ofrece ning煤n giro inesperado. Mi pr贸ximo destino es El ventanal, en donde buscar茅 seguir acompa帽ando a los Baudelaire en su complicada vida.
July 21, 2018
I really love the creative simplicity of these books. Not only with the language but the locations and the occupations and the divide of good and evil. I love how each character has a single identifiable trait and that鈥檚 enough. I just, I鈥檓 really happy reading these books. They鈥檙e clever and charming and warp a boring world into one of description; where a name can tell you just about everything you need to know.
April 15, 2017
VIDEORECENSIONE:
"La morte di una persona casa 猫 una strana cosa. Noi tutti sappiamo che il nostro tempo in questo mondo 猫 limitato, e che alla fine ci ritroveremo tutti sotto un lenzuolo per non rialzarci pi霉. E tuttavia 猫 sempre una sorpresa quando succede a qualcuno che conosciamo. 脠 come quando saliamo le scale al buio per andare a casa e pensiamo che ci sia un altro gradino, e invece non c'猫. Il piede ricade pesantemente nell'aria, e c'猫 un momento di spiacevole sorpresa in cui cerchiamo di modificare la nostra idea delle cose."
"La morte di una persona casa 猫 una strana cosa. Noi tutti sappiamo che il nostro tempo in questo mondo 猫 limitato, e che alla fine ci ritroveremo tutti sotto un lenzuolo per non rialzarci pi霉. E tuttavia 猫 sempre una sorpresa quando succede a qualcuno che conosciamo. 脠 come quando saliamo le scale al buio per andare a casa e pensiamo che ci sia un altro gradino, e invece non c'猫. Il piede ricade pesantemente nell'aria, e c'猫 un momento di spiacevole sorpresa in cui cerchiamo di modificare la nostra idea delle cose."
January 4, 2017
This series is already frustrating me so much. Why does no one listen to the kids? How is Mr. Poe allowed any responsibility? How is Mr. Poe so entirely incompetent? How can I stop becoming physically tense with infuriation every time Mr. Poe is mentioned?
Will these kids ever get a break?
Is the next book going to terrify me half to death like the movie did? (It's the leeches isn't it? It has to be the leeches. I'm certain the leeches must be coming...) I'm infuriated, addicted and loving it. I love how messed up and dark it is and its dark humour is continuously surprising me. I'm so ready for the next book. I just need to find it somewhere as I wasn't anticipating to enjoy this as much as I am and only picked up the first two books in a charity shop...
Will these kids ever get a break?
Is the next book going to terrify me half to death like the movie did? (It's the leeches isn't it? It has to be the leeches. I'm certain the leeches must be coming...) I'm infuriated, addicted and loving it. I love how messed up and dark it is and its dark humour is continuously surprising me. I'm so ready for the next book. I just need to find it somewhere as I wasn't anticipating to enjoy this as much as I am and only picked up the first two books in a charity shop...
January 12, 2023
鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Mr. Poe asked. 鈥淣ice girls shouldn鈥檛 know how to do such things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥�
January 3, 2018
Wow, this series tanked hard - and so damn soon after a great first book! I kinda expected it to dip in quality gradually, like every series does at some point, but so quickly and by so much in just the second book? That鈥檚 impressive!
So the orphaned Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are sent to a new distant relative to stay with. This time it鈥檚 their Uncle Monty, who鈥檚 a herpetologist (a scientist who studies amphibians/reptiles). Then Count Olaf appears and the same charade from the first book is repeated and it鈥檚 over. Really? Really.
I guess good for the kids that they wound up, however temporarily, with a nice relative after the misery of staying with Count Olaf but unfortunately pleasant things aren鈥檛 in the least bit interesting to read (that鈥檚 why I can鈥檛 abide Alexander McCall Smith鈥檚 books or that abominable Lake Wobegon crap)! And once Olaf does appear, in disguise, we instantly know it鈥檚 him so we have to wait for the adult characters - whose contrived stupidity has already gotten annoying - to figure it out. And boy does that swiftly get tedious when nothing else is happening!
I liked that the series still has an edge to it (by children鈥檚 books standards) with the fate of Uncle Monty, the book is well-written and Count Olaf remains an interesting character. But for the most part The Reptile Room was an immensely boring and worthless addition to the series. Thank jeebus these books are quick to read otherwise I鈥檇鈥檝e packed it in long before the end! Hopefully the next book picks up by cutting out the filler and actually having a semi-compelling story!
