Reread because the trailer for the upcoming movie got me all excited! Classic, love this story so much.

Loved the characters in this story, especially the BFG! A real "twistytongue" but still one of my favourite read-alouds!

I absolutely adored Roald Dahl’s storytelling whilst I was a kid and The BFG was no different.

Young Sophie wakes in the middle of the night to discover a giant man walking the streets with a bag and a trumpet.
He’s The Big Friendly Giant!

Wonderfully descriptive, the language in this book is great.
Humans referred to as ‘Human Beans’ is just hilarious.

It’s a great fun Whizzpopper of a story!

oh... how i wish i have a best friend like BFG that takes me to the far far far away land where dream can be catch.
how i wish i stay forever on this imaginary land and never wakes up.

My daughter adored this book and I still have the book today. One of our favourites.

Come avere il cuore pieno.
Fantelastico.

A young orphan named Sophie, awake at the witching hour one night and looking out of the window of the orphanage where she lives, is seen by a passing giant, who scoops her up through the window and brings her back to his cave. Unlike the other eight giants in existence, who are truly terrible, the BFG - Big Friendly Giant - does not eat people. Rather, he captures dreams and doles them out to good children, while they are sleeping. Nightmares, he destroys. It is Sophie who suggests that the other giants, who abuse the BFG, should be imprisoned, and the two unlikely companions make their way to London, where they enlist the aid of the Queen...

Originally published in 1982, The BFG was apparently dedicated to author Roald Dahl's daughter, Olivia, who died at the age of seven in 1962, of measles encephalitis. This is terribly poignant, and made me wonder what aspects of the story (if any) - perhaps the character of Sophie? the dream-catching? the giants? - made Dahl dedicate this to his long-dead daughter. Leaving that issue aside, I found this one quite enjoyable, when I read it for the course on the history of children's literature that I took, while getting my masters. Other than n  Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryn, which I read as a young girl, I had never read any other books by Dahl, when I picked The BFG up. I was pleasantly surprised, as I'd found the humor in 'Charlie' sufficiently nasty, as a younger reader, that I'd never approached the author's work again. Here however, I thought the tone was gentler, more compassionate, less mocking. I appreciated the conversations between Sophie and the BFG, in which "this extraordinary giant was disturbing her ideas... leading her toward mysteries that were beyond her understanding."

I won't go so far as to say I loved this one, or that it completely changed my view of Dahl, who has always seemed to me to have a rather nasty undertone to his books, but it was enjoyable, and gave me pause. The more rational adult reader in me (as opposed to the determinedly opinionated child) is constrained to admit that one or two books is an insufficient sample, to make any firm judgment on the author's work. I've long wanted to read Dahl's n  Fantastic Mr. Foxn, perhaps I'll try that next?

Me encantó, una historia muy tierna y entretenida de un gigante de los sueños y una pequeña niña huérfana.
La he disfrutado de principio a fin.

Such a fun, whizzbang of a book! I loved it!

Un piccolo libriccino straripante di avventure. Chi conosce Roald Dahl sa bene con quale immediatezza sia in grado rendere le sensazioni più complete e le descrizioni più magiche, terrorizzando e addolcendo, ma anche costruendo divertentissimi siparietti. Di recente adattato per lo schermo da Steven Spielberg, si è ben conservato, anche grazie alla mediazione delle illustrazioni di Quentin Blake.
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I really love this book. It's pretty short but the story is very joyful. The BFG is a good giant, he intrigued me with his own language from the first. Sophie is a girl kidnapped from her bed and her adventure just begins when she and the BFG have to stop the ruthless giants before they devour all of human beans.

Dahl could create the book that hooked me from the beginning and the ending of this book was so delightful, I felt very happy after I finished it. I like his writing style, it captivates me to no end.




เป็นหนังสือที่น่ารักเบาสมองเล่มหนึ่ง การดำเนินเรื่องและภาษาที่ใช้มีเอกลักษณ์และจุดเด่นเหล่านี้ทำให้หนังสือสามารถคงความคลาสสิคเอาไว้ได้ถึงแม้เวลาจะผ่านไปหลายปี เจ้ายักษ์ BFG ออกมาสร้างสีสันตลอดทั้งเรื่องจนทำให้อ่านไปอมยิ้มไป ส่วนโซฟีก็พรีเซนต์ตัวละครที่อยู่ในช่วงวัยเด็กออกมาได้อย่างเหมาะสม สไตล์การเล่าเรื่องมีความคมที่เป็นเสน่ห์ของนิยาย ไม่แปลกใจเลยที่ The BFG สามารถเข้าถึงได้ทุกช่วงวัยแบบนี้ อ่านแล้วปลื้มมาก ที่นิยายเด็กธรรมดาๆ สามารถสร้างออกมาให้ดูมีมนต์ขลังมากๆขนาดนี้

ในคืนหนึ่ง โซฟีถูกยักษ์จับตัวไปจากห้องนอนของเธอ และนั่นทำให้เธอได้รู้จักกับยักษ์ใจดีที่ไม่กินคนอย่าง BFG เขาเป็นยักษ์ที่ตัวเล็กเมื่อเทียบกับเพื่อนยักษ์ตัวอื่นๆ และนอกจากนี้แล้วภาษาที่เขาใช้คุยกับโซฟีก็ยังดูแปลกประหลาดอีกด้วย BFG เป็นยักษ์ที่ทำหน้าที่สร้างฝันดีให้แก่เหล่าเด็กๆ แต่ก็มักจะโดนเพื่อนยักษ์ด้วยกันกลั่นแกล้งอยู่เสมอ

เมื่อเพื่อนยักษ์ของ BFG วางแผนที่จะจับเด็กๆในโรงเรียนกิน โซฟีและ BFG จึงหาทางช่วย พวกเขาได้เดินทางไปหาราชินีแห่งอังกฤษและ BFG ได้สร้างความฝันให้แก่นาง เพื่อที่นางจะเชื่อพวกเขา ราชินีตื่นมาเจอกับโซฟีและเชื่อเรื่องเล่าเกี่ยวกับยักษ์ทั้งหมดที่เด็กน้อยเล่าให้ฟัง ราชินีจึงส่งกองกำลังรบออกไปโดยมี BFG นำทางเพื่อไปจับเหล่ายักษ์กินคนมาขังไว้ในหลุมจนได้

This book has a really interesting play with language, consequence of Dahl's genius. It can be read in that way as a child's Ulysses. Very fun, simple plot, if slightly odd. I missed reading this as a child. As an adult I enjoyed this hugely, but I know I would have LOVED it as a child. The story has a pleasurable pace and kept me engaged, the characters were beautifully described with attention to detail and humour. It's Roald Dahl, what is there not to love!? A classic! My inner child is smiling with glee!