SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS,A 2 : REPTILE ROOM

If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale. I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story many seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery. In fact, within the pages you now hold in your hands, the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the reappearence of a person they'd hoped never to see again. You are free to put this book back on the shelf and seek something lighter.