So the orphaned Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are sent to a new distant relative to stay with. This time it鈥檚 their Uncle Monty, who鈥檚 a herpetologist (a scientist who studies amphibians/reptiles). Then Count Olaf appears and the same charade from the first book is repeated and it鈥檚 over. Really? Really.
I guess good for the kids that they wound up, however temporarily, with a nice relative after the misery of staying with Count Olaf but unfortunately pleasant things aren鈥檛 in the least bit interesting to read (that鈥檚 why I can鈥檛 abide Alexander McCall Smith鈥檚 books or that abominable Lake Wobegon crap)! And once Olaf does appear, in disguise, we instantly know it鈥檚 him so we have to wait for the adult characters - whose contrived stupidity has already gotten annoying - to figure it out. And boy does that swiftly get tedious when nothing else is happening!
I liked that the series still has an edge to it (by children鈥檚 books standards) with the fate of Uncle Monty, the book is well-written and Count Olaf remains an interesting character. But for the most part The Reptile Room was an immensely boring and worthless addition to the series. Thank jeebus these books are quick to read otherwise I鈥檇鈥檝e packed it in long before the end! Hopefully the next book picks up by cutting out the filler and actually having a semi-compelling story!
March 5, 2017
Una notable mejora respecto al primero.
En La habitaci贸n de los reptiles (隆que por fin se est谩n publicando en espa帽ol de nuevo!) podemos encontrar aparte de una edici贸n preciosa y que te dan ganas de abrazar, una historia m谩s compleja que la primera parte de esta saga.
Mi mayor queja respecto a la primera entrega fue que los conflictos suced铆an demasiado r谩pido, que no apenas hab铆a tensi贸n dram谩tica y que el mundo se quedaba sin definir. Sin embargo, en esta segunda entrega todas las cosas de las que me quejaba han mejorado bastante. Respecto al Conde Olaf y su personaje en este libro la verdad que tampoco tengo queja, estaba perfectamente explicado y todo lo relacionado con su trama se me ha hecho divertido.
Respecto a los j贸venes hu茅rfanos me ha gustado saber m谩s detalles sobre su vida, y que Sunny haya cobrado un poco m谩s de protagonismo. Como digo, en esta ocasi贸n hay m谩s tensi贸n especialmente en cuanto a ellos y la superaci贸n de los conflictos (el escapar de x, el decirle a x que y ha hecho eso). De verdad, genial esa tensi贸n, mucho mejor manejada.
En general, este segundo libro de la saga me ha gustado bastante m谩s. Lo he le铆do m谩s r谩pido pese a ser un poco m谩s largo y me ha enamorado. Tengo muchas ganas de ver c贸mo contin煤a con el resto de libros.
En La habitaci贸n de los reptiles (隆que por fin se est谩n publicando en espa帽ol de nuevo!) podemos encontrar aparte de una edici贸n preciosa y que te dan ganas de abrazar, una historia m谩s compleja que la primera parte de esta saga.
Mi mayor queja respecto a la primera entrega fue que los conflictos suced铆an demasiado r谩pido, que no apenas hab铆a tensi贸n dram谩tica y que el mundo se quedaba sin definir. Sin embargo, en esta segunda entrega todas las cosas de las que me quejaba han mejorado bastante. Respecto al Conde Olaf y su personaje en este libro la verdad que tampoco tengo queja, estaba perfectamente explicado y todo lo relacionado con su trama se me ha hecho divertido.
Respecto a los j贸venes hu茅rfanos me ha gustado saber m谩s detalles sobre su vida, y que Sunny haya cobrado un poco m谩s de protagonismo. Como digo, en esta ocasi贸n hay m谩s tensi贸n especialmente en cuanto a ellos y la superaci贸n de los conflictos (el escapar de x, el decirle a x que y ha hecho eso). De verdad, genial esa tensi贸n, mucho mejor manejada.
En general, este segundo libro de la saga me ha gustado bastante m谩s. Lo he le铆do m谩s r谩pido pese a ser un poco m谩s largo y me ha enamorado. Tengo muchas ganas de ver c贸mo contin煤a con el resto de libros.
December 30, 2017
It's a cool, cloudy gray grim day...
It's 25th January.. well..it reminds me with the event that triggered all the Series of Unfortunate Events, that increased for many of us lately...
