The books I love and hate. I have rarely had a reaction to books like I have with these. I don't like them and yet I am compelled to read them - and their is a hint of a good plot in their somewhere.

I found some of the factoids spit out in the this one kind of interesting in an animal kingdom kind of way.

A brief exercise in brief criticism:

1) The pretext behind this series, and the reason it has gathered such a following among older readers, consists of its being one of the few children's novels that unabashedly declares that not all stories have pleasant endings. I see myself, far in the future, encouraging my children to read these short novels not only because they are fun (because there I take delight in their repetition, their silly self-aware prose) but because one ought to understand that More...

...And thus we continue the Baudelaire children's misadventures, along with the likes of Mr. Poe, we are introduced to Uncle Monty who unfortunately will spend but a short time with us, and then here comes Count Olaf again...

This is good light reading to pass away a quiet evening at work. For a grown man such as myself I can't ask for or expect more.

It's an enjoyable sequel filled with all of the same reading pleasures (and all of the same pitfalls for the Baudelaire orphans) as novel the first. I've been reliably informed by Jay that I must read 5 of the same book before things start getting better. When using the term 'getting better' here Jay means 'the plot changes.'

This episode features Uncle Monty and I think More...

Elements and style
In the book the author uses a narrator and uses lots of dialouge between the characters. The main characters are the protagonists and there is a antaginists. There is a big conflict in the book.

Characterization
In this book there are three main charecters. They are orphans who are unlucky. The oldest orphan is Violet. Violet loves inventing things but when she does she ties her hair up so it does not get in her way.

Plot
In the story there is three orphans. there parents died in More...

This book starts off quite pleasantly but contains a spoiler. It says that Uncle Monty dies which is quite unfortnate because he is a pleasant fellow. This book is as good as the first one and is definitely wworth the time it takes to read.

I wanted to LOVE these books, but I only got to book 4 (though I read the last one too), and found them annoyingly predictable by then.

I love that their tone is maudlin and they are so creative in so many ways. I liked the three children: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. My favorite parts are the author asides - where he has to explain a word or some universal life aspect.

Unfortunately that aspect will never be captured in a film version - as with Harry Potter - the humor is observational, in the aut More...

The Reptile Room begins where Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning ends... on the road with the three orphaned Baudelaire children as they are whisked away from the evil Count Olaf to face "an unknown fate with some unknown relative." But who is this Dr. Montgomery, their late father's cousin's wife's brother? "Would Dr. Montgomery be a kind person? they wondered. Would he at least be better than Count Olaf? Could he possibly be worse?" He certainly is not worse, and in fact when the Baudelaire ch

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The Reptile Room.
Bel seguito, bel secondo tentativo. Ok è scontato come la storia si evolve, è scontata l'apparizione del conte Olaf ma... lui è pur sempre mitico, lasciatemelo dire!
Ho notato che il titolo "la stanza delle serpi" potrebbe già evocare qualche sfortunato evento, mentre che già preannuncia sia lo zio monty che lemony, quello è l'unico posto dove saranno al sicuro...
Insomma la sfortuna non deriva da eventi straordinari e inattesi ma dalla prevedibilità, e tutti sappiamo che il cont More...

Para Beatrice.
Mi amor por ti vivirá para siempre.
Tú, sin embargo, no lo hiciste
LEMONY SNICKET WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
No, en serio, sus dedicatorias son hermosas y trágicas.

Por más que odie al Conde Olaf (lo considero uno de los villanos más repulsivos entre los libros que he leído), creo que lo que más me molesta en estas series son los otros adultos.
¿Por qué todos tienen que ser tan negligentes? El señor Poe, la juez del primer libro, el tío Monty... y eso no los hace mal More...

The second book in the infamous Fortunate Event series by Lemony Snicket. This is the second in the series and by far the coolest. When the Boudelaire children are taken from the evil grips of Count Olaf they are placed in the care of Dr. Montgomery or Dr. Monty for short. He is a snake specialist and plans to take the children on a trip to do research in Peru, Dr. Monty hires a new assistant by the name of Stephano who oddly resembles Count Olaf. The day before the are planned to leave for Peru More...

