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Title: The Reptile Room: Or, Murder! (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2)
ISBN: 0061146315
Author:
Lemony Snicket
Publicate Date: 2007-05-01
Publish: 2007-05-01
List Price: $6.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Great sequel
This is a delightful sequel to the original book that carries the poor little Baudelaires to a very different setting than before, with another bizarre relative who happens to be much more caring and loving than Count Olaf.
While this book does not yet reveal the series' main plot, it's a fantastic, imaginative, and strangely touching story all by itself with Lemony Snicket's biting word play and matter-of-fact writing that sets a surprising mood all by itself.
People, these books are deeper than they appear, and the author is amazing at getting to the heart and soul of a story in so few words.
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2: PCE Student Review
My favorite book is the Reptile Room.
The author is lemony Snicker. The theme is good and bad. My favorite charter is sunny. This Is why I like this I charter. Sunny meets the incredibly deadly viper, and the snake bites sunny on the chin. Sunny bites the snake back! The incredibly deadly viper is not deadly so sunny and the snake became friends.
The author writes something bad and makes it funny. When something sad happens it's not just sad.
Why I love this book- there are one page that has 198 ever. The snake is longer then all of the three kids put together. The three kids try to find a place to live but everywhere they go their relatives die. They have to find a place where count Olaf can not find them.
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3: A Sparkling Second
Now that we know the children of the series, things get even better - or more comfortable, I should say. The children are given to the care of a kind uncle, who is a snake specialist. He has a huge room for his reptiles, and he and the children spend much of their time there getting ready for their upcoming trip to Peru, where their uncle is taking them for his studies. Remember, the title does not contain "fortunate events" but "UNfortunate" ones, and things do not go well at all. Their uncle is, well, let's just say he never makes that trip to Peru. The children encounter some old acquaintances and must figure out a way to save themselves before it is too late. Wonderfully written, amusing when it can be, exciting, and a total joy from beginning to end. It is best to read #1 ("A Bad Beginning") first. Adults, don't let that age group 9-12 fool you. It's fun for us, too.
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4: Kcs series of unfortunate events - the reptile room
what would you do if you had to live with your uncle with his millions of reptiles and also you were being tracked down by an evil man named count olaf? well that is what exactlly happens in this book to three very unfortunate children named violet, claus, and sunny. Their misrable lives started out when a mystereous fire burned down their house and when they were sent to live with the evil count olaf.
The setting takes place in a smaall town and in Uncle Monty's house and reptile room. Violet is a very smart and clever girl and she loves to invent stuff. Her brother claus is also smart and he loves to read and test out his sister's inventions. the youngest id sunny who likes to chew on thing and says stuff that no one understands so they guess what she's saying.
But now they are in good condition for now cause they were sent to live with thier uncle monty in a place that smelled like horse radish and looked vey dull. Their uncle Monty had a very big house and he seemed like a nice guy to the Bauldilare children because it beat staying with Count olaf and his evil movie group. But there was just one thing that bothered them was that the fact they had to live with a bunch of reptiles as well. but later they dicover that living withUncle Monty was ok and the deadly viper turns out to be the most friendliest of snakes. and that under the protestion on Uncle Monty nothing could go wrong. Until Uncle Monty's " assistant" came into the picture but he didn't fool the Bauldilares so they were well aware of what might happen. but you will have to read the book to find out what will happen next...
the theme is Even though they arent perfect. cause violet, claus,and sunny always thought of Count Olaf and infortunate things that happened to them until they met Uncle Monty. I think that the authors craft is basically trying to make you jump out of your seats and to keep you want to reading and the pacing of this book is very fast throughout the story but it did get kind of slow in the middle then gained pace. i would recommend this book to middle school kids and 4th or 5th graders cause younger kids wouldn't really understand it all that well and it might freak them out!
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5: the mysterious tale of unfourtunate events
This book that I'm reading is called The Reptile Room. This book was written by Lemony Snicket. This book is fantasy because it's not real and it could never happen. The book is the second book of a series of thirteen books. The series is known as "A Series of Unfortunate Events".
This story is about the three Baudeliare children. Their names are Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Violet was the oldest of the three and she loved to invent things. Klaus was the middle child and he was always reading. Sunny was still a baby and she loved to bite things especially hard things. In this story these three orphans go to live with their uncle who is a herpetologist (someone that studies snakes). Uncle Monty hires a man to help him on his journey to Peru. When this man arrives, the Baudelaire children realize he is not who he says he is. He is Count Olaf, a relative who is trying to steal their fortune.
Count Olaf kills Uncle Monty but luckily the children catch him and tell the banker (who controls their fortune). To find out the rest of the story......read the book.
I really enjoyed the book, so much so that I plan to read the entire series. My sister liked the series so much that she has read each book twice. I enjoyed the book because I like the characters and the fact that I learn more about the characters with every book I read. I also enjoy that the book is suspenseful in that the author holds out what happens until the very end of the book. This book is best suited for 4th, 5th, or 6th graders who enjoy mystery and fantasy, and sometimes unhappy endings.
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