One of them, I read this book now in ebook format.. since all the book stores increased the prices cause of foreign currency crisis.. The book store that used to give us huge discounts as source of happiness for many changed its policy dramatically.. and other one closed all branches in my city...
Well, as I said in book one's review, "Who sees the Unfortunate Events of others feel solace about his own Unfortunates" , let's back to the Baudelaire's Series of Unfortunate Events... told by the dark fun, Lemony Snicket.
It's 25th January.. well..it reminds me with the event that triggered all the Series of Unfortunate Events, that increased for many of us lately...
One of them, I read this book now in ebook format.. since all the book stores increased the prices cause of foreign currency crisis.. The book store that used to give us huge discounts as source of happiness for many changed its policy dramatically.. and other one closed all branches in my city...
Well, as I said in book one's review, "Who sees the Unfortunate Events of others feel solace about his own Unfortunates" , let's back to the Baudelaire's Series of Unfortunate Events... told by the dark fun, Lemony Snicket.
December 27, 2018
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2), Lemony Snicket
The Reptile Room is the second book in the children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events, written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. The book tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans, as they are sent to live with a distant relative named Montgomery Montgomery. The villainous Count Olaf arrives in an attempt to steal the children's inheritance, killing their guardian but failing to steal the fortune.
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賴卮丿丕乇: 丕诏乇 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賴賳賵夭 賳禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕蹖丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖丿 亘丕 禺賵丕賳卮 丌賳 丕夭 賱匕鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲賳 賴賲賴 蹖 賳丕丿丕賳爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 爻乇蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘賴丕 賴爻鬲 亘乇禺賵乇丿丕乇 卮賵蹖丿貙 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇丕 賱胤賮丕 賳禺賵丕賳蹖丿貙 亘趩賴鈥� 賴丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 蹖 丿丕蹖蹖 芦賲賵賳鬲蹖禄 (賲賵賳鬲诏賲乇蹖 賲賵賳鬲诏賲乇蹖)貙 禺夭賳丿賴 卮賳丕爻 賲卮賴賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 讴賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 倬乇爻鬲丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵賱蹖 趩賳丿 乇賵夭 倬爻 乇爻蹖丿賳 丌賳賴丕 丿丕蹖蹖 賲賵賳鬲蹖 鬲賵爻胤: 芦讴賳鬲 丕賱丕賮禄貙 讴賴 亘丕 賴賵蹖鬲 噩毓賱蹖 芦丕爻鬲賮丕賳賵禄貙 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 賵蹖 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 亘丕夭 亘丕 賴賲讴丕乇蹖 禺賵丕賴乇丕賳 賵 亘乇丕丿乇貙 丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賯卮賴 蹖 讴賳鬲貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 丌賳賴丕 賳丕讴丕賲 賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗀� 賵 讴賳鬲 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Reptile Room is the second book in the children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events, written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. The book tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans, as they are sent to live with a distant relative named Montgomery Montgomery. The villainous Count Olaf arrives in an attempt to steal the children's inheritance, killing their guardian but failing to steal the fortune.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 爻丕賱賳 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 鬲丕賱丕乇 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 讴賵丿讴丕賳 亘丿賱乇 賵 丕鬲丕賯 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賱賲賵賳蹖 丕爻賳蹖讴鬲貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 賴賮丿賴賲 賲丕賴 丌賵乇蹖賱 爻丕賱 2011 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 爻丕賱賳 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賱賲賵賳蹖 丕爻賳蹖讴鬲貨 鬲氐賵蹖乇诏乇: 亘乇鬲 賴賱讴賵卅蹖爻鬲貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕賲蹖乇賲賴丿蹖 丨賯蹖賯鬲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賲丕賴蹖貙 1381貨 丿乇 154 氐貨 賮乇賵爻鬲: 賲噩賲賵毓賴 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 亘丿卮丕賳爻 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵賲貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789649333352貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 1385貨 卮卮賲 1386貨 賴卮鬲賲 1388貨 賳賴賲 1389貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 禺賳丿賴 丿丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 