This book opens with Sonny Baudelaire being snatched by Count Olaf and his nasty crew and Violet and Klaus doing their best to get her back. They eventually rescue her and the race is on again in this book of the Unfortunate Events series and in the end, Lemony is not telling us where the children have slipped away to. Once again Count Olaf is the antagonist in this book, and the plot has the children never giving up on slipping away from the Count’s awful grip. In this book, Sunny seems to be the protagonist who has come further in her maturity as a child in spite of the fact that they still don’t understand everything she says. Lemony’s word style is still the same, very twisted and is he is still the very quick witted omniscient narrator. He also presents exposition as he who knows everything going on in the story who shares it all with his readers. I loved the first book, but I am concerned about the boredom level since each book has the children constantly running from the Count who is ever chasing them. However, I believe that the familiarity would be good for young readers ages 10-12.