The Vipers Nest (The 39 Clues, #7) by Peter Lerangis

The Vipers Nest (The 39 Clues, #7) Reviews

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  Zenki the Pixie

  The Viper's Nest Pre-Reading Grocery List
  
  ☐ A bottle cap collection
  ☐ 1 telepathy serum
  ☐ 6 red snappers
  ☐ 8 tacomen
  ☐ 2 wooden shields
  ☐ 3 rhinos
  ☐ 4 green crayons
  
  Ratings of previous books:
  Book 1: The Maze of Bones ★★★★★
  Book 2: One False Note ★★★★☆
  Book 3: The Sword Thief ★★★☆☆
  Book 4: Beyond the Grave ★★★★☆
  Book 5: The Black Circle ★★★☆☆
  Book 6: In Too Deep ★★★★☆
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  Lila

  And the surprises keep coming.
  
  At this point, who is even surprised that Amy and Dan's family is trying to kill them? I am certainly not.
  However, while we have seen glimpses of Irina's humanity sprinkled throughout the series, but even I was surprised at her sacrifice.
  Makes me kind of miss her brand of cold and snarky.
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  Allie

  I've been listening to all of these books with my kids, but I just don't know how I'd rate them. I think it's because I wouldn't listen to them on my own --- and I love middle grade reads.
  
  My 11 year old son gave this 5 stars.
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  Lady Flo

  All I can say about the book it was the easiest one about the events, about Amy and Dan's itinerary and finding clue until now. But realization was worse. How they could be a Madrigal, when they two hated them so much.
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  Mia Claire

  ******MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD******
  
  Oh my gosh. Here is yet another awesome 39 Clues book. I wonder how do the 39 Clues writers come up with those mind-boggling puzzles and codes topped with historical background and everything. And speaking of puzzles, codes, and history, in this particular book, readers are brought into another action-filled adventure to South Africa (Pretoria---because of the song March to Pretoria which was a clue from Irina Spasky---and I even checked out the
  youtube video of that song just because it’s included in the book---and Johannesburg). And about the puzzle, well, the moment I saw the “Church Hill” word in the postcard given by some taxi driver to the Cahill siblings, the first person that came to my mind was Winston Churchill and I immediately googled his name. When I learned that he is British, I abandoned the idea. But a few pages later, it turns out that he knew what the next clue is and I was actually right about his association with the clue “Church Hill”. And also, expect some juicy revelations about Amy and Dan’s real family branch. ^_^
  Plus…expect a new love team. Forget the Ian-Amy pairing. Peter Lerangis introduces yet another love team here. And I won’t be surprised if he will abandon it just like what he did with the Ian-Amy tandem he first introduced in Book 3: The Sword Thief. Anyway, the Ian-Amy love team is impossible in the first place but I can’t help it… I like the love team… but oh well, a Kabra with a Cahill wouldn’t work out nicely.
  And take note…you’ll also meet some Zulu warrior called Shaka.
  And…before I forget, you might want to learn some Morse code before reading the book. It’ll come in handy, trust me. But if you’re a busy person, well, there’s an online Morse code decoder you can use. ;)
  So there you go. Happy reading!
  
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  Dany

  Dan and Amy with their au pair in Africa ! Amy goes through some character development which I LOVVEEED . She's so awesome
  
  Pretty average and predictable as the rest of them.
  
  1. Maze of Bones - 🌟🌟🌟🌟
  2. One false note - 🌟🌟🌟
  3. The Sword thief - 🌟🌟🌟🌟
  4. Beyond the grave - 🌟🌟🌟
  5. The Black Circle - 🌟🌟 🌟1/2
  6. In Too Deep - 🌟🌟1/2
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  Lost Planet Airman

  Audio version with The Youngest on a car trip; filled the time vey nicely. A few pretty deep themes for a 4th-grader; if your kids are hooked on the 39 Clues series, be aware of what they are reading.
  
  And really, these Cahills are also Madrigals???
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  Anastasia Antonova

  Ну ничего себе, вот это поворот. Впрочем, я об этом догадывалась, но ведь фамилия-то почему такая?
  Эта часть менее насыщенная событиями в отличии от остальных, но конец порадовал.
  
  Итог: 7 из 10
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  Devanshi Gupta

  Why was Dan so pushed in the spotlight? I kinda wished everyone contributed equally in the novel.
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  Isabel

  When I thought this series cannot continue to be this good.. well, I was right. The Viper‘s Nest (#7 of The 39 clues) kind of proved it. I have to say, for a children/kids book the vocabulary is a little too high. There were couple words I didn’t know or understand right away. Of course English is not my mother language but I didn’t have this problem with the other 6 books of this series. I just think there could be other and more simple words used for this story.
  
  Over all the adventure was still there, but sometime the context and writing wasn’t good. I gave this book 3 stars because of the other 6 books I read of this series and because it continued the whole adventure/travel story of Amy and Dan.
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  Rianna *Hermione* B

  The main characters find out something about their side of the family. Once again, someone is in life-threatening danger.
  I really liked to see the depths of the other factions of family's secret headquarters. I enjoy the adventure and the travel. We learned about Shaka Zulu.. and S. Africa. At the end, you're left with more questions... Like woah.
  Spoiler commentary-- How could they be Madrigals? Are the Madrigals misunderstood? Do the kids break the generational curse that is associated with the Madrigals? Did the parents really steal and kill for a heist?
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  Danny Ify

  Algo que me gusta de la saga de las 39 pistas y a su vez envidio es la cantidad de países que viajan a lo largo de los libros además de la historia de cada lugar.
  
