George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl Reviews

Georges Marvellous Medicine I love reading and for as long as I can remember I have been a complete and utter book worm. The very first books I fell in love with were 'Georges Marvellous Medicine' and 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. Throughout his work, Roald Dahl creates a world where the fantastical seems possible. His imaginative ...  Read the complete review

'George's Marvellous Medicine' was the first of Roald Dahl's stories which we read to our eldest son. It's the story of a little boy who has a real stinker of a grandmother. She's rude and scary and bosses him around all the time. One day George's mum and dad have both gone out, leaving him alone with his Grandma. George has had enough of Grandma ...  Read the complete review

Thinking back to when I was a child I fondly remember there was this one author who spoke to me in a totally different voice. He had a that unique ability to sprinkle magic dust over everything he produced and take you into an entirely different world where you would remain spellbound and entranced, hanging on his every syllable. That ...  Read the complete review

Say what you like about Roald Dahl, but the man certainly had a vivid and creatvie imagination. I have always marvelled at the random stories of his, from the BFG to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and this book is no different. George's Marvellous Medicine introduces us to George, a young boy who is fed up. He's fed up with his ...  Read the complete review

When young George is left to look after his foul-tempered, frightening grandmother one day he mixes together a huge panful of the nastiest, most powerful lotions & potions he can find around the farm, & gives Grandma a big spoonful at medicine time. The results are explosive & more spectacular than he ever expected, as Grandma grows ...  Read the complete review

Any child who has been left to the tender mercies of a difficult elderly relative will immediately identify with Roald Dahl's hero, eight-year-old George. George's family have a farm and there are no friends around to play with at weekends. When his mum goes shopping one Saturday morning, George is left alone with his obnoxious ...  Read the complete review

I am a primary school teacher and I have just finished reading this book with my class and....they loved it! They couldn't get enough. The story revolves around a young boy called George who is fed up of being ordered about by his grandmother. She would order him to clean and tidy the house and even fetch her medicine. Therefore, one day when his ...  Read the complete review

George lives with his mother on a farm and hes a happy child who does everyday things, but ther is one thing he hates....his grandma. All his grandma does all day is sit in her chair by the window ordering people around to do things for her. She orders him round so much till one day he is sick to the back teeth of her and plans his revenge on her. ...  Read the complete review

An extract for George's Marvellous Medicine was in a Roald Dahl Anthology that I was privileged to own when I was younger and was one of the things within it that I really liked reading. Because of this I was quite pleased when I discovered that my brother had the book in his Roald Dahl box set. The book is like most of Roald Dahl's ...  Read the complete review

Another one of Roald Dahl's books, and this one is at least far less dark as a story. The reason for the sudden influx of Roald Dahl reviews is that I have recently been doing work experience with a school and the year 4 group are doing Roald Dahl at the moment. Georges marvellous medicine centres around a boy named George who lives on ...  Read the complete review

George lived on a farm miles away from anywhere so there were never any children to play with. He had the companion of pigs, hens, cows, sheep and... his grandmother. George's grandmother was unlike other lovely, kind and helpful grandmothers. His was a 'complaining, grousing, grouching (and) grumbling' one and was extremely stubborn ...  Read the complete review

I have just rediscovered this story when reading it to my nephew one night when babysitting. I can close my eyes and picture Rik Mayall reading this on Jackanory - thats probably showing my age!!! The story is quite dark, with a wicked grandmother at the centre of all the action. As an adult I enjoy the twist on the traditional kindly grandma, the ...  Read the complete review

George lives on a farm with his mother, father and grandmother, George is a nice boy but he cant stand his Grandma and who can blame him she is the most rude and nasty woman you could ever imagine. Georges parents go out for the day leaving him at home to look after his Grandma, all morning his Grandma keeps threatening to tell his ...  Read the complete review

*Introduction* When you get to my age there aren’t too many things left to excite you. Maybe that’s a cynical aberration based on a gentle descent into middle-age but if there are moments that can transport one back to earlier, halcyon days of childhood and lift the veil of advancing age then I tend to grab it by the horns and love it ...  Read the complete review

George's grandmother is a grizzly old grunion. George dreads being left alone with her when his mother goes shopping on a Saturday morning and if you knew his grandmother you really wouldn't blame him. She does nothing but criticise and get him into trouble by telling tales on him to his parents. Half the tales aren't even ...  Read the complete review

This book was first read to me in by a teacher in primary school. I then proceeded to read the book another four times as Roald Dahl's fabulous story of the little boy who concocts a medicine for his moany grandma is absolutely enthralling. Dahl's in depth description of the ingredients and George's thoughts while making the ...  Read the complete review

George is a typical eight-year old boy, who has to put up with his nasty hypocritical grandmother. One Saturday morning his Mother decides to go out shopping and leaves George alone with his Grandmother. The request for a cup of tea is the last straw for George, as he has finally had enough, he just can’t take it anymore, and enough is ...  Read the complete review

Georges Marvellous Medicine is about a boy called George who lives with his parents and his horrible grandma. The book is mainly about when George is left alone with his grandma. His gandma was always calling George nasty names and George did not like it. So when his mum and dad had gone out he decided to make a new medicine for his grandma. He ...  Read the complete review

A facinating story about a boy who rounds up household substances and combines them to make a strange but potent medecine. It enables him to develope an amazing growth formulae which could mean big money for his father's farm. All seems to be going fine until his horrible grandmother manages to get some into her system and begins to cause ...  Read the complete review

Well, this book is one of many fine pieces of work by children's author, Roald Dahl. Little George makes a marvellous potion which he gives to his granny. You want to know what happens to her? That is a secret that only the book can reveal. It reminds me of when I was little and me and my cousin tried to make a brand new ...  Read the complete review