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راستش در خانه ما کتاب خواندن یک فعالیت مفید محسوب نمیشود! بنابراین وقتی من یک گوشه ولو شده ام و دارم کتاب میخوانم انگار دارم وقتم را بیهوده تلف میکنم. فورا دختر سه ساله ام می آید میگوید بابا بیا با من بازی کن و مادرش هم میگوید اگه الآن باهاش بازی نکنی بعدا از کتاب خوندن بدش میاد. اما من میگویم اگر ه��سرم هم کتاب بخواند ممکن است دخترمان بعدا به کتاب خواندن علاقه مند شود. یا وقتی من مشغول کتاب خواندن هستم همسرم میتواند بگوید دخترم مزاحم کتاب خواندن بابا نشو تا اهمیت کتابخوانی در ذهن دخترم جا بگیرد! به هر حال اینها همه آرزوهای بنده است و فعلا نمیتوانم جلوی چشم همسر و دخترم کتاب بخوانم. بنابراین چند وقت پیش که زادروز رولد دال بود و همسرم بنده را برای خرید فرستاد بیرون یواشکی کتاب را برداشتم و با خودم بردم. بعد ماشین را یک گوشه خلوت در سایه پارک کردم و خواندنش را شروع کردم. چون این هم یکی از روش های ابداعی ام است برای شروع کردن کتابهایی که دوست دارم بخوانم اما هر طور حساب میکنم اولویت ندارند و معلوم نیست کی نوبتشان بشود. یعنی دست گرفتن ناگهانی کتاب به بهانه زادروز نویسنده
ببخشید که حوصله تان را سر میبرم اما مقدمه هنوز تمام نشده. وقتی برگشتم خانه همسرم گفت چرا خرید این قدر طول کشید و من اعتراف کردم که یک گوشه داشتم کتاب میخواندم و با پوزخند همسرم روبرو شدم. آن شب موقع خواب به ذهنم رسید شاید به خاطر نقاشی هایی که هر دو سه صفحه توی کتاب هست بتوانم کتاب را برای دختر سه ساله ام بخوانم. بنابراین چند شب قبل از خواب کتاب را برایش میخواندم و خودش هم می آمد میگفت بابا ماتیلدا بخونیم. اما کمی که جلوتر رفتم دیدم وسط داستان مجبورم جاهایی را سانسور کنم یا اساسا داستان را تغییر بدهم! میدانستم بچه سه ساله اساسا خیلی چیزها را نمیفهمد اما وقتی نقاشی خانم مدیر غضبناک را میدید و میپرسید بابا این کیه؟ چه جوابی داشتم؟
خلاصه ماتیلدا خواندن را از سرش انداختم و خودم یواشکی کتاب را خواندم و امروز تمامش کردم
این ریویو هم در واقع همه ش خاطره بود.
اگر دو کلمه بخواهم درباره داستان نظر بدهم میتوانم بگویم غربی ها بچه هایشان را برای پرستیدن «هوش» به جای اخلاق و پول وعدالت و دین و خلاصه همه چیز تربیت میکنند. و دستور العمل فقط یک چیز است:
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I used to watch this movie when I was a kid and I honestly don't know why it took me so much to read the book.. I really loved the irony about the sexism coming for her mother and father, it was clearly a critic.
I only had two issues with this book:
- The way every five year old child speak and think like an adult;
- The end

The end was really fast and I think it could be more worked on...

Besides that, it's a really great book and a fast read.

Matilda felt like a self-wish story not only for a genius child, but for every child whose life was saved by books. What so ingenious of the book was how the world inside it not just appealed to kids, but it was exactly the way the world looked from inside a child's eyes; the exaggeration, the light, almost comical tone the bleak, abusive childhood it took, the cartoonish shape of the happenings in the school, Matilda's super power, the helplessness of adult, the resolution, the self-indulgence happy ending and especially the illustrations. It was a dream book where children saw themselves as heroes and heroines who fought evil monsters and saved the day. If ever there was a book with magical essence of pure quality the sort that no adult, but only a child could really feel, touch and relish, Matilda was it.

