bp's review
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
Whoa! Knocked my socks off with that one. I loved James and the Giant Peach! *makes note to self to obtain for personal children's library*
bp's review
The Witches by Roald Dahl
bp's review
rating:
recommended for: 5th graders. And their parents.
The way my life is recently, I'd be lucky to be able to finish reading the headline of the Post before having to attend to something else.
So in the absense of any meaningful free time in my life, I will be reviewing books from years past, the glory days when I could actually curl up on the couch and fall into a story. Or in the case of Roald Dahl, through the scary trap-door into bizarro world of teacher-witches, crazy chocolate factory owners, and insects live and chat with youngsters inside of giant pieces of fruit.
I devoured authors like locusts consume crops, I'd inhale entire oeuvres if the writing merited it. And Dahl is the only one of those authors that I can remember with any clarity - mainly because his books were a little more horrifying than kids books are generally meant to be. The Witches had that sinister streak - these were real witches he was writing about, not friendly elixir mixing broombats, but nasty, bald, bloodthirsty types - animalistic in their ability ...more
So in the absense of any meaningful free time in my life, I will be reviewing books from years past, the glory days when I could actually curl up on the couch and fall into a story. Or in the case of Roald Dahl, through the scary trap-door into bizarro world of teacher-witches, crazy chocolate factory owners, and insects live and chat with youngsters inside of giant pieces of fruit.
I devoured authors like locusts consume crops, I'd inhale entire oeuvres if the writing merited it. And Dahl is the only one of those authors that I can remember with any clarity - mainly because his books were a little more horrifying than kids books are generally meant to be. The Witches had that sinister streak - these were real witches he was writing about, not friendly elixir mixing broombats, but nasty, bald, bloodthirsty types - animalistic in their ability ...more
Whoa! Knocked my socks off with that one. I loved James and the Giant Peach! *makes note to self to obtain for personal children's library*