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The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9)
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For fans of that slippery author Lemony Snicket, Book the Ninth is here, and it's completely (but wonderfully) dreadful.
For fans of that slippery author Lemony Snicket, Book the Ninth is here, and it's completely (but wonderfully) dreadful.
When the Baudelaire Orphans finally make it out of Count Olaf's car trunk (from Book the Eighth), they wind up at the horribly perilous Caligari Carnival. Trying to avoid capture but desperate to find out more information abou
Hardcover, 286 pages
Published
October 29th 2002
by HarperCollins Publishers
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My daughter and I adored the entire series, but this episode is my favorite. It contains perhaps the funniest of Lemony Snicket's etymological digressions. It marks the point where the larger story begins to evolve, where the traumatized young Baudelaire orphans first turn the tables on their arch-nemesis, Count Olaf. And it's also a point where both the orphans and the story mature, evolving from a good-vs-evil fairy tale of morbid victimhood into a subtle study of moral complexity.
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Dec 12, 2012
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The ninth book of the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series, The Carnivorous Carnival, is written by Lemony Snicket. This series is fiction, however Snicket writes it as though it actually happened.
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" is totally original, featuring three orphaned children trying to run away from the misfortune that is constantly on their tail. The villain, Count Olaf, continues scheming to steal their fortune after disguising himself as a scientist, sailor, gym teacher, receptioni...more
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" is totally original, featuring three orphaned children trying to run away from the misfortune that is constantly on their tail. The villain, Count Olaf, continues scheming to steal their fortune after disguising himself as a scientist, sailor, gym teacher, receptioni...more
Originally posted at A Novel Idea Reviews
Rating: 3/5
The hostile hospital is in flames, and Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are in the trunk of Count Olaf’s car. The three children have no idea where they’re headed, but it was absolutely imperative to hide in the trunk with Count Olaf’s various disguises in order to find the truth behind the terrible fire that killed their parents. And so they emerge from the trunk, see that they are at a place called the Caligari Carnival, and must then disgu...more
Rating: 3/5
The hostile hospital is in flames, and Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are in the trunk of Count Olaf’s car. The three children have no idea where they’re headed, but it was absolutely imperative to hide in the trunk with Count Olaf’s various disguises in order to find the truth behind the terrible fire that killed their parents. And so they emerge from the trunk, see that they are at a place called the Caligari Carnival, and must then disgu...more
Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks?
A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at the carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events. In fact, in this appalling ninth instalment in Lemony Snicket′s serial, the siblings must confront a terrible lie, a caravan, and Chabo the wolf baby. Wi
A Book Review of Carnivorous Carnival
by Julia, Grade 7, Yangon International School
Life as an orphan can be a terrible existence! Perhaps, no orphans would have a more challenging existence than the Baudelaire children in Lemony Snicket’s Carnivorous Carnival series. An author of several children’s books, Snicket continues to develop the plight of the orphans in the ninth book of the series, Carnivorous Carnival. The three talented and distraught orphaned children truly desire to find their pa...more
by Julia, Grade 7, Yangon International School
Life as an orphan can be a terrible existence! Perhaps, no orphans would have a more challenging existence than the Baudelaire children in Lemony Snicket’s Carnivorous Carnival series. An author of several children’s books, Snicket continues to develop the plight of the orphans in the ninth book of the series, Carnivorous Carnival. The three talented and distraught orphaned children truly desire to find their pa...more
It's hard to review The Carnivorous Carnival as an individual book, because its story is a direct continuation of The Hostile Hospital and the immediate lead-in to The Slipper Slope. It even features the series first true cliffhanger ending (oh so frustrating, especially since I've been pacing myself at one of these bad boys a day. I really didn't want to sleep not knowing how the Baudelaires escape in the next book.)
