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The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket

12 reviews

ripxreads's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

In this book we meet carnival “freaks” who are just normal people who’ve been gaslit and told they’re different and don’t belong in society. It’s heartbreaking to hear how poorly they feel about themselves and because of that how quickly they do whatever they can to “belong”. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are the only people who treat them as equals; not that it did them any good.

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emileeandherbooks's review against another edition

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3.75

After Hostile Hospital I was feeling a bit tired of the format of these books. And no questions were answered! But this book was super fun. It was quite a bit different than the others, and it was genuinely so funny.

All of my questions are still not answered, and things are as dire as ever, but I’m (hopefully) officially out of my Baudelaire slump!

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librayrian's review against another edition

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1.0

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prufrockpreptooth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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dreamerfreak's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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pinkfawn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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joisaddler's review against another edition

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mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

It wasn’t my favourite - it really wasn’t. I didn’t like the carnival setting or the use of “freaks”

The ending chapters with the turban references made me really uncomfortable but so does someone using a cultural symbol as a disguise or costume.

I’m disappointed- but that cliff hanger was pretty good - I’m hoping the next one is better

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nick13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Everything about this is really good and exciting with lots of good world building and ramping up in the plot.

That cliff hanger omg!

Can't wait to read the next one!

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