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Liked It “This is one of those special stories of Dahl that leaves you wanting more. He describes the setting with abundance, the sight, the smells, the texture. You then read waiting for the essence of the tale, and the twist. One knew the arrogance of the two men would trip them up. And the stake was...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“OK, so I haven't read all the stories yet, but they are much darker than I ever thought they would be. Lamb to the Slaughter is a must read, especially if you are a woman scorned, and William and Mary is the freakiest story I have ever read. William and Mary are the names of my grandparents, which is why I read this story first, and WOW!! What a story!! Will add more as I read more.....”
Stephanie C wrote this review Saturday, February 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I usually don't like the dark shade stories. But Roald Dahl manages to put humor into every story. Really imaginative and weird stories. ”
richakamal wrote this review Friday, November 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is one of those special stories of Dahl that leaves you wanting more. He describes the setting with abundance, the sight, the smells, the texture. You then read waiting for the essence of the tale, and the twist. One knew the arrogance of the two men would trip them up. And the stake was high. I thought the daughter was going to smoke in order to confuse the bouquet. But for the servant's observation, the end would have been very different. The illustrations for this small volume that was reprinted from an earlier anthology are beautiful and enhance the delightful content.”
unfinished woman wrote this review Tuesday, August 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“At first, I wasnt too sure if I was going to like his style of writing.. but when I continued..wow...adds a punch to his stories. I hope to read more of his works.”
Viju wrote this review Thursday, July 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Be prepared for sleepless nights! How can some who has written some of the most awesome children's tales have written something so terrifying?”
anaghashukla wrote this review Tuesday, July 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great writer who can tell the most ordinary of incidents with sophisticated black humour!!”
Antony J wrote this review Tuesday, July 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a great collection. I love his children's books, and was pleased to find he wrote as well, if not better, for adults. I did notice that a few of the stories have a faint tinge of mysogyny, but given "Matilda", I'm willing to chalk it up to the times. And maybe he had a bad marriage or something...”
Bonnie M wrote this review Thursday, May 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This collection of stories includes numerous methods of tearing my assumptions up by the roots and shaking them clean. I think I'll read it again as soon as I am finished.”
Haha D wrote this review Thursday, April 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A storyteller par excellence. One of my favourite authors. And this collection is wonderful.”
payalmukherjee wrote this review Friday, April 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“An anthology of best works of Roald Dahl has a mix of long and short stories. The web of situations created so skillfully and end achieved in such a routine fashion that leaves one wracking his brains for good. While some stories make you erupt into spasms of laughter, there are others which leave you bemused. Action in some of the stories is slow which make it cumbersome but anticipation of an end so stupid in itself and so obvious yet crafted in typical Dahlic fashion keep you going on.”
mee_abhi wrote this review Thursday, March 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
