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REVIEW TO COME TODAY.

n  The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.n

this book tells us about a brilliant little girl named Matilda Wormwood and she loves reading books. But her parents seem don't really proud of her and they don't even care much about her and her father is mean so when he treats her badly, She will ' teach ' him a lesson and one day something peculiar happens to her ...

n  My Opinionn

When I was a kid, I watched the movie and I loved it so much and I even watched it again for several times. I wasn't a reader back then so I didn't feel guilty about watching the movie first before reading the book and then I found out about the book and I thought I should read it since the movie was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
I remember I wanted to be like Matilda when I was a kid and I even stared at a glass full of water for minutes while I was eating my dinner. I was hoping I could move it or hover it or something hahahaha.



alright, now let's talk about the book.

I didn't really enjoy reading this book and I think it's because I already knew the story because I watched the movie several times and my expression was like this most of the time


it was so boring and when I didn't read this book, I felt just fine because I was bored most of the time. I mean when we read a book that is so cool and enjoyable, we must feel like we want to keep reading it and when we do stopped reading it we feel so impatient to be able to continue it again but that didn't happen to me while I was reading it and I shouldn't have felt this way but I have to admit that I love the movie more ... this is the first time I feel like this since I became a reader. I usually love the book more than the movie.



but thankfully, I could enjoy it near the end. it wasn't that boring anymore when I was about to reach the ending and I LOVE the illustrations! they're so cute and amazing. ❤❤

thank you so much for reading and liking this review guys. I hope you all have great weekend!❤❤

5 stars from my little girl, Jess (age 7).

SPOILERS!



Comments while reading:

"Matilda's parents are sooo stupid!"

"What is a 'used car salesman'?"

"How does putting sawdust and oil in a car's gearbox make it run smoother?"

"The funniest parts are when Miss Trunchbull hurled the kids out of the classroom, and when the newt fell on her."

"How come Miss Trunchbull made Nigel stand with one leg up while facing the wall? That's a weird punishment."

"What?! Miss Honey's wicked aunt is Miss Trunchbull?"

"What is a will?"

"I'm glad that Matilda can live with Miss Honey."

Wonderful classic children’s book! This was still as fun and magical reading it as an adult as it was reading it as a child… All children should have a copy of Matilda on their shelves :)

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At the age of five-and-a-half she's knocking off double digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens.

Matilda Wormwood is often I'll-treated by her parents and older brother, Michael. She retaliates by playing pranks on them. When she goes to school, it's just as bad as the school principal is twice as bad as her parents. Her class teacher, Miss Honey, is the only person Matilda believes in.

This is a fun read. Roald Dhal is a fantastic author. I loved this book. A heart-warming tale of a girl living a tough life and finding a way to get through it. A book kids will love to either read by themselves or to be read to. Adults will enjoy this book as well.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Penguin Random House UK, Children's and the author Roald Dahl for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Reading Matilda was fun and an easy read. I have to be honest and say I do definitely prefer the movie. I've watched it a few times and Matilda in the movie is a little star. My book is going to two small girls who are dying to read it so no regrets at all.

As much as I love Roald Dahl's story (and this audiobook, read by Kate Winslet, was so fun), the movie of Matilda will always be my favourite. Perfection.

Η Ματίλντα είναι ένα βιβλίο που πρωτοδιάβασα όταν ήμουν δευτέρα δημοτικού και το διαβάζω ακόμη, τουλάχιστον μια φορά το χρόνο, εδώ και σχεδόν δεκατρία χρόνια. Και συνεχίζω και το απολαμβάνω. Ήταν (και είναι) βιβλίο-σταθμός στη ζωή μου. Μ' έκανε να αγαπήσω ακόμη περισσότερο το διάβασμα και τα βιβλία, μου χάρισε το παιδικό μου πρότυπο (τη Ματίλντα) και μου έδωσε άπειρες ώρες ευχαρίστησης και περιπλάνησης στις σελίδες του. Και αγαπώ όσο τίποτα άλλο το φθαρμένο του εξώφυλλο. Ευχαριστώ Ρόαλντ Νταλ!

Despite Roald Dahl being my favorite author as a child (I loved The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the most), I never read this book as a child. I've also never seen the movie. I suspect my parents kept it from me, afraid of what my brain would do with the revenge fantasy theme. *grin* I do love the idea of extra brain power coming out in secret powers. I already had that fantasy as a child, so my parents couldn't keep it from me entirely.

This audiobook production is spectacular. Kate Winslet is great at all the characters, and it becomes clear rather quickly how much yelling the evil adults do to try to assert their control. The best scene in the book is the chocolate cake scene, and she brings even more life to it.