賳賵噩賵丕賳丕賳 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 讴賵丿讴丕賳 亘丿賱乇 賵 丕鬲丕賯 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 噩賲蹖賱賴 丨蹖丿乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇丕賴 丕賳丿蹖卮賴貙 1381貙 丿乇 121 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9647328389貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 鬲丕賱丕乇 禺夭賳丿诏丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賱賲賵賳蹖 丕爻賳蹖讴鬲貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賮乇夭丕賳賴 讴乇蹖賲蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賯丿蹖丕賳蹖貙 1387貙 丿乇 187 氐貨 賲氐賵乇貙 賮乇賵爻鬲: 乇賲丕賳 賳賵噩賵丕賳貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789645361592貨
賴卮丿丕乇: 丕诏乇 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賴賳賵夭 賳禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕蹖丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖丿 亘丕 禺賵丕賳卮 丌賳 丕夭 賱匕鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲賳 賴賲賴 蹖 賳丕丿丕賳爻鬲賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 爻乇蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘賴丕 賴爻鬲 亘乇禺賵乇丿丕乇 卮賵蹖丿貙 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇丕 賱胤賮丕 賳禺賵丕賳蹖丿貙 亘趩賴鈥� 賴丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 蹖 丿丕蹖蹖 芦賲賵賳鬲蹖禄 (賲賵賳鬲诏賲乇蹖 賲賵賳鬲诏賲乇蹖)貙 禺夭賳丿賴 卮賳丕爻 賲卮賴賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 讴賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 倬乇爻鬲丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵賱蹖 趩賳丿 乇賵夭 倬爻 乇爻蹖丿賳 丌賳賴丕 丿丕蹖蹖 賲賵賳鬲蹖 鬲賵爻胤: 芦讴賳鬲 丕賱丕賮禄貙 讴賴 亘丕 賴賵蹖鬲 噩毓賱蹖 芦丕爻鬲賮丕賳賵禄貙 丿爻鬲蹖丕乇 賵蹖 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 亘丕夭 亘丕 賴賲讴丕乇蹖 禺賵丕賴乇丕賳 賵 亘乇丕丿乇貙 丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賯卮賴 蹖 讴賳鬲貙 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 丌賳賴丕 賳丕讴丕賲 賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗀� 賵 讴賳鬲 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
August 6, 2019
鈥淚t is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things. The Baudelaire orphans were crying not only for their Uncle Monty, but for their own parents, and this dark and curious feeling of falling that accompanies every great loss.鈥�
This second volume was just as enjoyable as the first... and oh how much I love uncle Monty! For once, I wished this was a series of fortunate events, because I would have loved to see the orphans settle down with him! Anyway, another lovely book, made me laugh just as much as the first one. I am having so much fun with this series! :D
This second volume was just as enjoyable as the first... and oh how much I love uncle Monty! For once, I wished this was a series of fortunate events, because I would have loved to see the orphans settle down with him! Anyway, another lovely book, made me laugh just as much as the first one. I am having so much fun with this series! :D
July 2, 2024
For the Baudelaire children, 鈥渆ven pleasant events lead down the same road to misery鈥�
Count Olaf鈥檚 nefarious plans for a marriage with Violet Baudelaire and the theft of the children鈥檚 inherited wealth were foiled in A BAD BEGINNING. But Lemony Snicket will tell you that if you鈥檙e reading THE REPTILE ROOM, BOOK THE SECOND in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS in hope 鈥渙f finding a simple and cheery tale鈥�, you鈥檝e come to the wrong place and you鈥檙e looking at the wrong book. Aside from car accidents, poisonous snakes, sharp and very threatening knives, and the danger of heavy brass lamps falling from high places, Mr Poe remains blind and hopelessly insensitive to the children鈥檚 danger and Count Olaf proves that, while he was down, he most certainly isn鈥檛 out. He continues to lust for the children鈥檚 bankroll. The children鈥檚 hopes for life with a relentlessly cheerful and loving uncle are, of course, dashed on the rocks of 鈥渦nfortunate events鈥�.
Other than as a unique stylistic hook, I still haven鈥檛 figured out the point to Snicket鈥檚 interminable offerings of doom and gloom to a most delightful family of children. But I will admit it works and, for the moment at least, I鈥檓 willing to continue reading and to continue recommending the books for both children and for young at heart adult readers who enjoy dipping their toes into lighter fare from to time. On an even more positive note, I will commend Snicket鈥檚 writing style as being very 鈥済rown-up鈥� in tone, never patronizing or condescending to young readers for even a microsecond and, in the bargain, quite educational and useful for building a young person鈥檚 vocabulary of more 鈥渁dult鈥� words.
