I love Roald Dahl' s style of writing and his dark humour. Aron my son loved it and was giggling at the jokes. He got so excited when he knew the oompa loompas were going to sing.
Although I enjoy the book I find Mr.Wonka quite sinister and personally find the whole story very odd. I find it very odd that they all think it's alright for Willy Wonka to enslave all the oompa loompas feeding them just coca beans. I can't help thinking that Willy Wonka is to blame for the collapse of the surrounding areas ie The Bucket Family's struggles. As he does not employ staff that spend within the surrounding area. I understand it is just a story and yes he gives the factory to Charlie in the end but still with the oompa loompas! I just think Willy Wonka is no different than the greedy fat cats of this day and age. Or was Roald Dahl trying to tell us that?!

My six year old niece, Daisy came to visit for a few days this week, and she decided she wanted to read this book to me. We both thoroughly enjoyed it, and it's definitely one of my favourites by Roald Dahl.

Não li. Ouvi. A minha filha, com 12 anos, anda fascinada com o universo de Roald Dahl. Tudo começou com Matilda. Ofereci-lhe este para alimentar o bichinho. Agora é ela quem me contagia. Leu-o em voz alta, nas últimas semanas. Partilhou comigo o espanto, as gargalhadas, a esperança, a doçura em que os mais novos são exímios. Partilhar um livro com um filho conforta e aconchega, cria pontes para o diálogo, faz de nós cúmplices e iguais, independente da idade. Mergulhar neste livro pela linda voz da minha filha foi uma experiência arrebatadora. Mães, pais, aconselho vivamente!

Read this as a kid, wonderful book. Roald Dahl really is a great writer of children's stories, big fantasy mind!

"And now," said Willy Wonka, "we're going to see something extra special... my Metaphorical Candy Room!" He flung open the doors, and the five children peeked inside. Augustus Gloop beamed with delight.

"That's the BIGGEST BOWL OF SKITTLES I'VE EVER SEEN!" he yelled.

"Indeed it is, indeed it is," said Willy Wonka proudly. "Three point three million of them! One for every Muslim in the United States! But, before you eat any, I must warn you... some of them are POISONED!"

"How many?" asked Violet Beauregarde.

"Only three," said Willy Wonka. "But you wouldn't want to take chances, would you?"

Augustus, who had been on the point of helping himself to some skittles, pulled his hand back.

"What's that over there?" asked Charlie. The children turned round. Behind them was an even bigger bowl of candy!

"Ah, those are my Deplorable Mints," said Willy Wonka. "One for every racist, bigot, white supremacist and neo-Nazi in the country! Don't they look delicious!"

They certainly did. Augustus reached out his hand again.

"Unfortunately," said Willy Wonka, "I have to admit that some of THEM are poisoned too. Very few of course. But we can't be too careful, can we?"

"So we aren't getting any candy?" asked Augustus. He looked terribly disappointed.

"Not until you understand p-values," said Willy Wonka. "Hurry up! We'll be late for the Statistical Sweets!"

I LOVE LOVED this book! My 8 yr old just finished it and I wanted to chat with him about it so I decided to read it too and I cannot believe I've never read it... It's sweet and funny with a few morals and empathy thrown in there in just 162 pages.

Charlie Bucket was a half starved boy living in a family of 7 and one measly income when suddenly he finds the most sought after famous Golden Ticket. He then goes with Grandpa Joe to the chocolate factory where his luck is about to change and gets to meet the funniest, greediest of characters.

(The kids and parents in the book still, sadly, frustratingly, exist.. Meet them everyday.. Discipline your horrible, nasty kids PPL!!) I think this is the moral...?

Pues donde partir xd primero aclarar que esto no va a ser ni una reseña ni una opinión del libro sólo soy alguien que quiere escribir sus recuerdos sobre el primer libro que recuerda haber leído y el cual plantó la semillita que me permitió conocer la maravilla de leer.

Este es el primer libro que recuerdo haber leído por mi cuenta, osea de pequeñitos mi mami siempre nos incentivo la lectura. Nos compraba de estos cuentos de historias Disney para colorear, en total tenían como 8 páginas cada uno y con suerte dos líneas de texto por páginas xd incluso en esos tiempos, cuando se cortaba la luz en invierno, nos hacía que crearamos cuentos cada uno y así pasábamos el rato

قبل از شروع کتاب، رفتم قنادی و از هر نوع شکلات دو تا برداشتم. هر وقت بچه‌ها می‌اومدن و براشون کتاب رو می‌خوندم، بهشون یه شکلات می‌دادم. گاهی شوخی هم می‌کردیم، مثلاً وقتی آگوستوس گلوپ شکمو افتاد توی رودخونۀ شکلات و ویلی وانکا نگران بود الان شکلات‌هاش طعم آگوستوس گلوپ می‌گیرن، می‌گفتیم شکلات این هفته طعم آگوستوس گلوپ داره.

