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juushikaTitle: The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 8)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2001)
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 270
Total Page Count: 190,560
Text Number: 564
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: The Baudelaires sneak themselves into Heimlich Hospital, there to discover their first clues about the fire that left them orphans. Again, it's the overarching plot that makes this successful, and it's especially rewarding to see the framing narrative developed and integrated into the main story. Character growth also continues to be strong, and even Sunny is becoming tolerable. The series's aesthetic and style has grown routine, and this is a particularly unevocative setting, so other aspects need to step up their game—and I'm pleased that they are, and continue to find the second half of this series more engaging than the first.
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Published: New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (2001)
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 270
Total Page Count: 190,560
Text Number: 564
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: The Baudelaires sneak themselves into Heimlich Hospital, there to discover their first clues about the fire that left them orphans. Again, it's the overarching plot that makes this successful, and it's especially rewarding to see the framing narrative developed and integrated into the main story. Character growth also continues to be strong, and even Sunny is becoming tolerable. The series's aesthetic and style has grown routine, and this is a particularly unevocative setting, so other aspects need to step up their game—and I'm pleased that they are, and continue to find the second half of this series more engaging than the first.
