The Reptile Room

I switched to the audiobook (narrated by Tim Curry) for The Reptile Room after not enjoying The Bad Beginning. This immensely helped with the repetitive writing, and I stomached the definitions and other such writing quirks a lot more. Tim Curry did a fantastic job narrating. I also love herpetology, so I was bound to like the setting a bit more. I liked that this book seemed a bit more dangerous (to me) and the orphans seemed quickly to understand they needed take matters into their own hands. I liked it!

In the reptile room... 🎶

Same review for The Bad Beginning also applies. After starting the show on Netflix, we were enticed to start the series. My oldest (9) is reading the books either through the library or Libby and we are all listening to the audiobook on our adventures here and there. While I doubt I would enjoy the series for myself, sharing it with the children has been entertaining. We are about to now start The Miserable Mill after finishing up The Wide Window.

Library audiobook. Library book. Libby to Kindle.

I find these books really funny!

What strikes me most about these books is how clueless the adults are and how they don't take children seriously. They trust adults just because they are adults, even if they say stupid and nonsensical things.

And this book makes me question a lot. Could it be that when we become adults we ignore children's common sense so much? We think that just because we are adults we are right. It's an interesting concept and one that is very well represented in this book.

Basically, if adults would stop and listen to children, none of what happens in the book would happen.