Product Description

The Baudelaire siblings suffer all sorts of misfortunes in this, the second book of their adventures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4549 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-26
• Binding: Hardcover
• 212 pages

Customer Reviews

Snakes, car crashes and a really long knife
This book is about some scary snakes and in fact, in this book that now is being described as not that terrible (even though it is), the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible odour, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the reappearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again. It is as if misfortune is magnetic to the poor Baudelaire orphans. Beware: This book is very squemish and will give you nightmares, so please do not read unless you are lion hearted, risky and unafraid of ravenous reptiles. Rating for this book: A scary 9/ 10.

GRIM, GRAVE AND...UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!!!!
Though this series is famous for being sad and miserable, it is sometimes also slightly funny. At the beginning of the book, it says, 'To Beatrice-My love for you shall live forever. You, however, did not.' It is a wonderful, though miserable and true, beginning of the story. It spurs you on and you may feel like a voice is whispering to you, 'Go on, read it!' and the story is just as amusing as the creepy phrase to who the book is for.
It may take you to read the first book too to appreciate the rest of the series, but it is definately worth it.
This book is about three Buadelaire orphans who, I'm afraid wherever they go, drags woe and misery behind them. These children are intelligent, resourceful and kind. However, they had no luck. You may have thought they had a tiny drop of luck somewhere but the only luck they have is that they are alive. In fact, that may not be lucky because if they were dead, they wouldn't have had to be tormented by the woeful things that come their way.
In my opinion, this book is absoloutely fantastic and has clever ways of explaining you a tricky words that people may not know. How? You will never know unless you read the book...!

funny childrens book that adults will like too
I bought my nephew the first 6 books a couple of years ago but he was a bit young at the time, when he did finally pick them up he couldn't put them down.

he absolutely loved them. They are easy to read and are not too long that you get bored in parts ike i found with harry potter and the order of the phoenix.

Its a childrens booked aimed at children with no filler.
Its the innocence of children against the evil that is adults!!!
Great for children boys and girls they will all love it.