The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Average rating
Dear reader,
There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution… Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In The Hostile Hospital the siblings face a suspicious shopkeeper, unnecessary surgery, heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire. In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Despite their wretched contents, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey. And in the future things are poised to get much worse, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris. You have been warned. Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about: ‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’ ‘When Did you Last See Her?’ ‘Shouldn’t You Be in School?’ ‘Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’ Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else. Brett Helquist was born in Ganado, Arizona, grew up in Orem, Utah, and now lives in New York City. He earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since. His art has appeared in many publications, including Cricket magazine and The New York Times.Reviews
Really detailed and interesting, the author made the series flow even when I felt it would have stopped and this motivated to continue reading
Director Blossom Mozzarella 01.12.2024
Really scary though
Baroness Rapunzel O’Doughnut 02.09.2024
It's an improvement over its predecessor, I'll say that. Not bad but not good, either.
Coach Binky Bouncy-castle 09.08.2024
Shudders reading this book
Fairy Esmerelda Custard 18.01.2024
very good and funny
Marshal Bernice Godzilla 29.11.2023
I watched the show
Anonymous 20.10.2023
scary, but good!
Anonymous 16.09.2023
I love it! The Baudelaires, a trio of gifted children are stuck in a near-abandoned hospital. Their arch-enemy, Count Olaf is also stuck here! WIth made up surgeries, torture, and a folder crazy woman, this has it all!
Constable Chip Bottlenose 01.09.2023
Star Reviewer
I love it! The Baudelaires, a trio of gifted children are stuck in a near-abandoned hospital. Their arch-enemy, Count Olaf is also stuck here!
Constable Chip Bottlenose 01.09.2023
Star Reviewer
I would Definitely recommend this to my friends.
Mademoiselle Honeycomb Windchime 24.07.2023
good
General Pinky Racoon 19.07.2023
I thought that it was a very good idea to disguise for the Baudelaires as doctors and I am hoping that the Baudelaires will not be found in the next book.
Viscountess Candyfloss Quest 04.07.2023
Star Reviewer
It is a fiction book( not real ) and it is about three orfans called; Violet-14 Klaus-10 ( kl-ou-s) Sunny-2 They are being followed by a man called Count Olaf (who wants to steal there collosal fortune) they go from gaurdian to gaurdian trying to get away from the cursed man. they go from a house of reptiles to wide windows to mills and academys and flats yours sincerely, countess-angel porridge-oats p.s that disciption is about the whole series and there is many more in the series than that.
Countess Angel Porridge-Oats 30.06.2023
This book was sad and funny, sad because Count Olaf still had his tricks and funny because Sunny went into Klause's shirt
Princess Pinky Frankenstein 24.06.2023
Good full of suspence
Officer Kiki Bouncy-castle 23.11.2022
Not as good as the rest but I did enjoy lots
Coach Fandango Eggybread 11.09.2022
I enjoyed reading about how they saved Violet
Amber.Layla 08.09.2022
It started of in a Last Chance general store and ended in a trunk. In the middle is a hospital and another library
Madam Ariel Squirrel 01.09.2022
I thought this book was very funny and sad at the same time. However, I thought it was over very quickly. I enjoyed the way Lemony Snicket wrote the story. My favourite characters were Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. I would recommend this book but I suggest reading the other seven first.
Lady Pixie Costa-Rica 30.08.2022
Count Olaf -the villain- uses different disguises to acquire the children's fortunes . It is an interesting and exciting read !
Princess Kangaroo Chipperfield 30.08.2022
