The Grim Grotto (Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)

by Lemony Snicket

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Warning: Your day will become very dark—and possibly damp—if you read this book.

Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Lemony Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to provoke suspicion and despair in readers the world over. In the eleventh and most alarming volume yet in the bestselling phenomenon A Series of Unfortunate Events, the intrepid siblings delve further into the dark mystery surrounding the death of their parents and the baffling VFD organisation.

• ISBN10: 0064410145
• ISBN13: 9780064410144
• Publish Date: 29 September 2004 (first published 21 September 2004)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780064410144

Reviews

[thepunktheory]

By now we're into to our neck in this huge mystery. But instead of clearing up some stuff, the Grim Grotto surprises us with unexpected plot twists and even more knots in this twisted tale.
Nothing is only black and white, we've reached a point where all characters are ambiguous. Not even the Beaudelairs are sure about their own identities. Which side is the good one?
Another special part about this book are the interventions by Lemony Snicket. Of course we got some comments in the other novels, but in The Grim Grotto he more actively tries to prevent the reader from sinking into misery by finding out about the future the Beaudelaire orphans have to face. It's a really cute and unique element the book has to offer!

I really can't wait to finally learn what VFD is all about! Only two more parts to go and The Grim Grotto fascinated me even more than the last installments.

[celinenyx]

Though somewhat lacking in tension plot-wise, The Grim Grotto has incorporated moral ambiguity in an understandable and interesting way. I feel like the quality of these later books is higher than the middle bunch of the series - the jokes wittier, the writing tighter, the themes more complex. And again, an ending that leaves me wanting to know what lies in store for the Baudelaires next...

[ibeforem]

These books just keep getting better. The Baudelaire children are getting love interests! There was even very near death in this one. The storyline is really starting to come together. I’m almost sad that there are only 2 books left.