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review 2015-08-02 14:34

The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events) - Lemony Snicket

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Having discovered the ruins of the headquarters in the mountains the siblings are quite literally left drifting at sea. After being rescued by the crew of the Queequeg the Baudelaires join the quest for the mysterious sugar bowl and its contents.

As always we're left with plenty of questions, especially when it comes to the importance of the sugar bowl and at the insistence of Captain Widdershins that there are something too dark and upsetting in this world for young children like the Baudelaires to know. After using tidal charts Klaus tracks a possible location of bowl to location, the Gorgonian Grotto, and with the help of a fellow crew member Fiona they discover there's something deadly lurking in there.

As with all of these books everything and everyone is tied together, which means betrayal isn't far behind. It nice to finally see Klaus finally taking more of a spotlight role, so far the books have felt more Violet and Sunny driven with their skills proving more helpful.

More and more the children have been trying to do what's noble and help VFD, even if it means not always getting the answers they deserve and at times doing something bad for the greater good. With only one place to go, it's a race to the last safe place where both villains and volunteers all gather.

Happy reading.

review 2015-02-09 13:25

.The Wide Window Book Review.

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The Wide Window. Lemony Snicket - Lemony Snicket

Throughout this whole book all I could picture was Meryl Streep. Once again the siblings are sent to another guardian, and unfortunately for them this one isn't like Monty. Aunt Josephine is quite literally terrified of everything, she doesn't cook in case the stove explodes, she never touches the door handles in case they shatter into a million pieces, the doormat might trip you causing you to break your neck and don't get me started on the realtors. It amazes me this woman somehow found someone to marry her, the vicar could have sneezed causing the windows to shatter inwards blinding everyone.

I feel that after her husband Ikes death she became 100x worse, becoming a complete shut and never using the phone unless it's an emergency.

But all is not totally lost, there is one thing Aunt Josephine isn't scared of. Grammar. When she's not on the edge of a nervous breakdown Aunt Josephine loves nothing more than correcting the Baudelaires. This is about as good as it gets for the poor children, they try to look on the bright side of the situation but it's short lived as right on queue Count Olaf makes his dramatic return.

This time he is Captain Sham, complete with a peg leg, and once again another guardian meets their untimely death at his hands. I feel like I should start keeping a tally of how many people kick the bucket. This book doesn't waste time with the Baudelaires being scared of Olaf and waiting for him to unveil his plan. The Wide Window ticks along very nicely.

Once again the children have to take things into their own hands as Mr Poe once more proves his usefulness. If you haven't seen the film, watch out for the Lachrymose Leeches.

Happy reading.

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