Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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Book Reviews of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Book Review: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Charlie Bucket is a poor boy that eats cabage soup all of the days. Charlie has 2 grandpas and 2 grandmas their names are: Grandpa Joe, Grandpa George, Grandma Josephine, grandma Georgina .one day the anouns that Wonka is opening his factory for the last time! Five lucky children are going to enter their names are: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee and Charlie Bucket. Each room is more fascinated than the other!
All the characters are fantastic
Augustus Goloop a fat boy whose hobby is eating
Veruca Salt a spoiled girl (her mom and dad's made that)
Violet Beauregarde the chew gummer winner
Mike Teavee our T.V watcher
Charlie Bucket our hero
Grandpa Joe a tall cute grandpa
Mr. Wonka the most incredible candie maker
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The Oompaloompas the wonderful singers
I like this book because I really love how Roald Dahl writes. I enjoy and laugh with this book. The funny thing is that Roald Dahl goes to extreme with his characters, to the extreme of bad or mean or crazy or whatever .I really tell you read this
Book Review: Magically Delicious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never read this wonderful tale for myself until recently. My primary questions beginning the novel were, Will it be like Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp? What a surprise when it turned out to be neither. It was Roald Dahl. With respect to both of the fine aforementioned cinema performances, no film can properly reproduce the uncanny and extremely paradoxical character of Willy Wonka, as he intertwines the outlines of Roald Dahl's immortal classic.
Another question I had was whether this book would leave me disappointed in its overall quality (like several others of his have done). Would it be grotesque? Would the absurdity overshadow the delight and even the plot?
Alas, no.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY possesses practically every motif - virtually every quality one could wish for in a classic children's novel. And not just for children. Just like Willy Wonka himself, just like the Chocolate Factory itself - there is almost a certain maturity wrapped up in all the whimsical mischief that abounds in the book. And sometimes you can't tell the kids from the grown-ups.
But fun is the key ingredient here. And CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY will guarantee a mouthful of it with the turn of every page.
Book Review: A favorite of kids
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory deserves its status as a classic. Of three classics I recently read to my 4-year-old, all of which he liked, he loved this one the best. (The others were Pippi Longstocking and Old Yeller.) I give the book five stars in honor of his opinion, but I would probably give it four stars myself.
Wonka's chocolate factory, like many creatures of Dahl's imagination, is an impossible place, and it is probably only more intriguing and beloved by children for that reason. Wonka himself is zany and irrepressible, like many a kid who probably shouldn't be diagnosed ADD. Dahl's characters, with the sole exceptions of Charlie and his parents, are caricatures, something shown well by Quentin Blake's weird illustrations. (But frankly, I didn't care for the illustrations in this edition.)
Dahl's style has a sort of wild, unruly exuberance, together with dollops of nonsense, that appeals to kids, especially little boys like mine. Maybe I'm too much of a grown-up now, but it doesn't especially appeal to me, but I very much appreciate how it taps into the spirit of childhood. Besides, it was pretty fun to read it to my little boy, who clearly was enjoying himself.
Book Review: Brings Back Many Memories
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I read this book I did not read this book, it was read to me in class in third grade.
Our teacher had broken down the chapters so that they would fit a certain time frame and then would stop making us want to hear more and allso encourage us to read.
So the book unfolded to us with a series of what would be called cliff hangers along the way. What would happen and when. Though it is obvous now based on the title that Charlie would find the special candy bar, back then it was not.
I picked up the book again recently and it is still just as charming and fun as I remember. A definate classic children's book, and for younger children probably less scary than either of the two movies.
High recommended.
Book Review: Great Read for young kids too
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book to read to my 6.5 year old son and he loved it. He would ask all the time for it to be read to him, which made me so happy. I really want to get him to love books as reading is such an important skill for school. I was a bit concerned that it may be too long of a book for him at his age, but he fared well and even read a paragraph or two each time we sat down to read it. Thank goodness there are some pictures peppered throughout the book to keep his interest sharp. Entertaining story with lessons to learn too - What more can you ask for in a children's book.