The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11) Review
This is possibly the best book in the entire series, in my opinion. Maybe it's the fact that I'm a water baby. Or maybe I'm a sucker for geeky people. Or maybe I just think the mystery, drama, and humor in this one was excellent! Whatever the reason, this was a series highlight for me.
And to think it all takes place underwater on a submarine known affectionately as the Queequeg, where there dwells its captain and his ambiguous stepdaughter, characters that help drum out mysteries galore and some of the best characterizations I've seen outside the main people.
The description is better than anything previously written in the series, and the emotion and characterizations will zap you right in the heart. And to end it all with some more amazing cliffhangers.
I will always think of this particular installment with great fondness.
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11) Feature
- ISBN13: 9780064410144
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11) Overview
Dear Reader,
Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp. You might also prefer not to read this book, in which the Baudelaire siblings encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair, underwater.
In fact, the horrors they encounter are too numerous to list, and you wouldn't want me even to mention the worst of it, which includes mushrooms, a desperate search for something lost, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing.
As a dedicated author who has pledged to keep recording the depressing story of the Baudelaires, I must continue to delve deep into the cavernous depths of the orphans' lives. You, on the other hand, may delve into some happier book in order to keep your eyes and your spirits from being dampened.
With all due respect, Lemony Snicket
The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11) Specifications
It's tough when the things that stand between you and your desired sugar bowl are a host of deadly mushrooms and an uncomfortable diving suit. The unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves in deep (once again) in this eleventh book in Lemony Snicket's odd-and-full-of-woe-but-quite-funny Series of Unfortunate Events. In The Grim Grotto, the siblings find themselves headed down Stricken Stream on a broken toboggan when they are spotted by the submarine Queequeg, carrying Captain Widdershins, his somewhat volatile stepdaughter Fiona, and optimistic Phil from Lucky Smells Lumbermill. The adventures that follow as the crew tries to get to the aforementioned sugar bowl before Count Olaf are so horrible that the narrator inserts factual information about the water cycle so that readers will get bored and stop reading the book. It doesn't work. As per usual, readers will want to soak up every awf! ul detail and follow the Baudelaires all the way back to the place we first met them--Briny Beach. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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