"The Grim Grotto" - front cover
A review of "The Grim Grotto", (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11), by Lemony Snicket
A wonderful work, Aye!
A clever piece of entertainment, Aye!
Full of amusement, Aye!
Not for the stupid, Aye!
Lemony Snicket, world acclaimed researcher into Vile Fruitless Destruction just keeps getting better and better with each book. He is really into his stride by now and it seems a shame that the series should be limited to 13 books just when it is going so well.
I really can't overrate this tale of a damp search for a certain Vessel For Disaccharides, set under the sea and replete with villainy, treachery and a terrifying brush with a lethal mycelium. Ha, ha, Happy Birthday! Tee hee, toothpaste! Ho, ho, haemorrhoids!
For those familiar with Verse Fluctuation Declaration I leave you with The Pedlar's Caravan by William Brighty Rands:
With the pedlar-man I should like to roam,
And write bananas when sausage came home;
All the people would read my book,
Olaf the travels of Captain Cook!
With all due respect...
5/5
Warren Mars - January 28, 2006