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Summary: The Carnivorous Carnival
Review: The Carnivorous Carnival
Author:Lemony Snicket
Reviewed by:J.Li
Period 1 The Baudelaire orphans went to a carnival with Count Olaf in the back of his car and were dressed up as freaks. They wanted to find out if one of their parents are still alive and this lady who can find answers to any questions just by looking into her cyrstal ball. However, they find out that the lady is part of the V.F.D. and the Baudelaires and she are planning for a escape. They also found out that the crystal ball is not magical and that she uses resources from libraries and newspapers to find the answers to the questions that people ask. At the end, the lady dies, Count Olaf takes Sunny away, throws Violet and Klaus into the mountains. I like this book because it starts another story at the end of the book. It makes you want to go straight to the next book and find out what happens. This way it makes the stories more exciting. I don't like this book because in every plot, if something good can happen, it always turns out bad-that's why it's called A Series of Unfortunate Events. You just want something good to happen and let the story end with a "happily ever after" but it never does. My favorite part of the book was when the Baudelaire find out that the lady with the crystal ball was a good person and that she was part of V.F.D, Madame Lulu. The Baudelaires could finally find out what V.F.D. stands for and where the headquarters is. My least favorite part of the book was when Madame Lulu gets killed and could not tell the Baudelaires the secrets of V.F.D. It could have turned out to be a happy ending but just because of that, it couldn't.
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Summary: A Freaky Adventure
Review: The Carnivorous Carnival, by Lemony Snicket, is the ninth book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. Like the other books in the series, this book is full of adventure. As you well know if you have read the other books in the series, the whole story is a big mystery of where the snicket file is, did the Baudelaire children's parents survive the fire and are they still alive, and what is Count Olaf up to and planning next. This is what Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, the three Baudelaires, ask themselves every morning when they wake up whether it's at the Austere Academy, in a house that is on a cliff over a lake of flesh eating leaches, or in Count Olaf's house itself. They are still trying to find the answers.
Count Olaf and the Baudelaires are at a carnival. Disguised as freaks, the Baudelaires try to find out what Count Olaf is up to. As the story goes along, Count Oalf figures out where the Baudelaire children are from a fake fortune-teller. Then, Count Olaf tries to dump the children into a pit of hungry lions, but they escape. I especially couldn't put the book down at the end when the Baudelaires are disguised as a baby wolf and a two headed jerk that can't eat an ear of corn. Violet and Klaus are about to be thrown into a pit of hungry lions that haven't eaten in days. The funny thing was how clever they were to have the most un-put together plan to escape, but I won't tell you what it was.
Another frightful and scary part was at the very end when Count Olaf found out that the two freaks were really the Baulelaires and then, as they were driving up the mountain, he cut the rope that was used to tie Count Olaf's black car to the wagon that Klaus and Violet were in. The wagon went down the mountain when the black car, that contained many villains and Sunny, went up. Count Olaf is definitely the protagonist. He is the one that comes up with all the plans and the disguises for all of his plans. That's where the Baudelaires got their disguises, from his trunk. It had stuff like makeup, beards, clothing, and accessories. What he wants is the Baudelaires' fortune. In the house fire, they lost everything except their fortune, and when one of the three children turns 18, they can access it. Count Olaf is waiting for one of them to turn 18, and then he is going to use them to steal it for himself. So, wherever the children go, Count Olaf follows them and uses different disguises to fool people, because Count Olaf is wanted by the police. For some reason, the children can always tell who he is, and they're trying their best to stay out of harms' way. This is a 5 star book, a real page-turner! If you are a person who likes suspense and mystery, then this book is for you. Still, if you are a wordy kind of person and love English, then this is also for you because there are words in the book that I didn't understand, but the author gave the definition in the text so I could understand what they were talking about. This is one of the better books in the series, and it leaves you hanging in suspense wanting and waiting to read the next book.
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Summary: Good Short Book
Review: The narration style in the books A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket is almost as unique and creative as the eccentric characters, the scary and interesting settings and the imaginative plots in the stories. The ninth book in the series, The Carnivorous Carnival, is no exception. Although it is hard to put a definite narration device on Lemony Snicket's writing style, it is closest to an non-participant, third person omniscient narration style. The narration in the story is from an unnamed character who is telling the story in flashback, where the events have already happened but no one (not the other characters in the story) knows the outcome except for the author, and even he is discovering events in a separate plot involving his beloved Beatrice as the series goes on. In fact, one of the major reasons that the narrator is investigating and telling the story of the Baudelaire children is in relation to a tragic happening to his Beatrice. In other books in the series, Snicket will give away key plot points to the audience (example: he told the reader that one of the secondary characters was going to be killed before the book's end, which is a very common thing in Snicket's morbid novels). Snicket's intriguing writing style helped to transport the audience into the world of the novels, which was a very complex and overwhelming place for the reader and the character both. In spite of the chaotic narration style, the books make you want to keep reading them, leaving you anxiously awaiting the next book in the series once you're done.
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Summary: The Secrets of the Carnies
Review: Get ready to unlock the secrets of the carnies. The three Count orfins started off in a trunk of a car, or should I say their worst nightmare's car. They went off to a carnival, and that was the beginning of their problems. They suddenly decided to become carnies themselves. That is where everything goes wrong. If you would like to know what will happen to the three orfins, please buy this book. Find out if they will survive.
