Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl Reviews

When I was a child and I had first learnt to read properly, I became obsessed with reading, and I soon homed in on two authors: Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl. I would spend a long time reading books from both authors, and I think one of the first of Dahl's books I read was this one; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is a wonderful tale that gives ...  Read the complete review

The story narrates the life (and eventual luck) of little Charlie Bucket. Together with six, yes, SIX, grownups - Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine (Mr. Bucket's parents) and Grandpa George and Georgina Georgina (Mrs. Bucket's parents) -, Charlie lives on the edge of town in a small wooden house. It was extremely ...  Read the complete review

I haven't found one Roald Dahl book that I didn't like. This is my absolute favourite. I don't remember when I first read it but I have read it many times since then. The story is about Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who can only have a chocolate bar once a year. And most kids think they've got it bad? Maybe this is Roald Dahl's way of ...  Read the complete review

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a fantastic book and lives up to the expectaions we all have of Roald Dahl's books. It is entertainign and funny with a hint of horror thrown in if you look closely enough. Most of us loved reading Roald Dahl's books as we grew up and watching them as they came out on film etc. This book is a fantastic example ...  Read the complete review

What makes this book for me is the characters ... WILLY WONKA - the mad and eccentric owner of the chocolate factory, with his hat and cane takes the small group of golden ticket winners around his magical factory with many surprises around every corner. Behind is often mystical facade lies a very lonely man with a golden heart which is lit ...  Read the complete review

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY This book is really aimed at children between the ages of 7yrs-12yrs of age, although I have read it again recently and I still really enjoy it and I am 33yrs old so I think anyone could enjoy this at any age as it is a real classic story. I think this is a book every child should read and ...  Read the complete review

This book is yet another classic from Roald Dahl. It has all the features of a really good book in it such as suspense, good description and terrific scenes of action. Roald Dahl has explored the depths of his imagination to create an excellent plot. The main characters in the story are Charlie, Willy Wonka and Grandpa Joe. Also included ...  Read the complete review

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is probably the best known and most loved book of all Roald Dahl’s stories. The story has recently been brought back to centre stage by the recent film now out on DVD. For me the first time I came across Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was when it was read out on TV on a programme called Jackanory. For those ...  Read the complete review

Do you like chocolate ? I'm sure there's not many who don't, but could you imagine only being able to buy one tiny bar of chocolate a year and then making it last as long as you could ? Of course not, in fact I'm not sure if I could make one giant bar last longer than 5 minutes, gannet that I am !!!! Well the hero of Roald Dahl's best childrens ...  Read the complete review

I just have to say that I got this book as a present when I was about 8 years old, and that would be 20 years ago now. The magic of the book still never ceases to lift up my spirits whenever I'm down. It's one of those books that I make sure I read at least once a year. Of course it would make more sense (or would make it more ...  Read the complete review

Imagination can riot and allow chocoholics to wallow in dreamland without putting on a single calory - Advantages: characterisations, simple language, engrossing - Disadvantages: appears to be a child's book, adults don't realise there are hidden depths!

First of all if anybody who reads this opinion they should now that Roald Dahl wrote this masterpiece in school before he got into shell. Charlie is a boy who lives with his parents and grandparents in a wooden house near Mr Willy Wonkas Chocolate factory,his family are poor have trouble affording the simplest of things like bread. When ...  Read the complete review

This is a book that I really enjoyed when I was at school so I had no hesitations in choosing it as a bed time story. As a child, chocolate was a thing that really fascinated me. I can still remember thinking ?wow all that chocolate?. I wasn?t alone so did my own friends, we all wanted to work in a chocolate factory. The story ...  Read the complete review

Charlie in the chocolate factory was one of my favorite books as a child. I love the imagination of the writer. Charlie is an amazing little boy who gets very lucky. He's the only one of the children in the book with any type of manners, in my opinion. He loves his family.He finally gets the chance to do something for him and he does and ...  Read the complete review

When I first read this book, when I was around 6, I always lived to curl up on the sofa and then nibble on chocloate while a read this wonderful piece of writing. When reading it, it feels like you are in a magical fantasy world, as you sit immersed and bewildered by how much of a genius Roald Dahl is. The great plot leads to many ...  Read the complete review

Charlie and the choclate factory is one of my favourite books of all time. It was given to me as a gift from a cousin of mine. Well she gave it to me when I was about 7, only because she had grown out of it. I loved the story and remember reading it many many times. I practically knew the book inside out. The plot is based around Charlie ...  Read the complete review

In the past I have read this books many times, only now have I watched the movie and I found it not up to standard with the book, I know its old but still if your doing a novel which is as brilliant as Charlie and the Chocolate factory you expect somthing special. My favorite part in both the novel and the movie was when Charlie and his ...  Read the complete review

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl was one of my favourite books as a child, and now my ten year old daughter loves his books too. It is quite an easy read and I would recommend it for six to eleven year olds, although it can be enjoyed by all ages. The story is about a boy called Charlie, who wins a trip round the ...  Read the complete review

Charlie lives with his parents and grandparents in a little hut on the edge of a town. The family have little food and can't buy much things for little Charlie, not even a proper bed. Charlie does his best to keep his family comfortable. He puts every cent he earns into food for his realitives. Although he would much rather like to ...  Read the complete review

Carlie Bucket; a sad, lonely, poor little boy. His family are his parents, Mr and Mrs Bucket, his grandparents, Georgina and George,a nd his other grandparents, Joe and Josephine. This family has very little money and live in a small wooden hut at the edge of a town. In the little hut, there was only two rooms and one bed, in which the four ...  Read the complete review