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket is one of the most memorable series that I have ever read. I remember reading these books when I was a child and I could not put them down. I became so emotionally invested in Violet, Klaus, and Sunny and their journey through these horrible events. As I read the book again I realized that I still loved this book. The only thing that has changed in my opinion is that I did think this book was a little morbid at times. Once you looked past some of More...

I chose this book because it was the second book in, "The Series of Unfortunate Events," and I really liked the first book so I wanted to continue on. This book is about the three Baudelaire children who are taken away from their previous guardian,Count Olaf,and are taken to their relative, Dr. Montgomery. Just as the Baudelaires thought their lives were going to get better, Count Olaf somehow finds a way to sneak into Dr. Montgomery's house disguised as his new assistant, Stephano. My favorite More...

I've heard many times how awesome are the books of "A series of Unfortunate Events", so I was excited when my friend gave a copy of the book, even if it wasn't the first (she'd lost it!!!!!).

In the beginning the way the author wrote reminded me a lot of "The Neverending Story", but after a few pages, the author seemed to have find his own style. Some words were repeated “We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever...ever fiddle around in any More...

The Baudelaires continue their sad adventures in "The Reptile Room." Mr. Poe brings them to their new guardian,Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, a scientist who study reptiles. Uncle Monty shows the children the Incredibly Deadly Viper and how it is one of a kind. He also tells them about their parents and that they will go to Peru to study more about reptiles. One day, the door rang and standing at the door, was Olaf disguised as an assistant name Stephano. The children tried to convince their guardia More...

Dans ce deuxième tome, les Orphelins Baudelaire ont de la chance avec le nouveau tuteur que leur a déniché Mr Poe. Montgomery Montgomery, herpétologiste fantaisiste, qui n'a rien, mais rien à voir avec le Comte Olaf. Mais dès le début, l'auteur nous met dans la confidence. Le pauvre oncle Monty n'aura pas de chance, lui, et connaîtra prochainement un destin funeste.

Les Orphelins s'entendent tout de suite très bien avec leur oncle qui les fait travailler dans le laboratoire aux serpents, incroya More...

After being removed from the care of Count Olaf the three Orphan move on to Montgomery Montgomery. They are very nervous at meeting him but once they do, they realize what a great life they have ahead of themselves. They are able to move on with life, and though they miss their parents very much they find a tranquil life here with uncle Monty, who is very kind and loving towards them. Uncle Monty has a huge reptile area with many reptiles and books and reptiles. He has all the children working o More...

SUMMARY:
The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, parents died in book 1, The Bad Beginning, so they were forced to relocate with their closest relative, Count Olaf, and later found out that he was evil and trying to steal their fortune so everyone eventually found out and were taking him to jail but he escaped. This book is the sequel to that book and is basically telling what happened after. So what happened is they found the second closest relative and his name was Montgomery Montgom More...

This book I thought was very intense and suspenful. Its the second book in A Series of Unfortunate Events and I thought was a very good sequeal to the first book. The same basis characters from the first are in this one and a new character that is the orphans new guardian. His name is Dr. Montgomery and he is one of the protagonist in the book. Of course the antagonist Count Olaf finds his way back to the orphans and their massive fortune he still has ambitions of stealing. The way exactly Count More...

The Reptile Room is the second in the Series of Unfortuante Events series and follows the Bauldelaire children as they move onto their second guardian. This guardian is named Montgomery Montgomery, who is much nicer to the children than Count Olaf had been and they start to feel at peace with their new home, but not for long. Soon Olaf turns up in disguise and through schemes tries to steal the children back to have their fortune. In this adventure the children must try to prove Olaf is guilty w More...

