![]() ![]() I hope he's narrated more books I'd be interested in. The family of Roald Dahl, the late author of childrens classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, apologises for anti-Semitic remarks he made, saying the comments were 'incomprehensible to us'. Unless you're on a similar quest, forget this one and pick up James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda or one of the collections of shorts instead. I'm two books away from finishing his entire fiction collection, so I'm going to read the sequel next and hope it's better. ![]() No, he absolutely rants about how only the worst kind of parent would even own one. ![]() He doesn't suggest that kids should watch less. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 childrens novel by British author Roald Dahl. I always wondered what Dahl's beef was with chewing gum, and why he considered it a character flaw on par with extreme gluttony or bossy, greedy entitlement, but apparently that's nothing compared what he thought of television. In the book, the Oompa Loompas go on and on and on and on. Believe it or not, they actually toned that element way down in the movies. It's boring (less boring than Danny the Champion of the World, maybe, but definitely more so than the other 8 I read), and worse, it's super preachy. Don't think you'll automatically love it because you love one of the movies. With a chocolate river, crafty squirrels and mysterious Oompa Loompas, Mr Wonkas chocolate factory is the strangest, most magnificent place Charlie has ever seen. Unless you're planning on reading all of them, skip this one. ![]() It's a Roald Dahl book, so it's not terrible, but it's far from his best. ![]()
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