Paul Weiss
Count Olaf鈥檚 nefarious plans for a marriage with Violet Baudelaire and the theft of the children鈥檚 inherited wealth were foiled in A BAD BEGINNING. But Lemony Snicket will tell you that if you鈥檙e reading THE REPTILE ROOM, BOOK THE SECOND in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS in hope 鈥渙f finding a simple and cheery tale鈥�, you鈥檝e come to the wrong place and you鈥檙e looking at the wrong book. Aside from car accidents, poisonous snakes, sharp and very threatening knives, and the danger of heavy brass lamps falling from high places, Mr Poe remains blind and hopelessly insensitive to the children鈥檚 danger and Count Olaf proves that, while he was down, he most certainly isn鈥檛 out. He continues to lust for the children鈥檚 bankroll. The children鈥檚 hopes for life with a relentlessly cheerful and loving uncle are, of course, dashed on the rocks of 鈥渦nfortunate events鈥�.
Other than as a unique stylistic hook, I still haven鈥檛 figured out the point to Snicket鈥檚 interminable offerings of doom and gloom to a most delightful family of children. But I will admit it works and, for the moment at least, I鈥檓 willing to continue reading and to continue recommending the books for both children and for young at heart adult readers who enjoy dipping their toes into lighter fare from to time. On an even more positive note, I will commend Snicket鈥檚 writing style as being very 鈥済rown-up鈥� in tone, never patronizing or condescending to young readers for even a microsecond and, in the bargain, quite educational and useful for building a young person鈥檚 vocabulary of more 鈥渁dult鈥� words.
Paul Weiss
January 28, 2016
*first read Jan 21*
#RYBSAT seriously though, the ending to each book in The Series of Unfortunate Events makes me cry! This ending tore my heart!
Each book only gets better. I probably loved this one more than The Bad Beginning, if that's even possible. I have to say, Sunny had her shinning moments in this book and is quickly becoming my favorite character! She's just so adorable!
Mr. Snicket's commentary throughout this book was awesome and so hilarious! And his writing is so poetically magnificent! I am in love with his writing. The way he pauses his storytelling to describe the metaphors he uses. He does so many awesome quirky things.
#RYBSAT seriously though, the ending to each book in The Series of Unfortunate Events makes me cry! This ending tore my heart!
Each book only gets better. I probably loved this one more than The Bad Beginning, if that's even possible. I have to say, Sunny had her shinning moments in this book and is quickly becoming my favorite character! She's just so adorable!
Mr. Snicket's commentary throughout this book was awesome and so hilarious! And his writing is so poetically magnificent! I am in love with his writing. The way he pauses his storytelling to describe the metaphors he uses. He does so many awesome quirky things.
July 21, 2018
This definitely took me longer to read this than I expected but I still loved it!!
July 2, 2019
The regrettable record of the rotten run of luck of the Baudelaire rugrats rolls recklessly on...
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July 18, 2022Mr. Poe is the true villain of this story
February 7, 2017
3.5ish Stars.
I was actually liking this one a lot more than the first one right up until the unfortunate event. The unfortunate event was indeed unfortunate but that's not what made me stop liking it as much. I felt it got kind of boring and it dragged out. I did still love the writing and the majority of the storytelling though.
What I found interesting though is how this Lemony Snicket storyteller keeps explaining words to his readers when in the story the adults do it but the children always know what it means and it shows how the adults belittle the orphans. So either Lemony Snicket is also belittling his young readers, he's doing it to be ironic or he's doing it because it's actually quite helpful. If I had to guess, I would say he's being ironic. Lemony Snicket paints a bad picture of adults in these books and even though this Lemony Snicket person is telling the story with compassion and sympathy, at the end of the day he is an adult and adults are incompetent people who don't listen to children and belittle children. I thought it was quite sweet for Snicket to explain what a word means. Sometimes he uses colourful language to describe something and he's just telling his readers what it means. He's not only teaching his readers about the definition of words either. He explains what dramatic irony is in this book and I just think that's great. I feel like both books I have read so far have also had life lessons in them. The first one was all about how bad things can happen and it can seem quite unfair but you have to keep on going. If the children had just accepted what Count Olaf was doing, they would be in a very bad position. They overcame Olaf's mean tricks because they didn't lose hope and they kept fighting. The lesson in this book was more to do with grieving and regrets about life I think. There was a lot on loss and life after the death of a loved one and also a bit about regrets and what you only wish you could have done.
