The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (Audiobook Review)

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Title: The Grim Grotto
Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eleventh
Author: Lemony Snicket
Narrator: Tim Curry
Publisher: Recorded Books
Duration: 5 hours, 59 minutes
Copyright: 2004
Genres: adventure, fantasy, juvenile
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
Review copy provided by Kearney Public Library.

PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY:
Dear Listener,
Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be damp. You might also prefer not to listen to this audiobook, in which the Baudelaire siblings descend into the depths of despair, underwater. The horrors they encounter are too numerous to list, and include mushrooms, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing.
As a dedicated author who has pledged to keep recording the depressing story of the Baudelaires, I must continue to delve deep into the cavernous depths of the orphans' lives. You, on the other hand, may delve into some happier audiobook in order to keep your ears and your spirits from being dampened.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
©2004 Lemony Snicket; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

DEDICATION: For Beatrice: Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

MY TAKE ON IT: Out of the frying pan, and into the fire. That phrase pretty much sums up the unfortunate lives of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. They managed to escape the grimy clutches of Count Olaf, but that doesn’t mean their situation has improved much. Now the kids have joined up with Captain Widdershins, on board his submarine, the Queequeg. Captain Widdershins is one of the good guys from the VFD, and his mission is to find the VFD sugar bowl. After studying some tide charts, the group believes they have pinpointed where the sugar bowl, and any other flotsam, must have washed up. Unfortunately, that place is the Grim Grotto, which is known for its deadly poisonous mushrooms. The Queequeg is too large to enter the Grim Grotto, so it’s up to the kids to don their deep-sea diving gear and do some exploring (shudder). I can’t bear to watch, tell me when it’s over!
It looks like Lemony Snicket is a Harry Potter fan. In “The Grim Grotto”, Sunny, who usually speaks in sentences of one word because she is a baby, utters the word “silencio” while trying to explain that the Baudelaire’s received no response to their telegraph to Mister Poe. Potter fans will recognize “silencio” as the incantation for a silencing spell. The man has good taste!

LEMONY SNIPPET: People aren’t either wicked or noble; they’re like chef’s salad, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinagrette of confusion and conflict.

NARRATOR: In addition to his many film, theater, and television roles, Tim Curry has also done the voices for lots and lots of cartoons, animated movies, and video games. The list is way too long to put here, but you can get all the details on the Tim Curry Wikipedia page.

FINAL WORD: Only two audiobooks remain in “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Lemony Snicket certainly knows how to draw out the suspense, I just hope he doesn’t let me down in the end.

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