About this title: 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. Ages 10+
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: New. Brand new books, maps and cd's available immediately from a reputable and well rated UK bookseller; despatched promptly and reliably worldwide. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Book 12 in this grim series continues to follow the miserable lives of the Baudelaire orphans: Violet, Klaus and Sunny. Very good condition, minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Some ink inscriptions of names inside the front board. 353 pp. Post Typically 1-2 days UK, 2-7 days Worldwide. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Published by Egmont Books Ltd in 2005. Hardcover. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8425226 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Published by Egmont Books Ltd in 2005. Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 368. Condition: New. New book unread, in print and in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. No defects. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Published by Egmont Books Ltd in 2005. Binding: Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8535546 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Published by Egmont Books Ltd in 2005. Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Like NEW. No defects, may have been previously read. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405223379ISBN:1405223375
Description: Published by Egmont Books Ltd in 2005. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 368. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780064410151ISBN:0064410153
Description: Helquist, Brett. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 353 p. Contains: Illustrations. Series of Unfortunate Events (Hardcover), 12. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780064410151ISBN:0064410153
Description: Helquist, Brett. Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 353 p. Contains: Illustrations. Series of Unfortunate Events (Hardcover), 12. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
"Mendekati buku sial eh buku ke-13 alias the end of the end, buku ke-12 mulai memberi clue-clue yang lebih jelas, meski masih belum benar-benar tertebak. Yang jelas, tokoh-tokoh dari buku 1 sampai 11 yang berhubungan dengan tiga bersaudara Baudelaire, bermunculan di seri ke-12 ini. Di Hotel Dewey yang susunan kamarnya berdasar klasifikasi Dewey, jadi tamu filfasat misalnya ditempatkan di kamar 100, tamu profesor sains di kamar nomor 600 sekian (coba dehhh...)"
"This is the second last installment in the hugely enjoyable Series of Unfortunate Events, which is very much more unfortunate and tragic than all that came before. Violet, Klaus and Sunny arrive at the Hotel Denouement and pose as concierges in order to try and figure out which among the guests and employees are friends and which are foes. An approaching VFD convention promises to explain all, if they can only help prevent it becoming a victory party for the villains instead.
The Baudelaires find themselves unable to differentiate the good guys and the bad. The author allows them to grow up (to an extent) and reflect on the moral greyness that surrounds them and to question whether they themselves are good, and what 'good' means. This doubt is accompanied by a powerful image (which recalls September 11).
I love this series and really wished I could give this a higher rating, especially given the humanist exploration and that ultimate cliffhanger. The problem is that there is much less humour in this volume and that some of repetitiousness is beginning to show. Having said that, I will still enthusiastically revisit it, and the other books, once I've amassed the whole series. Last but not least, I should share one of my favourite lines: "destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death or a cheesecake that has curdled""
"In this, the next to last book in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events" books, Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are taken by Kit Snicket to the Hotel Denouement where they are to work as concierges and spy on the guests to find out who is a volunteer for the mysterious VFD and who is a villain. While there, they run into many friends and enemies they have encountered in the previous 11 books in the series. They are all there in anticipation of a meeting of all VFD volunteers which is to take place in the next few days. But, as always, things do not go smoothly for the Baudelaire orphans and they end up accidentally murdering someone, purposely setting the hotel on fire, and in the crutches of the evil Count Olaf.
Lemony Snicket fills this book with his trademark sense of humor, there are always 13 chapters, plenty of alliterative names, explanations of meanings of words, warnings that the reader shouldn't finish the book, and absurd situations (the roof top tanning scene is hilarious). The young Baudelaires are still far more intelligent than the adults are who never seem to recognize the children in their various disguises. Snicket gives a sly nod to critics who hated Olaf's laugh in "The Grim Grotto". While it's inevitable that the children grow up during the course of the books, the fact that Sunny speaks coherent sentences is a bit disappointing and takes away the fun of trying to decipher what she is saying.
I appreciate the humor of having 13 books in the series, but I can't help wonder if that was ultimately too ambitious for Snicket. "The Penultimate Peril" feels like filler at times, with two many questions left unanswered. Why is the sugar bowl so important? Where are the Quagmire triplets? What do the initials "VFD" stand for? Are the Baudelaire's truly orphans or is one of their parents still alive? Where the Baudelaire parents involved in wrongdoing? Can Snicket answer all these questions in the last book?
Finally, parents should be aware that there is a rather violent death toward the end of the book that is accidentally caused by the Baudelaire children. While this may open up an interesting discussion of what makes a person good or evil and can a person be both, the death may frighten young children."
"Disguises reveal one's conspiracies, or should one say concealment? The V.F.D. organizations were the most mysterious parts of this series. Once again beneath disguises for survival, the tension grows as the meet old enemies. Reading this can stun one's nerves!- not. Still, it is very tense and frightening at times.
Recognizing foes as they work stealthily in the hotel, the trio overhear- or perhaps eavesdrop and hear the secrets of their nemesis'. Not realizing they were there, these villainous people carelessly talk out. The hotel seems to accept in any type of customer. A bustling place and the fear of being discovered within every millisecond, they move on carefully. As they are not normal children and have been through worse experiences than that of falling and cutting one's knees, with tremendous care they continue taking on risks to uncover secrets.
When the Baudelaires discovered Olaf's trick by un-blindfolding themselves, the villains panicked. This was a scene where the villain had been caught in the act of cheating, like in the previous books. When does the world really allow such things to happen in reality? Not many times and so, this was an ideal moment.
After the fire engulfed the hotel, they were stuck on the same boat as Olaf, floating to somewhere unknown..."
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