The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2)

By Lemony Snicket

Book Overview

*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES*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.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064407675
• ISBN13: 9780064407670
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A misnomer leads to a mystery in the miserable death of Monty.

This is the second book in "The Series of Unfortunate Events." The Baudelaire midgets...oops orphans- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny- get to move in with their Uncle Monty. Here they get to use their skills in reading, inventing, and biting. We learn more about books and words. We also learn a little about haystack statistics. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, shortly after the appearance of Stephano (and we all know who he is), Uncle Monty is nipped by the Mumba du Mal. It is obvious to all but the midgets that the Mumba du Mal opens his cage with the help of other snakes and, after doing it, the deadly deed, locks himself back up. Naturally, the orphans must prove who Count Olaf is, and are surprised by his assistant. This sets up the pattern for the next book in the series. Where, once again, access to a library may save their lives.

Love this book

I wouldn’t say the quality is “like new” but it’s still in decent shape! No cracking on the spine

Orphans endure misery -- darkly hilarious!

The three Baudelaire orphans are clearly facing a horrific experience in the second entry of this side-splitting saga; however, you can read this book without having read any of the others in the series. It stands on its own. This title was actually my introduction to the Lemony Snicket series about the Baudelaire orphans -- I got it from a Goodwill Store for a dime. I began reading it in a hospital waiting room (a pal was struggling through a stress test there) and I soon had every soul in the room roaring with laughter as I related what was going on in this bizarre tale. The nurses wanted me to come back every day and read to their client families from the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" saga, of which this is but one entry. If you wanted to start at the beginning, this is the first book: A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans!. It's tough to believe that this story was actually written for any other people than adults. Kids might read it wide-eyed but, for adults, the tale takes on an entirely different ambiance. The story is that the Baudelaire orphans (to whom all bad things happen) have been taken to a new foster parent, Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, a wacky herpetologist. They are transported to the site by Mr. Poe, their sickly fiduciary guardian and dedicated watchdog over the orphans' inheritance (which is considerable.) The evil Count Olaf, of whom they have just recently managed to rid themselves, is out again to steal the orphans' money. Dr. Montgomery wants to take the kids for an expedition to Peru to trap snakes which is fine with the orphans as well as with Mr. Poe. Dr. Mongomery's assistant suddenly leaves so the doctor is forced into a quick hire of another assistant. And who does it turn out to be? A crudely-disguised Count Olaf!!! Things go downhill for the orphans (and for Dr. Montgomery) from there. I read three books per week, everything from "War and Peace" to "The Trolley Car Family" and this series falls into my top five percent of all-time personal favorites. You can read the entire story over the course of a single evening (191 pages in the "Scholastic" edition) and I highly recommend that you do so if you're up for a great laugh.

That Crazy lemony Snicket is at it again

Well, well, well look what we got here a book by Lemony Snicket called The Reptile Room. It takes place during the present time at Hazy Harbor in the town of Fedia. In the beginning of the book the Baudelaire children had a accident happen to there parents that they will never see again. The Baudelaire children move in with their uncle who is a scientist, who studies the world's deadliest snakes. The next day they find him dead in a snake's cage with two puncture wounds in his neck. Count Olaf there new guardian is trying to steal all the money that the kids uncle has. Then the Baudelaire kids came up with a plan to get Count Olaf arrested. If you wont to see how Count Olaf gets all the money, or will he even get close to the money.

One of the Best in the Series.

This is one of the best books in the series. In the second book in the series, the Bauldelaires have to live with their Uncle Monty. Later in the story, the childeren get news that they are going to Peru! They are very excited.Before they go they meet up with Uncle Monty partener, Stephano. They relized right away he is the evil Count Olaf! Later, UNCLE MONTY IS DEAD. They know that Stephano had done it. Mr.Poe(a banker) does not believe he is Count Olaf. The Bauldelaires need to find away to prove he is Count Olaf.

Great Read!

Fans of Lemony Snicket will not be disappointed with the second book int "The Series of Unfortunate Events."The Reptile Room is the story of our three lush characters, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. In this volume they visit Uncle Monty and they finally for once since their parents died having a good time. When Uncle Monty tells the children that they will be going on an expedition to study snakes they get even more riled up. But Uncle Monty's assistant mysteriously disappears so he hires a replacement. And guess who this is- Count Olaf. And he has a plan to get our favorite trio like never before. Sit back, relax and click the BUY symbol on your computer. Read this book. You will love it. HAPPY READING!