The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins Title: The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)

Purchase Item

Manufacturer: HarperCollins
List Price: $12.99
Our Price: $4.25
Customer Reviews:
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Lemony Snicket's Penultimate Peril

My daughter loves the whole series. Hard to find book in our local community. Thanks~
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

The Penultimate Peril Review

The Penultimate Peril is one of the best books written by Lemony Snicket in the Series of Unfortunate Events. It is the second to last book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. The book starts up right where the last book left off. This book is the darkest of all, but it is still very funny and entertaining.

The book is very well written with great vocabulary. You see a lot of familiar faces that make you think of all the past incidents that the Baudelaires have faced. Three new characters are introduced, Frank, Ernest, and Dewey who are triplets. The Baudelaires can't tell which one is which. The Baudelaires have to decide who is evil and good, but that is their hardest task of all.

Although it is very long, 353 pages, you stay in the same place for the whole book. Lemony Snicket rambled on and on throughout the book that made me want to just skip to the next page and get on with the book.
The book kept me at the edge of my seat, which made me want to keep on reading. I can't wait to read the last book, and overall I would rate this book a 7 out of 10.
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Exactly as described

This book came brand new, exactly as described. Well packaged and very quickly shipped.
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Great series _______________________!!


In this latest installment of the Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaires arrive at the Hotel Denouement for the meeting of the Volunteers. But first, the Baudelaires must first check out the hotel to make sure that the last safe place is indeed safe. While disguised as concierges, the Baudelaires encounter a number of characters from previous books. They must figure out if these people are volunteers or villains before the meeting on Thursday. If they find that the hotel is not safe, they must signal to the volunteers not to come. The title of the book (Penultimate Peril), suggests that there is one more volume to come, but this book reads like a finale. I highly recommend everyone to read a new series titled Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 2
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Let's just wrap it up

Just when it seems the Baudelaire orphans are in the hands of good noble people that will help them they discover that evil still lurks behind every shadow and door. They are whisked away by a women who identifies herself as Kit Snicket. She tells the siblings that she is working with Quigley Quagmire and the other volunteers to triumph over Count Olaf and his evil henchmen once and for all. Kit brings the children to the Hotel Denouement where they are to observe the hotel guests in disguise and determine whether or not the hotel is a safe place for the volunteers to come together for a meeting on Thursday of that week. The children are told that they are to evaluate the people with which they come into contact and decide if each person is noble and on the side of good or evil.

The Baudelaires arrive and immediately realize that the hotel is full of people from their past - some good and some bad. Esme Squalor is there with the obnoxious Carmelita Spats so Count Olaf cannot be far away. But Hal and Charles from previous books are there to support the children. Soon Olaf appears and makes his evil plan known to all. They are going to ambush the volunteers when they arrive on Thursday and unleash a poisonous fungus that will kill all of the noble people. The children must figure out how they can stop Olaf without putting anyone in harms way and without being taken into custody for the bad things that people believe that they have done.

It is time for this series to come to an end. The writing and vocabulary continues to be brilliant and clever, but the plot is no longer entertaining. While the series is somewhat designed to be formulaic, by book 12 that formula fails to keep things interesting. As stand alone books they are each wonderful for their originality but the series would likely have finished on a stronger note if it had been shorter.
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Product Description

Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events. Scream and run away before the secrets of the series are revealed!

Very little is known about Lemony Snicket and A Series of Unfortunate Events. What we do know is contained in the following brief list:

  • The books have inexplicably sold millions and millions of copies worldwide

  • People in more than 40 countries are consumed by consuming Snicket

  • The movie was as sad as the books, if not more so

  • Like unrefrigerated butter and fungus, the popularity of these books keeps spreading

Even less is known about book the twelfth in this alarming phenomenon. What we do know is contained in the following brief list:

  • In this book, things only get worse

  • Count Olaf is still evil

  • The Baudelaire orphans do not win a contest

  • The title begins with the word, 'The'

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Ages 10+
The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12) by HarperCollins

Amazon.com

10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Daniel Handler

Q: Your Wikipedia (online encyclopedia) entry defines you as author, screenwriter, and accordionist. Is that how you would describe yourself?
A: I find that nothing makes people back away faster at a social gathering than "accordionist." Except perhaps "screenwriter." And, even "author" always makes people nervous, so I usually say "writer."

Q: How long have you been writing?
A: All my life really, since I was able to write all I wanted to do was write. I think largely I ended up becoming a writer because I could think of nothing else that I was good at--at all. As a kid, I always wanted to be a writer, and I had no backup plan whatsoever as an adult.

Q: Are the Baudelaire children ever going to be happy?
A: Well, they are happy on a regular basis, just not for very long. Um, are they ever going to be happy permanently? I don't know any permanently happy people, thank goodness.

Q: Okay, then is the series going to end on a happy note?
A: Well, I always remind readers of the Snicket books that happy is a comparative term, so the end will be happier than some people would think, but less happy than others.

Q: When can fans expect the final book?
A: I believe the thirteenth volume will be released in the fall of 2006, although something terrible could happen to the author at any moment and then the books would not be released at all.

Looking for more from Daniel Handler? Check out his answers to Amazon.com's The Significant Seven.

Amazon.com Exclusive: The Horrendous Heap

Experience Snicket in the worst way possible: from the very beginning. Here are twelve books contained in four boxes in one terrible shipment. The Horrendous Heap also contains four unfortunate gifts, more upsetting than an itchy sweater in an unflattering color, including:

*A full-color print of one of Brett Helquist's most worrying illustrations, suitable for framing or burying in the backyard.
*A door-hanger, designed to keep unfortunate events out of any room with a door.
*A full page of black-and-white stickers, fit for sticking wherever unfortunate events arise.
*An iron-on, which can render any piece of clothing a part of the uniform of a secret organization.

Please be warned. This offering is a great deal of misfortune. Lemony Snicket advises against the reading, framing, hanging, sticking, or wearing of unfortunate events. In fact, you might be better off ordering a less horrendous heap, if you prefer that sort of thing.

Make Your Own Misfortune Teller

Fans of the Lemony Snicket books can download and fold their own Misfortune Teller, by following these simple instructions. Once the Misfortune Teller is complete, all that is necesary is a willing victim, er, subject, and let the games begin!
An Interview with Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket has captured the hearts of childen and adults alike with the hilariously gloomy series that began, of course, with The Bad Beginning. Amazon.com had a chance to question the author of this marvelously morbid and delightfully depressing series, and the communication was grim indeed. Read the cumbersome communique and see for yourself.