کتاب خوبی بود. اما زیادی موعظۀ اخلاقی داشت، اونم برای چیزهایی که اینقدرها بد نیستن، مثل آدامس جویدن!

شخصیت ویلی وانکا یه جاهایی درست تعریف نشده بود. حق دادم به تیم برتون که اون تفسیر تاریک رو بکنه. کتاب راه رو برای منفی جلوه دادن ویلی وانکا کاملاً باز گذاشته بود. گرچه با این توضیح که ویلی وانکا داره شکلات مجانی به بچه‌ها می‌ده، سعی می‌کرد به رغم تمام کارهاش شخصیت مثبت داستان نگهش داره.

A children's fantasy adventure tale that speaks to the power of the imagination. Why it took me until my mid-twenties to read this is beyond me—as a kid, this would have been an obsession of mine if I had actually been introduced to it at the time.

Roald Dahl's tale seems to be perfect for that age where the magic of fantastical childhood stories might begin to wane. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory bubbles over with creativity and fantasia, appealing to the vivid imagery forming in the reader's mind. I have read few authors so extraordinarily talented at creating an image with few words: Dahl passes on the feeling as though you were inside this chocolate factory, as though it was you he was showing around, as though it was you who had won the Golden Ticket.

The terrifying ideas of Willy Wonka's eccentric actions are wrapped in humor: the cruelty of Wonka's indifference never truly sinks in as the fates of these four horrible children who accompany Charlie on the factory tour seem earned, until Roald Dahl reminds his reader that the fault must not be looked for in the children, but rather in their parents who spoiled them and never taught them to act any differently. Inside this fantastical odyssey through the imagination, Dahl hides a morality tale with a lesson that deserves to be learned by parents and children alike.

Personally, I am still not quite sure whether Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stands out as my favorite Dahl story—my soft spot belongs to Fantastic Mr. Fox and Matilda, and even though I have not read it, my immense enjoyment of the 1990 film The Witches makes me believe that one would rank highly as well. But it's a great children's adventure, regardless—a very fast-paced read, vividly written and one that truly gets your imagination senses working.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is an obvious classic in my book. Besides the fact its been around for awhile already, it definitely has that magic factor that pulls you in. Anyone with even a remnant left of their kid's heart in them, will love this book. I believe this story, not the book, but at least the story has a huge following, due in part to the movie starring Gene Wilder. I love Johnny Depp, but he lacks the whimsical weirdness of the previous Wonka and is just weird. However, the Depp version is a little more book accurate, but not by much. Once again I'm amazed at how much liberty the writers took with the book, and wonder why? No Slugworth, except a brief mention, and Charlie wins at the end only because he's the last kid standing. Some extra rooms and candy are in the book that were never mentioned in the movie like the "Square candy that looks round". And it's a shame, but I understand that they can't put everything into the movies. I'm not sure if the everything's edible scenery is an original concept or not, but it is surely the most well known of children's stories. I was also impressed with the similarity between the book and movie on the poem in the boat, which is probably the most celebrated part of the story.

I must also mention here the book is absolutely worth reading even if you've seen the movie mostly because I think the movie glossed over the main theme of the book. Obviously there's the imagination aspect but in the book, the Oompa Loompa's sing a song that is three pages long when little Mike Teavee gets sucked into the TV. It's all about how TV will rot your brain and if you take away the blasted contraption, and replace it with books, within a few weeks, the child will be reading and loving the books. I whole heartedly agree, and find the "irony" funny that a book about getting kids to read more was made into a movie that is better known than the book. I put irony in quotes here, because lately a vast majority of literary figures have debated the incorrect use of the word, ever since Alanis Morisette's song came out. I think it applies here, but I could be wrong.

In any case, the book is a classic, and highly recommended. I also recommend the Wilder version of the movie, but not in place of the book. I also think this is a great story to read to children, as my 5 yr old can attest.


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‘‘Tis the season for ze candy!!!

Oh I’m so glad I read this, finally! The book is always better!
However the Tim Burton version was really close.
I want to own this. It made me crack up. I was reading it aloud and I gave one of the characters an accent and started cracking up while on that character and couldn’t stop. I kept going while still in the accent and still laughing.
Some of the things not included in the films, made the book for me. I love his writing. I want to read more! I’ve always been a fan of some of his other things since I was little and I now know he wrote spooky things in Alfred Hitchcock Presents!
So neat to find new stuff.

I shall own this and read it again! On my favorites shelf now!
Also ... I have never wanted some chocolate so bad in my life. Ughhhhh. Zombiechocolatemode !!

I have read this book ages ago!!! I was exploring books and I came across it. I also remember it being my favourite book that time. I was the first novel that I had read entirely. I was up all night reading this. I wasn't into reading that time but my friend persuaded me to read it. And it was really good. After that I read several other books by Roald Dahl. He has his own thing with weird words! That's how I began my journey of reading with Roald Dahl.( but to be clear my love for reading only started with Harry Potter)