... of course maybe this is just a story that is nothing but entertaining because it is a children's book and I do have a tendency to over-analyse absolutely everything!!! Anyways I will stop my review now. I would recommend this and I would read more by Lemony Snicket.
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鈥淔or Beatrice鈥�
My love for you shall live forever.
You, however, did not.鈥�
鈥淚 wish鈥攁nd I'm sure you wish as well鈥攖hat we could go back in time and warn him, but we can't, and that is that.鈥�
鈥淚 think we'll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn't want us to be miserable.鈥�
鈥淥ne of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.鈥�
鈥淚t is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know.鈥�
鈥淚t is remarkable that different people will have different thoughts when they look at the same thing.鈥�
鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Mr. Poe asked. 鈥淣ice girls shouldn't know how to do such things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥�
I was actually liking this one a lot more than the first one right up until the unfortunate event. The unfortunate event was indeed unfortunate but that's not what made me stop liking it as much. I felt it got kind of boring and it dragged out. I did still love the writing and the majority of the storytelling though.
What I found interesting though is how this Lemony Snicket storyteller keeps explaining words to his readers when in the story the adults do it but the children always know what it means and it shows how the adults belittle the orphans. So either Lemony Snicket is also belittling his young readers, he's doing it to be ironic or he's doing it because it's actually quite helpful. If I had to guess, I would say he's being ironic. Lemony Snicket paints a bad picture of adults in these books and even though this Lemony Snicket person is telling the story with compassion and sympathy, at the end of the day he is an adult and adults are incompetent people who don't listen to children and belittle children. I thought it was quite sweet for Snicket to explain what a word means. Sometimes he uses colourful language to describe something and he's just telling his readers what it means. He's not only teaching his readers about the definition of words either. He explains what dramatic irony is in this book and I just think that's great. I feel like both books I have read so far have also had life lessons in them. The first one was all about how bad things can happen and it can seem quite unfair but you have to keep on going. If the children had just accepted what Count Olaf was doing, they would be in a very bad position. They overcame Olaf's mean tricks because they didn't lose hope and they kept fighting. The lesson in this book was more to do with grieving and regrets about life I think. There was a lot on loss and life after the death of a loved one and also a bit about regrets and what you only wish you could have done.
... of course maybe this is just a story that is nothing but entertaining because it is a children's book and I do have a tendency to over-analyse absolutely everything!!! Anyways I will stop my review now. I would recommend this and I would read more by Lemony Snicket.
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鈥淔or Beatrice鈥�
My love for you shall live forever.
You, however, did not.鈥�
鈥淚 wish鈥攁nd I'm sure you wish as well鈥攖hat we could go back in time and warn him, but we can't, and that is that.鈥�
鈥淚 think we'll always miss our parents. But I think we can miss them without being miserable all the time. After all, they wouldn't want us to be miserable.鈥�
鈥淥ne of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.鈥�
鈥淚t is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know.鈥�
鈥淚t is remarkable that different people will have different thoughts when they look at the same thing.鈥�
鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Mr. Poe asked. 鈥淣ice girls shouldn't know how to do such things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥�
March 23, 2018
鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵賲 亘丿卮丕賳爻蹖鈥屬囏� 鬲賵 禺賵賳賴鈥屰� 噩丿蹖丿 賴賲 丿爻鬲 丕夭 爻乇 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 亘乇賳賲蹖鈥屫ж辟�.
噩賱丿 蹖讴 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲. 鬲乇噩蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屫ж� 賳賵毓 亘丿卮丕賳爻蹖 丌賵乇丿賳 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 蹖賴 賲賯丿丕乇 禺賱丕賯丕賳賴鈥屫� 亘丕卮賴.
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蹖丕丿诏丕乇蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘:
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丕蹖賳 噩丕賱亘 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 趩賳丿 賳賮乇 亘賴 蹖讴鈥� 趩蹖夭 賳诏丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 賴乇 蹖讴 賮讴乇賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屫ж� 亘讴賳賳丿.
October 6, 2015
These books are amazing. This book is a little darker than the first. It tells you right from the beginning that Uncle Monty will be killed. Other examples of darkness:
p. 51 ...he would slit the throats of the Baudelaire orphans as easily as you or I might eat a small butter cookie.
p.76 If I wanted to harm you, orphan, your blood would already be pouring down these stairs like a waterfall.
p.88 The hallway was strangely quiet, and blank as the eyes of a skull.
p.96 It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things.
This last thought, about losing a person you love, is so true and poignant. I love these books for this reason.
