reading (The Penultimate Peril)

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I finished "The Penultimate Peril", book 12 in A Series of Unfortunate Events, on Friday evening. Wow, these books have grown up fast! Laced amongst the word play, the expository asides (a word here which means a separate thought inserted into a sentence), and very funny descriptions is darkness more cynical than a curmudgeon's most dystopian daydreams. It's like real life!

I am almost frightened to read the final installment. Every one of these books says to put it down and go read something more pleasant, perhaps for once I should take the advice.

3. Lemony Snicket "The Penultimate Peril"