The Reptile Room
Lemony Snicket
Realistic Fiction
190 pages

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket is about these orphans named Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, and Sunny Baudelaire. This book is about the Baudelaire's going to live with their Uncle Monty. The orphans have a very unfortunate life because Count Olaf always tries to steal their fortune. When they are living with Uncle Monty, he has a knew assistant coming to help him with his job and his name is Stephano. But the children see on his More...

The second book of the wonderful series written by Lemony Snicket. I had felt really sad when I read this book. Just when they finally got a reliable and loving guardian, they lose him. This is not a spoiler, by the way. At least I don't consider it one, since Lemony Snicket keeps hinting their new guardian's untimely demise way too often you can't help wish he was actually a bad guardian so that the loss wouldn't hurt the Baudelaire orphans.

But I still loved the book, even more so than the firs More...

When the Baudelaire children come to live with their uncle Montgomery, they expect the worst--yet, with his large reptile collection and enthusiastic attitude, they seem to have found an ideal caretaker. But nothing ideal can last for long while the awful Count Olaf still seeks their fortune.... I enjoyed The Bad Beginning, but worried that the series would stall, resting within the intriguing but comfortable limitations of its atmosphere. To my relief, The Reptile Room provides exactly what I n More...

This is the second book in the series of unfortunate events. I enjoyed this book and can not make up my mind whether i preferred the first or second more, this one probably pips it for me. I love Montgomery as a character and despite hating snakes liked the concept of the reptile room. I suppose whats interesting about this book and what I like is that the Orphans have a brief period of enjoyment where they are not being stalked by the mysterious count Olaf. I dislike the fact that the premises More...

The Reptile Room is a continuation of the first book of the Unfortunate Events series. After discovering that Count Olaf had been evil and had been trying to take their money from the children, the three sibling each using their own individual skills escaped from his grasp. In the second book the children are sent to a new guardian Mr. Montgomery Montgomery. Unlike Count Olaf, Mr. Montgomery was nicer to the siblings. He also had a huge collection of reptiles. the children were fascinated by the More...

Pipes, Dawn
P.6, English 4
Mr. Clark
05.29.12


Review

In Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room three siblings named Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who just came from losing their parents in a fire and a certain Count Olaf trying to steal the fortune they left behind, are sent to live with their Uncle Monty. His real name, however, is Montgomery Montgomery and he is a herpetologist, which means he studies snakes. Uncle Monty was a well known herpetologist who alway More...

The three Baudelaire children: Violet, sunny and Klaus are taken to their new home after the incident with Count Olaf; one who wants to get his hand on their fortune. He meets his new guardian Montgomery; one who loves and cares for reptile. In one corner of the house is a room full of reptiles and he has kept them in his property. But with the schemes of Olaf; he tries another tactic on getting his hands on the fortune and one thing in his was Montgomery. So he devised plans, and disguised hims More...

" It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is the one who is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right. Right?" Lemony Snicket, The original Jack Sparrow.
The Baudelaires are now living with their uncle Dr Montgomery Montgomery, a reptile enthusiast and are having the time of there lives, till Count Olaf decides he still wants them pesky kids so he can have the fortune. Fun ensues.

All the the series of unfort More...

This one is amusing like the first one, but it doesn't seem as action-filled in the end. A lot of time was spent with the Baudelaire children trying to prove that Stephano was Count Olaf, and not having anyone listen to them. It was also really horrible that they found someone they liked, only to have them killed, but that's what these books are about, and I'm guessing this is a habit with Lemony Snicket. It is supposed to be horrible after all, but I think the villain might be inappropriately e More...

I finished reading a book of the second, "A Series of Unfortunate Events" in English. The book's title is "The Reptile Room".

The book is my another Floridian friend's recommendation, and I am a fan of the author, "Lemony Snicket". That is because I think that his books have not been translated into Japanese yet. So, if I would love to read his books, I definitely have to read his books in English. I love reading such kinds of books.

The book series has thirteen episodes, so I really would love to More...