A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (author)

There is nothing to be found in the pages of this book but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children in their latest turbulent adventures, then continue… There are many pleasant things to read about, but The Hostile Hospital contains none of them. Within its pages are such burdensome details as a suspicious shopkeeper, unnecessary surgery, heart-shaped balloons, and some very startling news about a fire. Clearly you do not want to read about such things…