[.ca] The Reptile Room (ISBN 0064407675)

From Amazon.com:
The Reptile Room begins where Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning ends... on the road with the three orphaned Baudelaire children as they are whisked away from the evil Count Olaf to face "an unknown fate with some unknown relative." But who is this Dr. Montgomery, their late father's cousin's wife's brother? "Would Dr. Montgomery be a kind person? they wondered. Would he at least be better than Count Olaf? Could he possibly be worse?" He certainly is not worse, and in fact when the Baudelaire children discover that he makes coconut cream cakes, circles the globe looking for snakes to study, and even plans to take them with him on his scientific expedition to Peru, the kids can't believe their luck. And, if you have read the first book in this Series of Unfortunate Events, you won't believe their luck either. Despite the misadventures that befall these interesting, intelligent, resourceful orphans, you can trust that the engaging narrator will make their story--suspenseful and alarming as it is--a true delight. The Wide Window is next, and more are on their way. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

it all starts with a BAD BEGGINIG:
well this book is very sad.In this book olaf tries to marry violet to get their fortune.he makes her marey him by taking sunny and putting her on top of a tower and saying marry me or else sunny will take a big fall.At the beggining of the book their parents die. i feel really bad for them.he puts on a play to make her marry him in the play.but at the end she does not marry him.she is a very clever and smart girl.if u buy this book u will not regret it. it is very good.

Reptile Room:
In this tragic adventure story, a death happens but who is the one that is harmed? It could be anyone. A mystery! The Reptile Room is the sequel to the Bad Beginning and I would say that Lemony Snicket has done an excellent job of creating a strategy. The strategy was making the quickest change of feelings at the end of each chapter to leave you on a cliff hanger. In our categories of characters, we've got Count Olaf the nasty, ghastly and selfish guardian to the Buadelaire children. At first, thinking of him makes me feel like he is alive, spying on me right now with the eye on his ankle. He also has one assistant mentioned in this book. It's the guy with the hooked hands pretending to be a doctor, so when the mystery person dies, Stephano (Count Olaf) can escape and bring the Baudelaires to somewhere. this way he will receive something. In the Baudelaire clan, there is Violet, the eldest sibling. She has the most mechanical brain you can ever find! She invents, when people need her inventions, even at times when her inventions are not necessary. The second sibling, Klaus is a bookworm, that is what people give as a nickname to people who read a lot. But Klaus reads any type of books, boring ones too. Now, Sunny Baudelaire, the youngest sibling has four super sharp teeth that are very handy when the siblings are trying to escape from Count's Olaf clutches of doom. This book starts out with a boring ride down Lousy Lane to find their second guardian. The car stops and there they are in front of this huge mansion. The new exciting guardian invites them in for tea, cake and raw carrots. It seems safe for the siblings, so why not enjoy the time? But the good time doesn't last long when something happen to someone. So the dreadful, wicked and vile Stephano (Count Olaf) comes in for revenge. During the horrible appointment of the ankle eye murder, the Baudelaire find out that they are going to a place to find a new type of something. Disaster appears and what will happen? When the morning light slits through the windows, the Baudelaire siblings go to the Reptile Room and a scream for the pale faced down??? This book has a lot of feelings and themes. Violence is what Count Olaf contains. Maybe he was born with evil cells or some disease turns him super dreadful. He killed the mystery person with happiness and a wicked smile. Smart brains come well to figure out who killed the person. Actions, word sentences gave Klaus his brain whizzing with smart cells. Trickiness helped the Baudelaire escape with Sunny's friend, the Incredibly Deadly Viper. Violets has time making a key for the suitcase of answers. Who will be the one to find out who the mystery person that dies? Will you find out or not? Reading it can be a good way to do so. It also is a good way to find out what is the thing with the words, "something and someone". This book can be for children of all ages. But it may have paragraphs written with violence, and I hope it doesn't give anyone ideas for killing people. So, I would give it four reptiles out of five reptiles. When Lemony Snicket was writing the book I think his mind was on Beatrice Baudelaire, his love. His love must cause the love for the children too. In the back cover his hope was on the dear kind editor. With each note he writes the clues grow in the book. Have a slithery, slime time reading it!!!!!!!!!!

One of Snicket`s finests:
The Reptile Room is the second book in the series of unfortunate events library,so it is one of the earliest of the 13 book serie,and i also consider it to be one of the best in the whole series.Lemony Snicket got this way of writting that keeps you reading,in the sense that you know what`s going to happen but you still read.Or his advisements to not read his books only seem to make them better... Snicket has a simple formula:his books aren`t with happy endings unlike every(or nearly)other books,they are dark stories that keep getting darker in each book.The Reptile Room picks up exactly were the Beaudelaires,Violet,Klaus and Sunny(right spelling and all)left us.they have now been sent to their oncle Montgomery who has a house full of reptiles,and is probably the most attaching tutor they`ve ever gotten.You can really get who is oncle Monty and feel attached to him,it is one of Snicket`s most clever scenarios to date. The Beaudelaire children tought they got rid of count Olaf once and for all,let me tell you that is not true.The count disguises as oncle Monty`s assistant.Monty won`t beleve it is count Olaf even if the chldrens say so.The count murders oncle Monty and disguise it as if one of his snakes bited him.The children have to be very clever to solve everithing. Everithing is arranged in a way that makes the book a great read,it is one of the best unfortunate events....

