Another run through Wonka's Inferno, in which spoiled children are sent to the appropriate level of Hell for the sins of gluttony, greed, sloth, etc. Wonka is a very preachy and mean-spirited candy vigilante with the Oompah Loompahs jumping in to add emphasis on the crimes being punished. Too twisted for me.

This play adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is front-loaded with some very long expository monologues that must be quite challenging for the actors to memorize.

Giving it a 3 because the story is so engaging. There are outdated societal views portrayed in this book l

The movie tricked me into believing this story was happier than it was.
And it wasn't a very happy one to begin with.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a really Good play it was really fun to look up that I'm a Charlie and the chocolate factory play I would definitely wanna watch the video of a play

10 year old me ate that up

This is a marvelous story I’ve ever read. Mr Wonka himself taught all the children invited by him how to be selfless, grateful, thoughtful.

I believe the majority of people on Goodreads know this story but for anyone who doesn't, here is a basic breakdown.

Willy Wonka owns a famous Chocolate Factory and for the first time ever he is going to allow five lucky people to tour it. He hides the five tickets inside the wrappers of his candy bars. The winners are Veruca Salt, a very selfish and spoiled brat. Augustus Gloop, a greedy boy. Mike Teevee, a boy who does nothing but watch TV. Violet Beauregarde, a girl who chews gum all the time and our protagonist Charlie Bucket, a poor boy with a kind heart.
They meet the mysterious Willy Wonka and enter the strange factory where they encounter Oompa Loompa's, the short green-haired, orange-skinned people who work in the factory.
As the tour progresses, the kids keep disappearing in strange ways. One falls into a river of chocolate, another gets turned into a blueberry.

This story was originally written by Roald Dahl. This adaption is written as a play.

I really enjoyed reading this book with my 7yo girl. This was the book pick for my girl’s summer bookclub, we read it together for a month. Every minute reading this book was a real pleasure and the best quality time with my girl.

My daughter and I decided that Charlie is our favourite character in this book. My girl loves the TV room, while I prefer the invention room. We will watch the movie version very soon. 5-star rating!

I don't know if it was the right version, but I loved it. Beautiful story and lessons behind all the chocolate.

For a great school play!

Let's be honest here. I really did choose to read this book at this particular time because of the predicament I'm in (which is the reading challenge, really, when I set the number of books I would read in2013, a hundred seemed like a good, round number. What I failed to realize was that a year actually has 365 days and most of those days, I have to work...soooo, not stepping into THAT proverbial river again next year, I've got my wits about me now. Or at least I'd like to hope so). But there is still a reason I chose this one, more reasons, actually

1) I love the movie with Johny Depp (yep, there it goes, it is one of my all time favorite movies)
2) I like the symbolics of the story and somehow even the moral
3) I've already read the original Dahl at university, but only remember Idid not finish it and that it was cute
4) I love reading drama.

When reading this particular drama, I felt like I was sitting in the audience, surprised by the sudden appearance of Violet somewhere behind me. I liked the storyteller (whom I imagined as an old man, likeable and sweet) and I loved the pace. I'm not a big fan of lengthy descriptions of scenery, I don't even imagine it when I read it, but somehow, when I read a drama, I can see it all as if I was standing there. Maybe it has to do with the lack of complexity, or lack of my imagination, something telling I'm really not that smart...I don't care, because I just feel it more. And this story. Works amazing in a theatre (or so I suppose).

Now, it is a children's book. So it is pretty much black and white. But I don't see it that way. Yes, the author moralizes and it is too obvious if you are an adult..but it's written for children. They somehow need structure and they sure as hell need black and white. However, to get back to waht I was saying about not agreeing with some of the points, I don't think that children who watch TV have to necessarily be aggressive and mean. I watched a lot of Tv when I was little and still do, to be honest...and I don't go around killing people with fake guns...just an example.
And to the good family of Buckets - is it surprising for anyone but me that this boy finds money in the street and the first thing he does is buy some chocolate?! And his family supports him! After the initial description of their humble situation - Charlie is such a good boy that he's walking on the street, super hungry, and so is his family by the way, when suddenly he finds three quarters and he's like 'I know JUST what to do with this money! I'm gonna buy me some chocolate, 'cause my family will be so happy if I have it, doesn't matter it could provide for them for some time'. That is some faulty logic there. I know in the end it pays off and all is well...but at that minute on the sidewalk, he had no idea it would actually go down that way...just saying.

But all in all, it is cute, it teaches the kids the right morals, things to do and things not to do..and it is also funny. So it was enjoyable. You can't really try reasoning when it comes to fairy tqles. There would be a whole essay that I could write about how stupid Cinderella logic was :D yet I still love the fairy tale.

This was my childhood