Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril. NY: Harper Collins, 2005. 353 pages. (Fiction Series)
The main characters in this book are the Baudelair orphans: Violet (age 16), Klaus (age 14), and Sunny (age 7). Another main character is Count Olaf. This story takes place in a hotel called The Hotel Denouement. The main problem the Baudelair orphans face is making sure an object called the sugar bowl doesn’t get into the wrong hands of any of the hotel guests. At the same time they have to escape from Count Olaf’s clutches unharmed. The Baudalairs try to solve this problem by getting as many friends as they can to protect them and help them retrieve the sugar bowl. The only problem is that they don’t know exactly were it is. Another interesting event that happens in this novel is that a person who is trying to help the three orphans gets killed, and then the children and Count Olaf are accused of murder and sent to a small town court for a sentence. Another interesting event that happens in the book is that the same man who gets killed shows the children his life’s work - a secret underground library that contain information of every villain the three Baudalaires had ever come across.
The main characters in this book are the Baudelair orphans: Violet (age 16), Klaus (age 14), and Sunny (age 7). Another main character is Count Olaf. This story takes place in a hotel called The Hotel Denouement. The main problem the Baudelair orphans face is making sure an object called the sugar bowl doesn’t get into the wrong hands of any of the hotel guests. At the same time they have to escape from Count Olaf’s clutches unharmed. The Baudalairs try to solve this problem by getting as many friends as they can to protect them and help them retrieve the sugar bowl. The only problem is that they don’t know exactly were it is. Another interesting event that happens in this novel is that a person who is trying to help the three orphans gets killed, and then the children and Count Olaf are accused of murder and sent to a small town court for a sentence. Another interesting event that happens in the book is that the same man who gets killed shows the children his life’s work - a secret underground library that contain information of every villain the three Baudalaires had ever come across.
This book made me want to keep reading and reading because there isn’t a part in it that makes you want to stop. I would read another book by this author because the problems the children face never end. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a really long mystery with a million possibilities that keep you guessing.
Reviewed by: SouthPole
