Book reviews

Book review 1
A series of unfortunate events book nine, The Carnivorous Carnival
By: Lemony Snicket

Book summary:
The story begins with the Baudelaires still hiding in the trunk of Count Olaf's car, listening to Count Olaf and his troupe discuss their plans. They talk about a woman named Olivia Lulu Madame Lulu. Madame Lulu has told Count Olaf where the Baudelaires are hidden each time they move.
They disguise themselves for the carnival's House of Freaks, using Count Olaf's disguises stored in the trunk of his car. Olaf arrives with a pack of lions for a lion's pit will be made. They will then select a freak and push them into the pit.
Olaf dramatically unfolds a paper that will show who is to be devoured by lions, and the orphans are picked. During the fight to determine who will push them in, and Madame Lulu along with the fanbelt and one of Olaf's associates fall in instead.
The orphans find a map of the mountains with a coffee stain on it. Olaf states the stain indicates V.F.D.'s secret base in the Mortmain Mountains, as the V.F.D. often used coffee stains to indicate secret locations to other members. The orphans, Olaf, and the carnival freaks jump in Olaf's car and caravan. Olaf then reveals that Lulu told him that they are the Baudelaires, and the newly recruited freaks cut the caravan off the car to their seemingly imminent deaths.
Reflection:
A series of unfortunate events written and research by lemony snicket is one of the mystifyting and interesting book that everyone should not miss. It may seem to be a simple-reading book, however the encounters of the baudelaires orphans in each book made the readers to be always ready for the next book. Violet, the eldest sister who is able to invent things whenever her red ribbon is tied on her hair. Klaus, Violet’s brother is a well-read person who loves to roam in libraries to read a lot of books. Sunny, the baby sister has sharp tooths that can bite off things easily. With the inventions made by Violet, crucial information given by Klaus and cutting of things with Sunny’s tooth made them able to escape the clutches from the evil villian Count Olaf who wants to steal their Baudelaires fortune left behind by their parents. You certainly can’t miss this book!

By: Liang yueh=)







Book Review 2
A series of unfortunate events book nine, the slippery Slope
By: Lemony Snicket

The book starts where The Carnivorous Carnival left off. The two siblings travel up the mountain and take shelter from the vicious Snow Gnats in a cave, which is occupied by a troupe of Snow Scouts. A boy wearing a sweater, who seems to possess knowledge of V.F.D. During the night, he talks to them and leads them up the natural chimney to the V.F.D. headquarters.
Olaf, his sidekicks, and Sunny are on the peak of Mount Fraught. The adults are cruel to Sunny, forcing her to sleep in a casserole dish and cook them breakfast the next morning. Two people, a woman with hair but no beard and a man with a beard but no hair arrive, and announce that they have successfully burned down the V.F.D. headquarters.
Claiming to be Volunteers, Violet, Klaus and Quigley demand Sunny's return. Olaf refuses, until Violet pretends to know the location of a missing sugar bowl (of unknown importance) from Esmé's tea set. The Baudelaires and Quigley grab a toboggan and slide down the slope, but when they reach the bottom, the frozen waterfall shatters. In the ensuing flood, the Baudelaire siblings and Quigley Quagmire are separated. Quigley tries to tell them to meet him somewhere, but cannot be heard over the rush of the running water.
Reflection:

The slippery slope is the tenth book written by lemony snicket and it continues the dangerous and unfortunate events that had happened on the baudelaires orphans. Sunny is being captive by the evil villian and Violet and Klaus made their way up on the windy and icy mountain to save their youngest sister. This shows the strong bond of relationship between the three siblings. The author likes to supsense the ending to next book which the Baudelaires orphans met more mishaps and problems that they are needed to solve. Hence, the suspense arouse readers on how the ending would be like for the Baudelaires orphans to escape the series of unfortunate events in the end so everyone please make your way to jss library and grab one home and start to read! It’s nice!

By liang yueh=)