One of the most brilliant and touching aspects of these novels is the support, love, and intelligence of the Baudelaire orphans. Snicket really emphasizes the great blessing it can be to have brothers and sisters. One particular thing that I noticed in this book was how helpful it is to have people with shared memories. One of the greatest things about siblings is you have shared memories about how your parents were, how your house was, what growing up was like, etc. This is mentioned in The Reptile Room (page 39).
There are a few instances of profanity in this book. No profanity was used in A Bad Beginning. "Damn" and "hell" are the words used, and they are used by the villain and frowned upon by the orphans. I don't take any issue with the profanity in this book - ten-year-olds will have heard these already and I thought they were appropriate in the context (pages 94 and 98).
The most hilarious scene is when Mr. Poe panics in the Reptile Room of Uncle Monty's house. I laughed out loud.
Here is a great example of Snicket's writing style:
It is very difficult, experts have told us, to find a needle in a haystack, which is why 鈥渘eedle in a haystack鈥� has become a rather hackneyed phrase meaning 鈥渟omething that is difficult to find.鈥� The reason it is difficult to find a needle in a haystack, of course, is that out of all the things in a haystack, the needle is only one of them. If, however, you were looking for anything in a haystack, that wouldn't be difficult at all, because once you started sifting through the haystack you would most certainly find something: hay, of course, but also dirt, bugs, a few farming tools, and maybe even a man who had escaped from prison and was hiding there. p.161
I also adore the feminist spirit shown in this book. Upon learning that Violet Baudelaire has picked a lock, Mr. Poe reacts with dismay:
鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Mr. Poe asked. 鈥淣ice girls shouldn't know how to do such things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥� p. 168
Way to go, Klaus! He stands up for his sister and also understands that she can be "nice" and also be a "mechanical genius" at the same time. A very powerful message for girls.
It's obvious throughout the book that the siblings have each others backs. They are all intelligent in their own way, they all contribute to their plans. They have such a strong bond that is only getting stronger the more it is tested by Olaf and other villains.
A highlight of this book is that Sunny finally starts using real words instead of her normal gibberish. I think she has two real words in here: "Aha!" and "Brilliant." She is becoming more independent and more communicative and it is a joy to see. Just as in real life, when you watch children grow up and become their own people with their own opinions and distinct personalities, so Sunny is illustrated here with her burgeoning vocabulary and personality.
Once again I want to mention how smart and educational these books are in addition to being funny and entrancing. Here are some words and concepts children will learn when reading this book: dramatic irony, alcove, segue, giddy, nemesis, surveillance, vainglorious, preempt, generic, brummagem, adding insult to injury, unblemished, hackneyed, inner sanctum, strangulatory, conjunction, tenebrous, hue, perpetuate his deception, swarthy, ruffian, and lampoon. Most of these are explained in a fun and stylistic way by Mr. Snicket, but others will have the child reaching for the dictionary.
I would also like to note the subtle Agatha Christie joke on page 126. Adults who are fans of Christie's work will get a chuckle out of this.
Kudos to Lemony Snicket for another thoroughly charming read.
p. 51 ...he would slit the throats of the Baudelaire orphans as easily as you or I might eat a small butter cookie.
p.76 If I wanted to harm you, orphan, your blood would already be pouring down these stairs like a waterfall.
p.88 The hallway was strangely quiet, and blank as the eyes of a skull.
p.96 It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things.
This last thought, about losing a person you love, is so true and poignant. I love these books for this reason.
One of the most brilliant and touching aspects of these novels is the support, love, and intelligence of the Baudelaire orphans. Snicket really emphasizes the great blessing it can be to have brothers and sisters. One particular thing that I noticed in this book was how helpful it is to have people with shared memories. One of the greatest things about siblings is you have shared memories about how your parents were, how your house was, what growing up was like, etc. This is mentioned in The Reptile Room (page 39).
There are a few instances of profanity in this book. No profanity was used in A Bad Beginning. "Damn" and "hell" are the words used, and they are used by the villain and frowned upon by the orphans. I don't take any issue with the profanity in this book - ten-year-olds will have heard these already and I thought they were appropriate in the context (pages 94 and 98).
The most hilarious scene is when Mr. Poe panics in the Reptile Room of Uncle Monty's house. I laughed out loud.