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Summary: A Lemony Snicket Fan's Review (AG)
Review: I am a fifth grader that picked up this book at independent reading. It is part of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. I am sure you either heard of the book or the author. This book is mostly about 3 Baudelaire children who are unfortunately unlucky. They lost their parents in Book 1 (The Bad Beginning) and they kept getting new guardians who either died or abandoned them. Also I warn you not to read this book because it is cruel and strict and will make you bloodthirsty! It contains killing, freaks, traitors, a crazy crowd, and more. If this sounds scary, back off and read another book. Will the Baudelaires finally become lucky after 8 books of bad luck? I would give it 4 stars because the series and this book are no different. This is how it always goes. An evil man called Count Olaf tries to get the Baudelaire orphans. Sometimes he suceeds and sometimes he fails. Then the Baudelaires get free. Sounds boring right? But Lemony Snicket always keeps you guessing who Count Olaf and his assistants are. The Unfortunate Events books sometimes make me guess what is going to happen next. In this book a fortune-teller is working with both Count Olaf & the Baudelaires. I admire these books but they're really depressing! I do not recommend this for people who read books that have a happy ending, happy middle, and happy beginning and ends with a sweet happily ever after ending. This is a book that is very strict. I warn you not to read it. If you want to read it, you better be one of those sad or angry people. Because once you read this book, you are going to go mad, angry, crazy, and you are going to cry like crazy. So be prepared if you are going to read this book or any other book in the Unfortunate Events Series! This book is good for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders, maybe even third graders. I recommend this for people who like unfortunate things. Some other books in the Unfortunate Events Series are The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room,The Wide Window, and the Misreable Mill. The Carnivorous Carnival is really carnivorous! Start your engines for READING!!!
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Summary: The ferocious beast
Review: My opinion of the book is wonderful. I thought the book was great because it is about big, ferocious lions. The big lions looked mean and hungry just ready to go back stage and tear up a clown and eat him. When I saw the faces of the lions it hit me as if the lions were trying to pull me into the book. The book is set in a carnival in the present day. The main characters in the book are Olive, Chumpo, Lulu, Sonny, Klaus and the Wolf Baby. My favorite character is Olive because he is mature and the others aren't mature. He is also my favorite character because he has a girlfriend and I don't. I recommend this book for kids from ages 11-14. I would recommend it to those ages because it is exciting.
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Summary: The Carnivorous Carnival
Review: The Carnivorous Carnival is about 3 orphans, Violet, Klause, and Sunny Baudelaire. Which of whom in their previous book nearly escaped from a burning hospital, into the confins of Count Olafs car. Count Olaf is their enemy whom ;after the Baudelaire's home burned to the ground along with their parents;tried numerous schemes to get the Baudelaire fortune.
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Summary: The Carnivorous Carnival
Review: When the Baudelaires are running from the evil Count Olaf, they can't help to be scared to death. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are hidden in the trunk of Count Olaf's wrecked up car, there are wigs and costumes of all kinds. When the car stops at a circus in the middle of nowhere, the Baudelaires are worried. Peering out of the slightly open trunk, they see not the colors of the circus, but something else. A girl that looks like she was made of rubber is bouncing around out there. None of the Baudelaires can go out there looking like they do. They throw on some costumes and venture into the weirdness of the carnival. Violet and Klaus are two headed freaks and Sunny was Chabo the wolf baby. They go through all kinds of embarrassing freak shows, but the last one is one of the most embarrassing and painful challenge to go through.
Venture through the suspense that the Baudelaires have to experience. Listen to them as they tell their story about this miserable experience.
I thought this book was one of the best books I've ever read. There is so much suspense it's unbelievable!! You should definitely read this adventurous book. -Chrissy Winer
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Summary: A Joy To Read!!
Review: This is undoubtedly one of the best books in the "Series of Unfortunate Events". The plot flows smoothly, picking up directly where the eighth book left off. This volume follows everyone's favorite orphans to the Caligari Carnival, where they go for shelter, and to hide from the murderous Count Olaf. I won't give away any more of the story, since you will undoubtedly want to go and read this book now. The fact that there are nearly 300 pages is not at all an issue, even though the length may intimidate some people. Leavened by bits of humor, this story of misfortune will leave readers desirous of the next book. Although amazon.com says this is a book for ages 9-12, ... I would recommend this tale to anyone.
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Summary: Why low raters are primarily wrong
Review: I'm not going to write about why these books are great, since 100 other reviewers seemed to have made this point perfectly clear--but I am going to tell you why you should pay no attention to the reviewers who bash the book. The people who give this and the rest of the books a low rating do so with the justification that they are "repetitive" and "unoriginal." First off, one who thinks these books are repetitive has very little imagination and patience. They can't see beyond the storyline when judging a book--they can't understand the author's references to himself while narrating, they can't understand why the books were purposefully made to be repetitive, and they can't understand that there is more to the series than "oh no Count Olaf's trying to kill us!" Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) wrote the books in a repetitive manner because it's his version of your typical children's book. But these are hardly typical, and that's what he's tried to get across. Count Olaf is not a normal villain, he is disgusting and horrible in a darkly humorous way. Similarly, anyone who takes the orphan's manner of getting out of situations as lame has a poor sense of humor. Those who greatly dislike the books are not likely to have picked up on clues about the overall mystery of the plot line. I agree, if you take away the underlying mystery that involves VFD and Lemony Snicket himself, the books are amusing but quite dull. In the later books, and in Lemony Snicket's Unauthorized Autobiography, the mystery grows to overwhelming proportions you yearn to solve. Moreover, there's the slight theme concerned with noble causes, and how easily the line that divides one's good intentions and evil deeds can become blurred. It's just my opinion. One may dislike it, but I hope they're for other reasons than the fact they can't see beyond a simple central plot. In any case, they're great books, and I definitely recommend them.
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