These books often highlight one trapping of adulthood, and The Carnivorous Carn...more
These books often highlight one trapping of adulthood, and The Carnivorous Carn...more
A Series of Unfortunate Events 9: The Carnivorous Carnival / 9780061757211
What is there to say about this series that I haven't said eight times before already? Once again, Lemony Snicket tells the beautiful, terrifying, and delightfully sardonic tale of the poor unfortunate Baudelaire orphans; once again, the incomparable Tim Curry lends his rich voice talents to the audiobook narration in a tale-telling that is a pure joy to listen to. And if you've liked the series so far for the last eight b...more
What is there to say about this series that I haven't said eight times before already? Once again, Lemony Snicket tells the beautiful, terrifying, and delightfully sardonic tale of the poor unfortunate Baudelaire orphans; once again, the incomparable Tim Curry lends his rich voice talents to the audiobook narration in a tale-telling that is a pure joy to listen to. And if you've liked the series so far for the last eight b...more
These books are much easier to deal with on the Kindle. Something about paying for the fancy over-priced hardcovers for something that can be read faster than a Harry Potter book didn't feel satisfying when I don't actually have kids to read them to. When reading outside my demographic, these things helps.
Book 9 is where Snicket seems to almost entirely abandon a lot of the comfortable formula that propels the earlier books, and it serves the theme pretty damn well. The idea that giving people w...more
Book 9 is where Snicket seems to almost entirely abandon a lot of the comfortable formula that propels the earlier books, and it serves the theme pretty damn well. The idea that giving people w...more
As a series these books are incredible. The formulaic plot that is repeated in every book satisfies the child who is being read to's expectation of what's going on, right and wrong and the band of simple characters.
Where the books become really clever is the additional bits of plot woven into the anecdotes, dedications and acknowledgments, written for the older reader, whether parents reading aloud or older children.
The humour is clever, beautifully insightful and infinitely quotable. Type Lem...more
Where the books become really clever is the additional bits of plot woven into the anecdotes, dedications and acknowledgments, written for the older reader, whether parents reading aloud or older children.
The humour is clever, beautifully insightful and infinitely quotable. Type Lem...more
The Carnivorous Carnival
By Lemony Snicket
304 pages
ISBN13: 9780064410120
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are still on the run from Count Olaf, and they ended up at a Carnival. At the carnival, they are disguised as if they were part of the carnival. While at the carnival, they found out that one of their parents were still alive. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, still disguised as workers at the carnival, go with Count Olaf, not knowing its them, on the search for their parents.
I really enjoyed this book. Th...more
By Lemony Snicket
304 pages
ISBN13: 9780064410120
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are still on the run from Count Olaf, and they ended up at a Carnival. At the carnival, they are disguised as if they were part of the carnival. While at the carnival, they found out that one of their parents were still alive. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, still disguised as workers at the carnival, go with Count Olaf, not knowing its them, on the search for their parents.
I really enjoyed this book. Th...more
Hard to believe that this guy can continue to think up new and even more unfortunate events for these three poor children, but he never disappoints!
Quotes:
"Eavesdropping...is a valuable thing to do, and it is often an enjoyable thing to do, but it is not a polite thing to do, and like most impolite things, you are bound to get into trouble if you get caught doing it..."
"Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your e...more
Quotes:
"Eavesdropping...is a valuable thing to do, and it is often an enjoyable thing to do, but it is not a polite thing to do, and like most impolite things, you are bound to get into trouble if you get caught doing it..."
"Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your e...more
My review:
These stories are interesting, and with the ever present, impending doom, they are extremely difficult to put down. The stories are very unique, bleak, yet silly,or a delightful blend of them both. In the later books, I came to embrace, and enjoy the silliness, and the over explanation of words, as Daniel's own unique sense of humor. I can not believe that he actually believed his readers to be that ignorant. I believe that it was more of a tease_ dark, spiteful, humor, which I thoro...more
These stories are interesting, and with the ever present, impending doom, they are extremely difficult to put down. The stories are very unique, bleak, yet silly,or a delightful blend of them both. In the later books, I came to embrace, and enjoy the silliness, and the over explanation of words, as Daniel's own unique sense of humor. I can not believe that he actually believed his readers to be that ignorant. I believe that it was more of a tease_ dark, spiteful, humor, which I thoro...more
I saw a write-up on Lemony Snicket that likened him to Edward Gorey, my all-time favorite author, so I decided to check out one of Mr. Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events.
I feel I must first point out where there were a series of unfortunate events in this story; there were no unfortunate demises of children unlike the 26 in The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. However, even though I did not find Mr. Snicket’s style at all like Edward Gorey’s, I still highly enjoyed his book and sense of h...more
I feel I must first point out where there were a series of unfortunate events in this story; there were no unfortunate demises of children unlike the 26 in The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. However, even though I did not find Mr. Snicket’s style at all like Edward Gorey’s, I still highly enjoyed his book and sense of h...more
This "woe-filled" collection of thirteen books about the tribulations of three unusually talented orphans will keep adults entertained as well as children. When I first saw the series I thought, "That looks too depressing," but soon I discovered the hilarity in overabundant alliteration, contemptible villains, and idiotic bystanders.
