The Hostile Hospital and The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket

My personal thoughts on the series as a whole (besides the fact that this series is incredibly wretched and full of unfortunate events is posted in my post prior prior prior prior. If you want to see my opinions on all the books as a whole, please (please do not, though, as the post is as wretched and full of unfortunate events as the actual series) go the one prior by scrolling down, a phrase which here means, 'putting your finger on the little bumpy area between the left and right button and pushing in downward'.

THE HOSTILE HOSPITAL 
The Baudelaires arrive at the Last Chance General Store, where they try to send a telegramt o Mr. Poe for help, but they never get a message back. When the shopkeepers attempt to capture them for a crime the Baudelaires did not commit, they run to a van reading V.F.D. Thinking that this is the V.F.D. that they have told about, the children run aboard, where they are taken to the Heimlich Hospital, which is only half-finished. The Baudelaires volunteer to work at the Library of Records, where they think they could figure out more about V.F.D. They are unable to, however, as the volunteers themselves are not allowed to read the files. Therefore, the Baudelaires trick Hal, the keeper of the library, into thinking that Violet's ribbon tied to paper clips are his keys, while the actual keys are in the Baudelaire's hands. During the night, the children slip into the Library, where they learn the Snicket file has been taken for investigation, However, they discover the last page has been , where it reads that there may be a survivor of the fire, though the survivor's whereabouts are unknown. Before they could learn more, Esme Squalor comes in and sees them. She attempts to capture them by knocking over the file cabnets, and Violet is left behind. It is up to Klaus and Sunny is rescue her before Olaf's henchmen accidentally kill her in a operation. The two secure a list of patients, where they find Violet's name as an anagram. The children disguise themselves as Olaf's henchmen, and they are the ones to perform the operation on Violet. The two escape with her in just the nick of time, with the news that the hospital is on fire. Violet's mind manages to clear enough to invent a device that allows them to escape. Count Olaf and his henchmen escape in a car, with the orphans in the car.

THE HOSTILE HOSPITAL NOTES
It's no longer a simple running game for the Baudelaires; it's a official plunge into their past that they never knew. Now exploring V.F.D., the orphans must do everything they must to unravel the mystery to save themselves, the noble people in the world, and the people they care about that are still alive. However, this will not be easy, as villainous people will try to stop them from learning about V.F.D., and as they learn more and more about the organisation, they only have more and more questions. The world that seemed so certain is suddenly smoke and mirrors, and within the mist of all those, will the Baudelaires manage to come out victorious? My guess is yes, but not without losses, 

THE CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL
The Baudelaires, who are still stuck in the trunk of Olaf's car, are taken to Carligari Carnival, wher they encounter Madame Lulu, who has apparently told Olaf about the Baudelaire's location each time they moved. Disguised as freaks with items they earned Olaf's trunk, they manage to get a job, with Violet and Klaus as a two-headed person, and Sunny as Chabo, the half-wolf child. They encounter Colette, Hugo, and Kevin, who are all freaks. The Baudelaires, after a humiliating night, discover that Madame Lulu uses her library under her table to give the people who come to her what they want. When the Baudelaires confront her with this, Madame Lulu reveals herself to be Olivia, a former member of V.F.D. Her motto is, 'Give people what they want', which is why she is helping Olaf. The Baudelaires convince her to take them to Mortmain Mountains, where V.F.D. headquarters is. They also make her promise not to tell Olaf their location, a promise she breaks, Meanwhile, Olaf's plan is to dig a large lion pit and fill it with hungry, vicious lions and throw one freak everyday to them. Esme, who is jealous of Olaf's attachment to Madame Lulu, offers to let the freaks join Count Olaf's troupe if they throw Madame Lulu to the lions. The next day, it is revealed that the two older Baudelaires are to be thrown into the pit, where they stall the crowd too long, hence evoking their anger that leads to chaos. Madame LuLu and the bald man are thrown to the lions, and the three children are forced to burn the carnival and escape with Count Olaf. On the way to Mortmain Mountains, Olaf tells them that he knows they are the Baudelaires and sends them plummeting to their near death.

THE CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL
With the burning of Caligari Carnival, part of which the Baudelaires commited, leads to the question in which whether the Baudelaires are still noble. One can argue that they are, as they were forced to set the fire, so they are, but the Baudelaires do not think so, and indeed, they commit more crimes as time goes on. We are shown through this that the Baudelaires are not children anymore; they are, albeit unknowingly, volunteers, with blood on their previously innocent, clean hands. 

Well, that's it for today. I hope you come for more boom reviews, except not the reviews reviewing this series. 

With all due respect, Sooyoung Jo