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خوبیش به اینه که این دوره‌ی تخیل بیش از حد کودکی تموم شد

well, well, well. if it isn't our collective villain origin story.

many of roald dahl's books have hit me hard, for varying reasons: their being the inspiration for a perfect stop-motion film by wes anderson; an uncharacteristic and mild lifelong interest in world war II; an appreciation for large kind men.

but none for a reason better than this one.

i was, as i'm sure many of you were too, an incredible nerd in childhood. an indoors kid. a dork. in other words, a bookworm.

and this book was like, hey. you know your favorite thing in the world? the hobby you like doing more than anything else (and it's not close)? not only is that thing cool, contrary to prior belief, but it will also make you magic. and because of it you will be adopted by the best person on earth and eat chocolates along the way.

so good.

part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago

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Roald Dahl gets 4+ out of 5 stars for his knock-it-out-of-the-park story, Matilda, from 1988. For some reason, I thought this was published before 1988, but I know I read it when I was 13, so... must have been right then. I thought it was great. Looking back years later, and seeing all the films and cartoons made from it, I love it even more. While she's a good role model in many ways for young kids, she's all a little too spunky and might give some the wrong impressions. Nevertheless, with the right guidance, she can be someone to look up to.

Not everyone gets the best parents, family, teachers and friends. And when you don't, you better be a smart girl to be able to make it on your own. And that's what she is... brilliant, funny, witty, sarcastic, friendly... everything all wrapped up into 1 adorable young girl. She has a few adventures, tries to make things happen and shows the world who she. And that's all we can ask for! Great book. Great story. Lots to see and learn. Definite re-read some day!

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Oh  Roald Dahl, you make my life complete. Matilda is one of those books for me. One of the books in my bookshelf, tattered and worn, pages falling out, that I will always go back to, no matter what the occasion. Dear, darling Miss Honey, Matilda's first grade teacher, is ever child's dream, and now that I'm older, every adult's dream as well. Miss Honey lives in a two room cottage with no running water, a camp stove, and wooden boxes for seats. She eats margarine instead of butter! Would that we all could be so jolly under such circumstances, and still be able to stick it to the man- the man in this case being Miss Trunchbull, the evil (truly) headmistress and incidentally, Miss Honey's aunt. I used to dream of being so smart that I could lift cigars with my mind. But now I dream of being able to influence just one little girl's life for the better. Thank you, Mr. Dahl.

Matilda is a lovely little book. It’s a book about standing up against bullies (no matter who the bullies are.) It’s also a book about learning to live with yourself, about being who you are despite the pressures those who are supposed to love you may exert on your personality. It’s a book written for readers and one that establishes so firmly why reading is so damn important in a world that is becoming increasingly detached from the things that truly matter in life.

I wish I’d read it when I was a kid.

دوباره دارم برای بچه‌ها (شش ساله و هشت ساله) می‌خونم و بازخوردی که ازشون می‌گیرم خیلی خوبه. زیاد براشون داستان تعریف می‌کنم. اما این اولین باره که با این همه ذوق و علاقه گوش می‌دن، می‌خندن، همراهی می‌کنن، تصور می‌کنن و گاهی حتی اتفاقات داستان رو اجرا می‌کنن.
همراه این کتاب، پی‌پی جوراب بلند رو هم براشون خریدم. ولی هنوز نرفتیم سراغ اون. هروقت اون رو هم خوندیم، بازخوردشون رو می‌نویسم.

This is a middle grade book. This was one of my favorite books as a child, and I still love it so much as an adult. I love the movie, but the book is so much better. The characters in this book pops right off the page, and I loved that Matilda loves to read. I hope that this book shows a lot of kids you can get lost in new worlds when you read books. This book is well written.