As the series progresses and the mysteries deepen, the children's characters grow and develop in surprising ways as togehter they face obstacles and a growing numbe...more
As the series progresses and the mysteries deepen, the children's characters grow and develop in surprising ways as togehter they face obstacles and a growing numbe...more
Per due terzi del libro non ci sono stati grossi scossoni, la narrazione fino a quel momento non mi aveva particolarmente avvinto alla lettura. Invece dalla scena dei leoni fino al rapimento finale, c'è una bella tensione che tiene incollati alle pagine, soprattutto quando il caravan viene staccato. Adesso mi procuro il decimo episodio perché voglio sapere come va a finire, ovviamente.
Menzione di merito solo per il personaggio secondario di madame Lulù, caratterizzata bene dal punto di vista psi...more
Menzione di merito solo per il personaggio secondario di madame Lulù, caratterizzata bene dal punto di vista psi...more
There is a literary device called a "cliffhanger", which was first coined when an author ended a chapter with someone literally hanging off a cliff. Since then the word has come to mean "a perilous situation where the reader is anxious for those involved". I'm sorry to say that this is exactly how this book begins and ends.
The perilous situation at the beginning is, of course, when the Baudelaire orphans are in the trunk of Olaf's car. They face many perilous situations along the way, but the mo...more
The perilous situation at the beginning is, of course, when the Baudelaire orphans are in the trunk of Olaf's car. They face many perilous situations along the way, but the mo...more
My story is about three young kids. They are in the middle of known where at this Carnival. This is the setting of where it takes place. The plot is a man by the name of Count Olaf is trying to find the three kids and kill them to get there fortune. He also has to field a file known as the Snicket file, and find out if one of the parents of the three kids survived the fire. Count Olaf goes to the Carnival to find all of these answers from a fortuneteller named Madame Lu Lu. She will give Count O...more
After escaping from the burning Heimlich Hospital with the unwitting help of none other than Count Olaf himself, the Baudelaires try to figure out their next move hiding in the trunk of their nemesis's car. This time Violet, Klaus and Sunny are forced to disguise themselves as freaks in order to have a chance to explore the Caligari Carnival right under Olaf's nose, and hopefully discover some of the answers to the mysteries that surround their past.
This book was about the point where I started...more
This book was about the point where I started...more
The circus or carnival is often a double edged sword. Of course this phrase is not meant to say that a carnival or circus is a weapon. Rather it is used to describe something that can have a positive and negative effect. The Baudelaire orphans continue their horrific adventure in this contrary place, a word which means people do and say things which make no sense at all. These unfortunate children have now been forced to do something they never thought they would need to do, wear a disguise.
No m...more
No m...more
As the Baudelaire children escaped from the Hostile Hospital, they had sneaked a ride with the villainous Count Olaf to come to the Caligari Carnival to ask the fortune teller where one of their parents are. But it turns out that Count Olaf is wanting to look for their parents aswell! The Baudelaire's goal is to reach Mortmain Mountain before one of their parents lives land into Olaf's evil clutches! In this book Violet the oldest, must help and protect her younger siblings from several dangero...more
Quando lo lessi la prima volta, ricordo che fu l'episodio che mi piacque di meno perchè mi aveva tenuto in tensione troppo e perchè stavolta erano davvero sfortunati eventi... insomma alla fine di questo episodio è Olaf che ha la meglio, è lui che vince!!! non potevo accettarlo...
però al contempo finalmente il solito ordine si stravolge ancora di più, la prevedibilità si spezza e ci si chiede davvero "ora cosa accadrà??"
Bravo Lemony Snicket-Handler!
Curiosità:
- I nomi di Beverly e Elliot sono il...more
però al contempo finalmente il solito ordine si stravolge ancora di più, la prevedibilità si spezza e ci si chiede davvero "ora cosa accadrà??"
Bravo Lemony Snicket-Handler!
Curiosità:
- I nomi di Beverly e Elliot sono il...more
And so the plot thickens. "The Carnivorous Carnival" was everything I had hoped and waited for since I began reading the series. Lemony Snicket finally fulfills the great potential of these books, and they rise to become something entirely extraordinary.
