I finished The End by Lemony Snicket last night. The unfortunate events don’t ever seem to end as the Beaudelaire orphans find themselves stranded on an island with their nemesis, Count Olaf, and a rather passive-aggressive cult leader named Ishmael. As usual, literary references abound, from Moby Dick to Heart of Darkness. The thrust of the narrative is borrowed largely from Shakepeare’s The Tempest. It’s all there, mutiny, rebellion, revenge, redemption, and a hatch. All it’s missing is a polar bear… or is it?