Who does it organized?

"How" is the novel organized?

The Penultimate Peril is comprised of thirteen chapters averaging thirty pages in length. The chapters are simply numbered at the top of the page, without titles or headings to distract from the action of the story. The chapters tend to be short to engage the reader in the immediate suspense and action of the tale. As many readers find themselves wading through lengthy chapters, Snicket creates many small problems and resolutions to maintain the novel's quick pace from beginning to end since adult readers do not have any trouble finishing the book in one sitting or a single afternoon. The addition of black and white pencil sketches also shortens the chapters and gives the reader's eye a break from the text.

This novel functions within the series basically as a way of reminding readers of everything that has happened in the series until now. As a result, The Penultimate Peril is full of many winding back-stories, characters without description, and long recaps of what has happened in the previous books. This novel is arguably the only novel in the series that cannot be read as a stand-alone story.