Series of Unfortunate Events 12 The..., Lemony Snicket
Series of Unfortunate Events 12 The..., Lemony Snicket
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Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril

Author: Lemony Snicket

Narrator: Tim Curry

Abridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/18/2005


Synopsis

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESLemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his bestselling A 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 worldwidePeople in more than 40 countries are consumed by consuming SnicketThe movie was as sad as the books, if not more soLike unrefrigerated butter and fungus, the popularity of these books keeps spreadingEven 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 worseCount Olaf is still evilThe Baudelaire orphans do not win a contestThe title begins with the word ‘The’Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

About Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket had an unusual education, which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books, including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions.

About Tim Curry

Tim Curry has portrayed many memorable characters, most notably the role of the scientist in the Broadway and film versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Arthur in the Broadway production of SPAMalot.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on January 23, 2024

Do any of you secretly know how to time travel? Have like a weird DIY crystal-/laser-based contraption that gets the ol' hanging-out-with-Cleopatra job done? I promise I won’t tell anyone, I just have one favor to ask. Please go back in time and tell ten-year-old me reading this series for the first......more

Goodreads review by Federico on March 25, 2023

Denouement SADNESS. After leaving Gorgonian Grotto and Fiona the mycologist behind, the self-sustaining Baudelaire travel to Hotel Denouement; the last meeting place of the secretive VFD; during their travel they meet Dewey, a sub-sub-librarian and secret caretaker. The orphans then start working a......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 26, 2024

I'm fairly sure I've never read 12 books in one series before (with the possible exception of Enid Blyton's Famous Five - which I read in random order with gaps, because they're all stand-alones). To be honest, I don't think that even as a child I would have reached #12 in the Series of Unfortunate E......more

Goodreads review by Larissa on March 06, 2012

This is clearly the book Daniel was aching to write. The best, most complex, most complete, most well-constructed and most enlightening installment in the series. This is the book with the denouement of the series, indeed, and the main theme of the novels shines darkly through to the end. Kit's earl......more

Goodreads review by Carissa on April 25, 2008

same formula as all the others, but the plot thickens! favorite snicketism from this volume? “the three adults smiled at the children, and the children smiled back, but of course the baudelaires were not born yesterday, an expression which means “young or innocent enough to believe things certain pe......more