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Summary: The carnivores Carnival
Review: Hi, I'm a big Lemony Snicket but this book just didn't do it for me. The Carnivores Carnival needs some work. The story line is good but it could use some work. It gets kind of boring, he needs new and excite ding things that u don't expect. Don't get me wrong I like all he's books just needs some work. Have one of the kids get separated from he's remaining family. Also get some new villains and new friends. I rate this book a three in a half, so if like old story lines with some new things read these books.
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Summary: The Carnivorous carnival - a crazy story
Review: The book The Carnivorous Carnival is a novel filled with humor and witty charm. In the ninth book in this delightful series, the Baudelaire siblings find themselves in a deserted carnival. With Count Olaf on their tail, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny disguise themselves as freaks and end up in Madame Lulu's House of Freaks. They overhear Madame Lulu say something about their parents that might help the Baudelaires find more information about them. Meanwhile, they make many new friends in the House of Freaks. When Count Olaf discovers the Baudelaires at the carnival, he comes up with yet another setback for them that puts them in a very dangerous situation, which entices the reader. This book will capture readers in the world of unfortunate events, and put a smile on their face. In my opinion, this book is perfect to make you thankful for what you have.
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Summary: Lemony Magic getting a little ahead of itself
Review: The interestingly twisted humor which is A series of Unfortunate Events continues to please with its 9th installment. Filled with the careful style, and constant asides, this continuation brings the reader to another anticipation of revelation about VFD, the orphans parents, and quite possibly a ray of hope for their future. However, most of us read this series as an adjunct to the Harry Potter novels which have been turning long winded and taking darker paths of late. These stories are fun in the vain of a Rocky and Bulwinkle cartoon, the characters never despair of their circumstances for long. Herein is the problem, the characters haven't developed nearly enough. They're still the same children we met in Book 1. I would have wished that the Quagmire Triplets had returned to help, if only to return the favor from the Ersatz Elevator.
Hopefully, the next book introduces a few more "good guys".
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Summary: Interesting but Boring
Review: This may be a children book, but it's really good. The writer has great imagination. At first when I started reading I thought it was really boring, but as I kept reading into the second chapter I got pulled in.
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Summary: Dark Humor, Misfortune, Despair, and False Hope
Review: Unfortunately, for the Baudelaire orphans bad luck seems to follow them wherever they go like a nefarious, gloomy, gray cloud. Their many attempts of escaping the vile, and filthy Count Olaf have been hopeless since he always seems to track them down.
In the ninth installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket once again creates a dreadful scenario filled with dark humor, suspense, mystery, and a shred of small hope, if that is even possible. The Baudelaire orphans find themselves forced to disguise themselves in freak costumes and submerge themselves into different identities. Instead of clearing up the mystery that encircles the anagram of V.F.D. they find themselves with more questions than answers. So very close to finding the solution they were until, once again, they lost their chance.
This book, as well as the series are a good read for anybody who wants to have a good time, laugh, or in very rare cases...cry. There's a feeling of impotence as one believes that maybe, just maybe the Baudelaire's might have a happy experience for once but then you find out that this is as unbelievable as ants that can talk. Lemony Snicket's literary voice is unique and worthy of recognition as he creates a ghastly storyline that hasn't been seen before. Seriously, when was the last time you read a book with a sad beginning, middle, and end? I am a mere fourteen years old yet I really delight in hearing his mind perplexing stories with great vocabulary words, and strange yet funny baby talk. These book are great for any age.
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Summary: Comes right behind Harry Potter! ages 9-12? 5-103!
Review: Before you read-The title of the series is what the series is about. It's OK to judge a book by it's title. If you have never read the first than check out my #1 title before or after you read this-whatever you wish to-it doesn't really matter. The Carnivorous Carnival is personally my favorite of the soon to be ten series book and later 13. I am giving this reccommendation for one reason-experience one of the greatest fantasy novels created that nearly all ages could read-not to be a top rater.
Count Olaf has his own disguises-believe it or not the Baudalairs do too. Just think of being throwing into a pit of lions-that is somehow written to make you believe that it is true. Just joking, the lion thing doesn't really happen but it will happen to somebody else in the book. But I can't give too much away-can I. Don't make me say anymore-just buy the book and sit down on a cozy chair where you will be hooked to for what could be a very long time, have enough light and enjoy!
If you have never read any of Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events than start with the first. If you'd like an intro/review of that than see my revier of the first book.
Remember, you can judge a book by it's cover in this case! You can also judge by the Special Edition Hardcover's pages.
11 Stars/10
By an excited 10 year old and edited by his 13 year old brother who has never read the book-but remember-he's telling ME what to write.!
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Summary: About this..."book"
Review: This...book..stunk. I type this slowly so it has time to sink into the brain of all you numskulls out there who adore this book and author. I have to say that this book is pointless, depressing, and not creatively written. I am a fifth grader, and I prefer the moral-telling, mind-whizzing works of art that use beautiful language such as the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale, the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, and the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman. I guess if the juvenile people who read these kind of childish books like them, you can go on rotting their brains until they are twisted and warped like a piece of driftwood.
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Summary: A feeling of deja vu... a feeling of deja vu..... a feelin..
Review: The ninth, and yet another worthy entry in the venerable series. In the Carnivorous Carnival, Snicket seems to be taunting us with possible hints to solve the mystery. But by the end of the book, I don't think I'm much closer to figuring it out. Aside from the usual black humor and wordplay, Snicket throws in a creative joke about deja vu, and a funny story within a story at one point. I was disappointed in the climax, since it seemed to go on for too long with too much dialogue. But the book ends with the biggest cliffhanger so far in the series. Kudos!
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Summary: Repetitive, Boring, Lame
Review: AHH, the Baudelaires are threatened to be killed by Count Olaf again! This has been the same plot for all nine books and it is SO BORING! For every book, Lemony Snicket has given readers the same problem: Klaus, Violet and Sunny are running away from their enemy and getting themselves in preposterous situations that would not really happen in every day life. This is because there is a little thing now I like to call "child abuse laws" and nobody could pull anything like Count Olaf and his troup. The situation is so bleak it is not even believable for a novel. It is like he is just pumping out novel after novel of the Series of Unfortunate Events just to make money and make people afraid of other evil people.
YAWN...
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Summary: Enjoyable Entry in the Series
Review: I'm an adult reader who really enjoys this inventive series. The CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL is another terrific entry - much better than #8 in the series ("The Hostile Hospital"). This time around, the Beaudelaires are chasing Count Olaf in order to get information about VFD and the potential whereabouts of their parents. They disguise themselves to hide from Count Olaf and his troup. It's a great twist in the series, although I really liked the early entries where the family was sent to live with a different foster parent each time. Overall, however, this book is another great entry in a series of excellent books. Highly recommended for young readers as well as adults who enjoy well-written, darkly humorous books.
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