Here is a great example of Snicket's writing style:
It is very difficult, experts have told us, to find a needle in a haystack, which is why 鈥渘eedle in a haystack鈥� has become a rather hackneyed phrase meaning 鈥渟omething that is difficult to find.鈥� The reason it is difficult to find a needle in a haystack, of course, is that out of all the things in a haystack, the needle is only one of them. If, however, you were looking for anything in a haystack, that wouldn't be difficult at all, because once you started sifting through the haystack you would most certainly find something: hay, of course, but also dirt, bugs, a few farming tools, and maybe even a man who had escaped from prison and was hiding there. p.161
I also adore the feminist spirit shown in this book. Upon learning that Violet Baudelaire has picked a lock, Mr. Poe reacts with dismay:
鈥淗ow did you do that?鈥� Mr. Poe asked. 鈥淣ice girls shouldn't know how to do such things.鈥�
鈥淢y sister is a nice girl,鈥� Klaus said, 鈥渁nd she knows how to do all sorts of things.鈥� p. 168
Way to go, Klaus! He stands up for his sister and also understands that she can be "nice" and also be a "mechanical genius" at the same time. A very powerful message for girls.
It's obvious throughout the book that the siblings have each others backs. They are all intelligent in their own way, they all contribute to their plans. They have such a strong bond that is only getting stronger the more it is tested by Olaf and other villains.
A highlight of this book is that Sunny finally starts using real words instead of her normal gibberish. I think she has two real words in here: "Aha!" and "Brilliant." She is becoming more independent and more communicative and it is a joy to see. Just as in real life, when you watch children grow up and become their own people with their own opinions and distinct personalities, so Sunny is illustrated here with her burgeoning vocabulary and personality.
Once again I want to mention how smart and educational these books are in addition to being funny and entrancing. Here are some words and concepts children will learn when reading this book: dramatic irony, alcove, segue, giddy, nemesis, surveillance, vainglorious, preempt, generic, brummagem, adding insult to injury, unblemished, hackneyed, inner sanctum, strangulatory, conjunction, tenebrous, hue, perpetuate his deception, swarthy, ruffian, and lampoon. Most of these are explained in a fun and stylistic way by Mr. Snicket, but others will have the child reaching for the dictionary.
I would also like to note the subtle Agatha Christie joke on page 126. Adults who are fans of Christie's work will get a chuckle out of this.
Kudos to Lemony Snicket for another thoroughly charming read.
November 17, 2020
Tim Curry has THE perfect Count Olaf voice! And equally perfect Mr. Poe coughs.
I was glad to hear Curry change his voice a little more for some characters.
Overall, another wonderful performance!
Side Note: Once again, I am convinced these books were created for the audio book format because hearing Tim Curry say the word 鈥榚ver鈥� about a hundred times was freaking hilarious!
I was glad to hear Curry change his voice a little more for some characters.
Overall, another wonderful performance!
Side Note: Once again, I am convinced these books were created for the audio book format because hearing Tim Curry say the word 鈥榚ver鈥� about a hundred times was freaking hilarious!
February 7, 2017
4.3
An improvement compared to the first book, although it was basically the same life lessons. This was another quick read and I really loved the storyline of this one. Violet once again shows her cunning knowledge in tools and devices, Klaus's bookish personality saved their lives, and the adorable Sunny is still that too-mature-to-be-an-infant baby. Count Olaf's Stephano disguise was really funny and ridiculous as well! . Hope these kids find their perfect guardians soon and get out of all of their misfortunes. Off to the third book, which is "The Wide Window"!
An improvement compared to the first book, although it was basically the same life lessons. This was another quick read and I really loved the storyline of this one. Violet once again shows her cunning knowledge in tools and devices, Klaus's bookish personality saved their lives, and the adorable Sunny is still that too-mature-to-be-an-infant baby. Count Olaf's Stephano disguise was really funny and ridiculous as well! . Hope these kids find their perfect guardians soon and get out of all of their misfortunes. Off to the third book, which is "The Wide Window"!
April 8, 2017
"If one's safety is threatened, one often finds courage one didn't know one had."
I like this book better than the first one. Count Olaf took the next step in pursuing the Baudelaire's treasure and it was fun!
I can't help but be frustrated when no one believes the children even though they were telling the truth, but where's the fun if they did believe them right away, right?
Violet, Kalaus and Sunny are one of a kind, their sibling bond is so sturdy and I don't think any unfortunate events can ruin that.
P.S I miss the Incredibly Deadly Viper
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