What a lovely story this was... Matilda by Roland Dahl was the first book i had ever heard all the way threw by audiobook. My brother Clay who is obsessed with the study of birds carefully layed the book beside him just to get a good listen to the story. My sister who was tending to my mom's coffee and takeing care of me while i was very sick had to stop by the liveing room a few times this morning to also get a good listen to what was happening in the story. I was truly thriled that my siblings were into this story as much as i was.... Of course if you asked them what they thought of the book they would simply respond with an "it was okay" answer but the expressions on their faces were priceless and it was not an okay look it was a this book is incredible look.

Matilda Wormwood was a five and a half year old girl who lived with uncareing, inconsiderant, and selfish parents. Her father was a crook who cheated people whenever they were buying his cars. Mr. Wormwood was a nasty beastly man and his wife was no better. Mrs. Wormwood often left Matilda alone so she could go play bingo in the village... Matilda had to feed and take care of herself at the age of three. Everyday after her mother left for bingo Matilda would walk down a busy highway to the library where she would devour book after book.

At five and a half Matilda ventured to school and met her best friend Lavender, her teacher Ms. Honey, and her wicked headmistress Ms. Trunchpull... *Spoiler Ms. Trunchpull was acually Ms. Honeys aunt so they were related but that detail did not matter in the book until almost the end.* Ms. Trunchpull was a very strong and athletic person who really enjoyed beating up on the poor children of Ms. Honeys classroom... They were called names, thrown out the windows of the building, hung by their ears and hair..... Oh the poor children in Ms. Trunchpulls hands all the children ever feared most of all was that strapping, strong, mean headmistress who would often virbually and physically abuse them.

Matilda grew to love her new teacher but she despised her headmistress... This little girl had so much anger built up inside of her that it was incredible... She developed powers because of all the electricity building up inside of her and she began to notice this durning one of her lessons with Ms. Trunchpull... Matilda found herself starring at a glass of water and demanding it to tip over and it did. Matilda practiced and practiced her new power and the only one she ever told about it was Ms. Honey who had a taste of what Matilda was capable of...

Thats all the summary i want to go into because if you have not read the book then i am not going to ruin more for you...... Lets just say *Spoiler...... Ms. Trunchpull was run out of town thanks to Matilda and everything was like new after Ms. Honey adopted her.* Wait okay i did ruin more of the book for you but i did not tell you about the newt or why Ms. Honey takes in the little girl so it is still worth a read.

I sadly cannot rate this book with five stars....... What i noticed with it was that her life at home was what made the story fun..... The whole Wormwood family was what made the story fun and whenever the author cut them out just so Matilda could go to school......Well it was kind of dissapointing. Did i forget to mention that Matilda was a genius? Well she was and her little mind held thousands of facts about books and mathamatics problems.

Matilda is a four star rateing which is still perfect and it is a reccomended book but the violence is kind of severe so most definatly not a kindergarden- forth grade age appropriate. I did not approve of Ms. Truncchpull and her way of treating children and i also do not umnderstand why parents did not complain..... Yesthey were scared of her but why did they not just pull their children out of school and stuck them in a new one with a fresh start?

My Rateing
4/5

Title: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Children
Publication year: 1988

Review: It's funny how I have been on a kick to revisit books I have already read, in an effort to see if my opinion of them has changed in the intervening years. I have mostly stuck to horror because that has been my jam since I was 10 in 1975. Roald Dahl was mostly my oldest son's first favored author. Never mind that later we found out about his reputation for $#!+ behavior. The book, apart from the author, is a really good book.

This one pulled at my heartstrings. Matilda is a brilliant, literary, mathematical wonder who has very crappy parents. The headmistress, Miss Trunchbull is also crappy, but her actual teacher, Miss Honey is figuratively a saint. Of course, there's some social commentary subtly being posited via exposition about bad parenting, some horrible teachers, poor educational budgets, and the good teachers that have to creatively fulfill their responsibilities.

Heartbreaking story, with an uplifting message. Worthy of being read, even by adults.