author: lemony snicket
series: a series of unfortunate events (#8)
personal star rating: 5/5 stars
from the back cover
Dear Reader,
Before you throw this awful book to the ground and run as far away from it as possible, you should probably know why. This book is the only one which describes every last detail of the Baudelaire children's miserable stay at Heimlich Hospital, which makes it one of the most dreadful books in the world.
There are many pleasant things to read about, but this book contains none of them. Within its pages are such burdensome details as a suspicious shopkeeper, unnecessary surgery, an intercom system, anesthesia heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire. Clearly you do not want to read about such things.
I have sworn to research this story, and to write it down as best as I can, so I should know that this book is something best left on the ground, where you undoubtedly found it.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
first sentence:
"There are two reasons why a writer would end a sentence with the word "stop" written entirely in capital letters STOP."
review:
In this book, Violet, Klaus and Sunny seem to be fending for themselves. Being accused of crimes they didn't commit, they are forced to live in an unfinished ward in a "hostile hospital". Even in these dire circumstances, the three orphans try to solve the mystery of V.F.D. and the fire while avoiding the clutches of Count Olaf. This series has so much going, I can't wait to finish reading it. I would love to say more, but that would keep me from the next book so the brevity of this review should show how I can't stop reading.
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