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Rating:  - sometimes the carnival is no fun at all..........
Justin Pergolini
Room 22I am a fifth grade student at Waldron Mercy Academy(JP).The book I am reviewing is THE CARNIVOUROUS CARNIVAL by LEMONY SNICKET.PLEASE RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.THIS REVIEW IS DANGOURUS AND MUST BE ERASED. You could not possibly want to hear the horrible events in this book...that is what Lemony Snicket whould say if he was typing this. Unlike Lemony Snicket this book is one of the best books I've ever read. Trouble has struck again for the Bualdeluares. Our story begins with the Bauldeluares in the trunk of Count Olafs long black car. The Bauldelaures are three orphans named Violet,Klaus,and Sunny whose parents died in a horrible fire. Count Olaf is a greedy man who has followed the Bauldelaures everywhere they go trying to steal the orphan's fortune and has faked his own death and blamed the poor Bauldelueres for the murder. The Bualdelueres have left their recent ''home'' at Hemlich Hospital, which I am sorry to say is no more, and found a small glimmer of light in its library of records............. The Bualdelaures arrive at Calarigi Carnival (which I am sorry to say is no more either) where they hear of a fortuneteller who is telling Olaf where the orphans are all the time. The Bauldelaures disguise themselves as freaks to get a job at the carnivals house of freaks. It's horrible there as the Bualdelares are treated harshly on stage. They are in even more danger when Count Olaf announces the next big attraction at the carnival:feeding some lions one freak a day that is randomly selected from a hat. But that night the Bualdelares find out a little secret about the fortuneteller... But I am afraid that tragedy strikes again for the Bauldelares and this dark road is very long indeed...........
Rating:  - One of the Best
Ok, this is the latest in the Unfortunate Events series (Book 9). I think it is of on the best. I love how Snicket is moving on with the series and does not always have the same plot. The first 5 books were quite similar, Baudelaires get new home, Olaf finds new home, tries to get the Baudelaires... etc. But in the recent books, it has gotten better. The stories are more connected to one another, and are more exciting to read. In the beginning of the book, the children are in the trunk of Olaf's car, without him knowing it. Then they disguise themselves and remain under Olaf's nose. Lions, meat eating ones, are involved (what good can come of that?)and then murder comes too (what's new?) There are more unfortunate events occur (duh), and they remian in peril again.
I think it was one of the most suspenful. This is a definite buy for anyone who has liked any of the others. Yet, do the Baudelaires ever get a bit of luck? I mean I know the reason for the popularity is because of the negative side ( I mean who likes reading about people who always have the best thing in the world happen to them? fairy princesses get old fast) but one has to wonder how much we can take of these kids having bad luck.... and the predicabilty of this bad luck...Dont get me wrong I love these books. But how much more will the American Public take? We (the readers) are coming closer and closer to the finding out the meaning of the imfamous V.F.D and sadly, the end of the series. But who knows? Maybe it will be a good ending.
Rating: - A Series of Unfortunate Events #9
This story was one of the best books I've ever read. I found myself staying up all night reading it. It's about 3 sibs, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. They've been running from an evil man named Count Olaf. He's been finding the children by asking a fortuneteller who seems to always get the right answers. Now the 3 sibs are in disguise as a 2 headed freak and a half wolf half baby named, Chabo the Wolf Baby, in a freak house at the Caligari Carnival. Then Count Olaf buys a bunch of lions to put in a pit and guess which freak has to jump in with the lions. I loved this book because it's really suspenseful, especially when Violet, and Klaus were about to jump to the lions. I really like this author's style of writing. I could really picture the carnival. Compared to the other books in the series this one's my favorite. I rate it 5 stars, because I liked it a lot, and it had great suspense.
Anna Flynn-Meketon
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