Review: #427
Title: The Hostile Hospital
Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events - 8th book
Author: Lemony Snicket
Read Before: yes
My Comments: Once again, the author tantalizes you by revealing more pieces of evidence that the Baudelaires get close to, but never succeeding in getting it. Thus you’re left in the dark, wondering what the big secret could be, once again. It would be okay if some questions are answered but it just keeps building. The story is better in that there are no annoying guardians of the Baudelaires that don’t believe them when Olaf comes along. The bad news is that the plot structure feels very similar. The Baudelaires go somewhere, Olaf follows, Baudelaires wreck Olaf’s scheme, repeat. The ending was different enough to be interesting since it is a cliffhanger of sorts. There were fewer events here that would make you roll your eyes. There were still a few sections where you felt the author was padding it out and taking it on a tangent.
Rating: 6/10