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  • This one I thought was going to be my favorite book in the series, but failed, the way the children believe they were going to be happy then have the uncle killed the next day... that's dumb... my opinion.

    

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• ― `♠Alexvampira♠` said on Sep 27, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • How do people even think to compare this to Harry Potter? Just ick.

    

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  • Too much of everything is just enough.
    Barlow & Weir

    On the heels of completing A Bad Beginning earlier today, I finished The Reptile Room this afternoon. The Reptile Room is the second book in A Series of Unfortunate Events.

    The Bauderlaire children continue their misfortune in th ... Continue

    Too much of everything is just enough.
    Barlow & Weir

    On the heels of completing A Bad Beginning earlier today, I finished The Reptile Room this afternoon. The Reptile Room is the second book in A Series of Unfortunate Events.

    The Bauderlaire children continue their misfortune in this exciting tale that has them combating Count Olaf once again.

    Despite never having a happy ending, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny begin this book with happy times. After escaping Count Olaf's plot to marry Violet and take control of the vast family fortune, the children are rushed off to Uncle Monty's (Montgomery Montgomery) home.

    Uncle Monty is a herpetologist and has a vast collection of reptiles including the Incredibly Deadly Viper, which he discovered and was set to present to the Herpetological Society. The Bauderlaire children were quite comfortable at Uncle Monty's for a time, until his new assistant showed up.

    Disguised as Stephano, Count Olaf enters the story once again with the help of the hook-handed man. The Bauderlaire fortune is still the target of Olaf's affection and he will seemingly stop at nothing to get it.

    Murder, snakes, and ingenious exploits make for a most interesting tale and one that keeps the reader engaged throughout.

    

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• ― Batona said on May 17, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.

In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odour.

In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.

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