The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 8)

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Summary: The BEST BOOK and AUTHOR EVER!!!!!!:)
Review: This book, along with all the other books in the Series of Unfortunate Events are the funniest and best books i have ever read. I have had the honor of meeting Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler, and he has the best sense of humor. These books make you laugh and cry, and you never want to put these books down. I have read these books about 5 times each, and i am urging you to buy these books!!!!!

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Summary: Hmm...
Review: is a rather important fact being overlooked by this point in the series? I haven't read any further, so maybe this is addressed later in the series, after book 8. Weren't the kids supposed to be adopted by relatives according to their parent's will? When they were adopted by the whole town, that wasn't a relative. Therefore, the adoption by relatives thing must no longer be in effect, and if that is the case, why can't they be adopted by the nice judge from the first book? (Other than the realistic, then there wouldn't be much more misfortune.) *sigh*

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Summary: The Hostile hospital
Review: La couverture annonce d'emblée la sinistre tournure des événements : les orphelins Baudelaire vont être au bord du gouffre - façon imagée de dire la chose... Car Violette, Klaus et Prunille sont désormais en fuite, pourchassés par la police et la journaliste du Petit Pointilleux. Seule issue : se réfugier à l'hôpital Heimlich au sein d'une troupe de joyeux lurons, les Volontaires pour Dérider les Convalescents. Les trois enfants vont s'enfermer dans la salle des archives, dans l'espoir d'y trouver certains indices concernant les zones d'ombres les entournant. Un certain dossier Snicket pourrait dénouer des liens douteux et hasardeux, toutefois les choses s'annoncent, comme à l'ordinaire, plus compliquées que sur le papier. Poursuivis, chassés, démasqués, capturés, anesthésiés ou menacés de chirurgie crapuleuse ... les orphelins enchaînent les mésaventures, les catastrophes, les déveines. Du début à la fin, ce tome 8 est une nouvelle fois très captivant. L'étau semble se resserrer, mais sitôt le but presque atteint, la solution se faufile telle une anguille. Pas sortis de l'auberge, sommes-nous tous - lecteurs et orphelins compris. A peine fini ce huitième épisode, forcément on se plonge dans le livre suivant ! "Panique à la clinique" vous laisse sur votre faim, son intérêt croissant et sa richesse de plus en plus époustouflante ! A lire, sans plus attendre.

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Summary: Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity!
Review: Yeah, I know, the title means something along the lines of "I have no idea what's going on" (you'll understand once you read the book), but I couldn't not use that for the title. Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity is one of the words that the infant Sunny Baudelaire uses to communicate (however, her speech skills are quickly improving).
In what is the best entry yet in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the three Baudelaires find themselves at Heimlich Hospital. They have been cut off from Mr. Poe, the man charged with placing them in the homes of new guardians, their friends Duncan and Isadora Quagmire are floating in the sky somewhere with Hector from the Village of Fowl Devotees, and they have been framed for the murder of a man everyone thinks to be Count Olaf, but in reality, Olaf is still hot on their trail. Once again, the Baudelaires have pursued the wrong V.F.D., this time they join Volunteers Fighting Disease, which is how they end up at the hospital.
However, just when things seem as if they can't get any worse, a ray of light shines through when Violet, Klaus, and Sunny discover something very interesting in the hospital's Library of Records... However, things go back to their usual unfortunate-ness when Olaf and his associates attempt to perform the world's first cranioectamy on a young girl named Laura V. Bleediotie (think about the name for a second or two), and things keep going from bad to worse as the story goes on.
This is definitely the best book yet, but it is partly due to the fact that this is the most unfortunate outing yet for the Baudelaires (if the levels of sadness and unfortune that they encounter can even be quantified). I can't wait to see what happens to them next at the Carniverouos Carnival...

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Summary: Quite Interesting
Review: Book eight of A Series of Unfortunate Events was quite Interesting. After all of that (what happened in book seven of A Series of Unfortunate Events The Vile Village), they had to go through more, of course. Like always.

They pretend to be volunteers of (not going to ruin the story for those who haven't read it yet), the three Baudelaires, Sunny Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire (who spent his birthday in book 7), and Violet Baudelaire.. Erm.. Klaus and Sunny almost had to do Surgery on Violet Baudelaire, as you see in the book cover. But she awoke, they escaped, in the end, they hid in.. A place which is horrible for me to type and I won't tell you anyway (or type to be exact) because if I do, it might ruin the story for you. >>;

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Summary: A NEW AND INTERESTING SETTING FOR THE KIDS
Review: "The Hostile Hospital" This time, the kids search for clues concerning their parents' deaths and attempt to clear themselves of a false murder charge while being pursued by the evil Count Olaf, who is after the family fortune. While attempting to escape arrest, the siblings join a volunteer group (VFD) and enter Heimlich Hospital, where they soon find themselves working in the Library of Records. A picture with an important clue surfaces just as Olaf's girlfriend discovers them and captures Violet, who is then readied for a cranioectomy, a surgery in which the head must be removed. The trio's talents are put to good use in a daring escape from the burning hospital.

Quite Violent, but in a funny sort of way. The hospital is an interesting change of pace setting for the kids as hospitals can be quite scary places, even to adults, trust me. Perhaps not as good as it's predecessors, it's still quite a fun ride.



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Summary: ok, horrible at times
Review: This book is horrible. All of the other books are good but this one is just to simple and boring.

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Summary: kid's review
Review: Title: The Hostile Hospital
Author: Lemony Snicket
ISBN: 0-06-440866-3

The Baudelaire orphans have led some bad adventures since their parents died, and this one doesn't get any better. Klaus, Sunny and Violet just escaped from a village and a bad guy that wants to kill them, and have just hitched a ride to a hospital that's only half built. The bad guy, Count Olaf, has found them again, and is trying to steal their enormous fortune that was left behind when their parents died. While they're in the hospital, Violet gets captured by Count Olaf's girlfriend, Esmé Squalor. Now, Klaus and Sunny have to find their sister before she gets operated on and dies!

I think this book was good because it had some suspense, and the author had good details on how things were inside the book. I would recommend this book to people in middle school because it's not a really difficult book but it's not a kid's book. It was a page turner because at the end of some chapters it got suspenseful, and there were a few suspenseful parts during the story that were interesting and made me want to read more to see what happens. I wouldn't say the plot is unbelievable but it's not one that is always used, but it is a very interesting plot. Someone who would enjoy reading this is someone who likes books with suspense, but not a lot of it, someone who likes a good book where people go through bad things, but find away out of them.