Courtesy of Teens Read Too:
As the Baudelaire children--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--narrowly escape the marriage scheme of Count Olaf and his theatre troupe of THE BAD BEGINNING, we pick up with Mr. Poe once again leading the children to the home of another relative. Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, a revered member of the Herpetological Society, is a man who has spent his life studying snakes. As the children arrive at his home, via Lousy Lane, they are at first leery of "Uncle Monty" and his REPTILE ROOM. They soon learn, however, that their newfound Uncle is a kind man, providing them each with their own room and entertaining activities that they each enjoy--space and materials to invent for Violet, books and a reading nook for Klaus, and plenty of biting material for Sunny. As the orphans settle in to their new abode, Uncle Monty teaches them about snakes, most especially his new discovery, the Incredibly Deadly Viper. As we learn that said snake is a misnomer--the word "misnomer" here meaning "a wrong name"--the children become excited about the upcoming trip to Peru to study new snake life. Unfortunately, as most everything in the lives of the Baudelaire children is, Uncle Monty's new assistant, Stefano, is no other than Count Olaf in disguise. Alas, just as with their previous adventures, no one listens to the children's concerns until it is too late. As Stefano aka Count Olaf threatens the children into silence, he begins to hatch his evil plan, which includes getting rid of the snake-loving doctor and absconding to Peru with the children, where he can wait for Violet to come of age, grab her fortune, and dispose of the children. Saved in the nick of time--yet again--by a convoluted series of events, we find the children once again looking for a kind relative to care for them. As THE REPTILE ROOM ends, Mr. Poe drives off into the sunset with a miserable Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, and we wait to see which new series of unfortunate events will befall the children. Another quick read, THE REPTILE ROOM is highly recommended depending on the maturity of your child. Another dark tale of misery and woe, this book is highly entertaining for those who understand that it's fiction. Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

Cool..... Snakes.....:
Have you ever wondered if any where in the world, there might be a man that finds different, unexplored, and strange reptiles? Have you ever wonder if there was a room filled with them? Well, there might not be a man, I mean, a real man, but there is a book about that can answer your question. I'm here to talk about one specific book from the Series of Unfortunate Events. That one book is called The Reptile Room. The Series of Unfortunate Event is a series about 3 children who's parents have died from a fire. The Baudelaire's' live with many different guardians. Some mean, some kind, some generous, some selfish. Once you start reading the whole series, well, you'll see what sympathy these stories hold. Now I should tell you about the three Baudelaire children. Violet is the eldest Baudelaire at the age of 14. Violet is an inventor. She likes to invent things to help her siblings and herself get out of trouble and sometimes just to make life easier. And when she has her hair tied up to keep her long hair out of her eyes, she is thinking of a new invention. Klaus, the middle Baudelaire, is not exactly an inventor. Well, not as well as Violet. He is more into reading books. Before, when the Baudelaire mansion was still standing, Klaus would always use his spare time in the Baudelaire library reading all sorts of books. Usually, Klaus would use that information to help get her siblings out of trouble if Violet is not able to invent something. Sunny is the youngest Baudelaire and is only an infant. She has 4 very sharp teeth to bite things that are hard. You do know how babies love soft food, well Sunny is different. She eats raw carrots and crunchy apples. Sometimes, those 4 teeth can be useful when none of Klaus's information is any help and Violet can't invent anything. Then there is a villain. The Baudelaire's worst enemy, Count Olaf. Originally the Baudelaire's' first 'new' guardian. All he wants is the Baudelaire fortune. He is always thinking up a new plan to kidnap the Baudelaire orphans. Here are a few of my favourite parts: 'Violet, Klaus and Sunny were sitting in a small, cramped car and staring out the windows on Lousy Lane were heading toward even more misery and woe. The Grim River and the horse radish factory were only the first on a sequence of tragic and unpleasant episodes.' That was one of my favourite parts because nobody really likes the smell of horse radish. The Baudelaire orphans were one of those people. I giggled a bit when I read this part because the Baudelaire orphans had to stay in the small squishy car and had to smell horse radish all that time. This part is a little bit funny because in that squishy uncomfortable car ''There was a very fat toad with two wings coming out of its back, and two-headed lizard that had bright yellow stripes on its belly. There was a lizard that looked like an owl, with wide eyes that gazed at them from the log on which it was perched in its cage. And there was a cage with a cloth on top of it, so you couldn't see what was inside at all.' This was one of my favourite parts as well because I like snakes and some lizards. And since I like them so much, I like these even more because it has what a regular snake or lizard doesn't. It would be cool to see one of those lizards. Just imagine... seeing a lizard that looks like an owl! And once I first read the part when it says, ' And there was a cage with a cloth on top of it, so you couldn't see what was inside at all.', It made me think, 'Wow, was that reptile really that special? And here, we have my all time favourite part: '"What does your sister mean by 'Aha'?" he asked. Klaus sighed. He felt, sometimes, as if he had spent half his life explaining things to Mr. Poe. "By 'Aha,'" he said, "she means 'One minute' Stephano claims he knows nothing about snakes, the next he claims he is an expert By 'Aha' she means 'Stephano has been lying to us.' By 'aha' she means 'we've finally exposed his dishonesty to you' By 'Aha' she means 'Aha!'"' This is my all time favourite part because it is so funny how Klaus was explaining it, and then, at the end, he sounded like he was fed up from talking for so long by saying, "By 'Aha' she means 'Aha!'" In my opinion, this book is a very nice one. It's funny, and sad at the same time. The theme is, to work your skills and put them together to find out someone's plan. The sad part was when their Uncle Monty got killed by the hideous Count Olaf. It's funny too because in the beginning, the author says 'So I must tell you that if you have opened this book with hope of finding out that the children lived happily ever after, you might as well shut it and read something else.' It turns out, he was wrong. It was quite entertaining. I would recommend this book because it has different emotions in different parts of the book. Some parts are sad, some are funny, and some are mysterious. And in some parts, the whole subject doesn't seem to be so smooth. What I mean by 'smooth' is that you can't really understand what's going on. But at the end of that chapter, everything ties in together. It is also very descriptive so it is easy to imagine the pictures.