Finally the story evolves into something darker, bending into an extreme degree of absurdism and morbidity. And suddenly the story ceases to be a tale of three sad orphans running from an evil count with only one eyebrow - somehow the story evolv...more
Finally the story evolves into something darker, bending into an extreme degree of absurdism and morbidity. And suddenly the story ceases to be a tale of three sad orphans running from an evil count with only one eyebrow - somehow the story evolv...more
The Carnivorous Carnival, which is the ninth installment of the series, takes off where the eighth book left off with the Baudelaire orphans hiding away in the trunk of a car. The orphans are throughout the serious evading the grasps of their evil uncle, Count Olaf, who is trying to steal their fortune that was left behind by their parents. The children: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are taken to a rundown carnival named Caligari. Count Olaf and his henchmen of freaks visit with the mysterious Madam...more
For Beatrice-
Our love broke my heart,
and stopped yours.
Did Beatrice die because she loved Lemony?
This story started off in a carnival. The main difference with this book from all the others is that, in this book, the Baudelaires actually traveled WITH Count Olaf and his henchmen. They hid away in the car's trunk.
The tables are turned in this particular installment with the Baudelaires in disguise, trying to fool Count Olaf. Violet and Klaus dressed up as a two-headed freak, which was quite see-t...more
Our love broke my heart,
and stopped yours.
Did Beatrice die because she loved Lemony?
This story started off in a carnival. The main difference with this book from all the others is that, in this book, the Baudelaires actually traveled WITH Count Olaf and his henchmen. They hid away in the car's trunk.
The tables are turned in this particular installment with the Baudelaires in disguise, trying to fool Count Olaf. Violet and Klaus dressed up as a two-headed freak, which was quite see-t...more
This book is talking about three orphans(the Baudelaires) who their parents died in fire. Olaf is a wicked person who want to get the enormous Baudelaires' fortune. He framed the Baudelaires to be murder so these three children had to escape and cannot ask anyone for help. Olaf went to find Madame Lulu who was a fortune -teller in order to know the Baudelaires' whereabouts. The orphans decided to disguise to be freaks to work for Madame Lulu in Caligari Carnival. Lulu foretold that one of their...more
Summary:
I hope you have read the previous books of the Series of Unfortunate events. The Bauldelaire orphans are very unlucky. Right now they have just got out of Count Olaf's car and have followed Count Olaf into the Carnivores Carnival. There they find out how Olaf has been keeping track of them and following them. Since they are dressed up as freaks they get a job at the Carnivores Carnival. But guess what? They find out that the fortune-teller is fake. She has worked out a mechanism for ligh...more
I hope you have read the previous books of the Series of Unfortunate events. The Bauldelaire orphans are very unlucky. Right now they have just got out of Count Olaf's car and have followed Count Olaf into the Carnivores Carnival. There they find out how Olaf has been keeping track of them and following them. Since they are dressed up as freaks they get a job at the Carnivores Carnival. But guess what? They find out that the fortune-teller is fake. She has worked out a mechanism for ligh...more
I love the ridiculous characters for this one. A story about a group of freaks who seemed to accept the fact that they are weird in some way, and willing to be treat badly for just being different.What ticks me was that they have the capabilities to act like normal people. But what the freaks really did were just being sorry for themselves. The weak attempts to change the perception somehow made me mad, and laugh.Seriously, ambidextrous? I would pay money to be that, but having equally strong ar...more
Started this book many years ago, but I had to admit after 8 in the series, the novelty of it was wearing off. Finally getting back to it since I'd like to eventually finish the whole series (How DOES it end for the Baudelaire Orphans?!), and I needed something light while I really need to be preparing for my seminar this week AND I know I only have a few days before I'll inevitably start reading Mockingjay when it comes out this week. After the hiatus, the Lemony Snicket humor is refreshing and...more
I chose this book because I have read the other books in this series. This book is about the Baudelaire children having to struggle against Count Olaf wanting their fortune. The Baudelaire children so far have always escaped Count Olaf, but this time it is confusing to tell if Count Olaf has succeeded or not because the ending leaves the reader thinking about this question. My favorite quote from the book was "I would put this book down and escape safely yourself," because Lemony Snicket is let...more
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Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler. Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional character and a real person. This article deals primarily with the character.
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