  Conocía parte de la historia de Sudáfrica como es el apartheid pero no sabía nada acerca de los boer y siempre resulta interesante aprender cosas nuevas y eso es algo que hace muy bien estos libros
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  Matilda

  Ebben a kötetben most volt egy érdekes felfedezés, ami kíváncsi vagyok, mihez vezet. Igazából az is érdekel, mi lesz a vége ennek az egésznek, azért is olvasom végig a teljes sorozatot. De kezd nagyon repetitív és elnyújtott lenni.
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  Nina

  I really like this series.
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  Amita

  This one really upped the intensity once again...
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  Ashley W

  I'm not sure why I didn't care for this one as much as the others. The only time I really cared was when they mentioned Irina and she's dead. It wasn't until the end that anything significant happened. It was unexpected to learn that their parents are Madrigals but I figured they were something special. The passports made me wonder more about their deaths and what led up to them. I'm still not sure about Nellie. Her reasons for her emails made sense but sounded too easy.
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  ipek

  『 book 39 out of 48』
  audiobook
  
  i think my favorite characters are definitely nellie, ian and dan.
  
  ✦ 3 out of 5 stars
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  Vanellope

  Probably one of the most forgettable in the series, tbh.
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  Brendan

  I thought is was a good book.
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  Cathy Field

  The Viper’s Nest is book number seven in a mystery series, which incorporates game cards and an Internet site that continues the adventure. This would be a great book for Haidyn to read independently. The characters are a part of an ancient family that is broken apart into its branches and is searching for a great source of power. These family branches are all racing to get this power and to keep the other members from getting it first. They must find 39 clues, which lead them to the power. I chose this book for Haidyn because his interest inventory showed he likes to read mysteries and playing computers and video games. This book series incorporates all three of his interests and is very exciting and action-packed. The story takes place in Haidyn’s modern world, and one of the heroes is a boy about his age who also likes to solve mysteries. Haidyn can go on the internet and play the 39 Clues game as he reads the book. He can find clues to solve the mysteries, which hopefully gives him incentive to keep reading the other books. Outside of this assignment, I would give him the first book in the series, but it was written before 2010, so I chose this volume. To hook Haidyn on this book I would lay out the first five or six books so he could see the covers and say, “ I think you will love this series as much as I do. It has mystery, a modern quest, playing cards, and you can go on the internet to play the game that goes with it! There are even prizes you can win as you collect the clues.”
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  J.c. Drost

  So a lot of stuff happened in this book, big stuff for Dan and Amy. But that's not what affected my perception of this book. I couldn't get past how annoying and whiny Amy was. In a way, it's very understandable because of what happens to them in this book. They are forced to go through a lot of things that young children should not have to deal with. All the same, I can't help but feel that perhaps it was the way Peter Lerangis wrote the book that made Amy seem so annoying.
  
  The book was a little more focused on Dan's point of view, which wasn't a bad thing at all. In many ways I feel like Dan hasn't gotten the attention he deserves. So he took center stage a little more in this novel. And maybe it was because the story was being filtered through his consciousness that really made Amy seem, again, very annoying. This could just be me and the way that I read the book. Even so, this book gets the lowest rating of the series, and is without a doubt my least favorite.
  
  Aside from Amy being annoying, this book was on par with all the rest in terms of action and secrets and betrayal. And of course, for every clue they discover, more questions are raised, both about their family, the clue hunt, and now even Nelly. But despite everything that is thrown at these kids, they keep going.
  
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  Evan Gratteaux

  I'm actually reading this whole series to introduce 3 and 4th grade students to a series that discusses history and science topics that aren't covered in the classroom, and encourage them to use library resources to look for more "clues." I wrote a review of the first book and did not intend to write reviews for the rest of the series (there are 11 books total), but Lerangis' writing was actually a step above what I had come to expect. There were a number of moments where the characterization was spot on, and done through dialogue and actions rather than long paragraphs explaining the characters thoughts and feelings. He also manages to cover the difficult subject of apartheid in a way that would express to young readers how awful it was and how important the history of subjugation and struggle for independence is to the South African people. While "The Viper's Nest" has only brief history of apartheid may not cover everything (it is after all a 3rd grade book) I still learned some new facts that create a solid foundation for learning about South Africa.
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  Arul Prakash

  This is a great adventurous book in which two siblings go on a perilous journey to find the 39 clues. On the path they came through many obstacles such as bloodthirsty cousins/rivals, deadly snakes, muscle men and secrets that people will kill to find out. The small secret turns into a humongous clue that all the other branches thrive to find out. Amy, Dan, Nellie and their cat Saladin have to protect this clue from reaching bad hands. Will they succeed in doing so, or will they face terrors no mans ever faced. Read this book to find out. I would recommend this book to all the readers out there who like a good action book.