One thing I love about this book is the portrayal of the librarian at the beginning. She isn't forbidding, she isn't so staunchly a rule-follower that she can't help a tiny girl, and her willingness to help a child changes Matilda's life. Hooray for librarians!

Matilda! What can you say about this classic, right? I picked up my original copy from childhood —how about that?

For those not familiar, Matilda is the story of a tiny genius whose idiot parents don’t appreciate her in the least. But armed with books and spirit, she soon starts to fight back. Once at school, she faces an even more terrifying nemesis, her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, who terrorizes the entire school. But when she goes after Miss Honey—the one kind teacher who believes in Matilda—she goes too far.

I dug out my old copy because my daughter’s class is reading this book. She’s been enjoying the story so much, which is so fun to see, and I wanted to engage even more with her.

I loved Matilda as a kid, and it was interesting reading it as an adult. Very fun to see it through my seven-year-old’s eyes! Every day after school we talk about what she read at school, and I love hearing what parts stand out to her the most! To this day, Dahl appeals to the minds of kids!

The book is silly and fun, and I truly love Matilda’s strength and fortitude!

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(A-) 82% | Very Good
Notes: On loving books, kinetic looks, being self-reliant, brains-over-brawn, small but no pawn, its heroine's mentally giant.

*Check out progress updates for detailed commentary:

Progress updates:

01/25/2025 - Preamble

(1) There are two versions of this eBook at my library, and as much as I detest the big Netflix logo defacing the cover, this is the original text, not the 2022 altered text that removes "offensive" language.
- Regardless of how you feel about the controversy, this is the version written by no one else but Roald Dahl, and so this is the only version I will ever read.

01/29/2025 - Chapters 1–5

(1) First of all, this has a ton of illustrations! At least compared to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which I recently finished.
- Probably because illustrations for the latter were done retroactively, and along with other books for visually-uniform new editions, so far less time would have been put into that compared to a new release.
- I don't think Quentin Blake started illustrating Dahl books until the late 1970s.
(2) "[Her] parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away."
- This story definitely has a juvenile tone, which makes sense coming from a four year-old's perspective.
- Not necessarily potty humor, but more lowbrow in a Dav Pilkey sort of way.
- There's also talk of bunions and nose-picking shortly thereafter.
(3) As with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the correct and regular use of "nor" pleases me to no end.
(4) This is a very quaint-feeling book, at least to start. Before all the hijinks begin, it's all about Matilda's reading routine, which no doubt strikes a chord with its likely book-inclined readership.
- Not only are specific authors and names of books mentioned, it includes quite a long library book reading list, which I'm sure has been the focus of many a book club or reading challenge.
- It also goes into a fair bit of detail explaining libraries and how to use them.
- Television, on the other hand, is demonized as a kind of forced activity by her cruel and boorish parents.
(5) The language here is very distinctly British English. Much more so than "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which was regionally ambiguous albeit still linguistically British.
- I don't know if Aylesbury is a real place, but the name just screams rural England.
- Pounds and pence are also explicitly mentioned, whereas "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" notably used dollars and cents.
(6) "[Matilda] was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen, but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted."
- I can only presume the box serves the same purpose in the outhouse as it does in the kitchen.
- The outhouse, along with a nearby sawmill, just underscores this as a distinctly rural setting.
(7) "'No one ever got rich being honest,' the father said. 'Customers are there to be diddled.'"
- Yeah, I can only assume, this being a children's book, that "diddled" was far less perverse a term when this was written than it is nowadays.
- Alternatively, "diddled" could be less severe a term in Britain than in North America. The dictionary does describe it as "chiefly British."
(8) I've noticed that Dahl really likes to hyperbolize and reiterate character traits.
- The father here is an immoral and dishonest man, which is hammered home almost ad nauseam. We're made to believe he has no positive characteristics. That he destroys a library book, especially to the reading audience, is treated as sacrilege and irredeemable.
- Matilda, on the other hand, is all respect, patience and quiet pastimes. Her diminutive stature is brought up repeatedly and only underscores her total helplessness and thereby justifies her subsequent mischief.
(9) "'Filth,' Mr. Wormwood said. 'If it's by an American it's certain to be filth. That's all they write about.'"
- All I'll say is that "Fifty Shades of Grey" and its sequels were written by a Brit.

01/31/2025 - Chapters 6–10

(1) While this hasn't yet shown any inkling of fantasy nor the supernatural, it's nonetheless imbued with a great sense of improbability and wonder.
- Matilda being able to read and do advanced mathematics in her head is treated like having magical powers.
(2) This also uses a lot of Biblical language, which only adds to its sense of mystery.
- Hortensia: "We are the crusaders ... and the Trunchbull is the Prince of Darkness, the Foul Serpent, the Fiery Dragon..."
- It's interesting how Miss Trunchbull isn't only described as akin to (or literally) Satan, but in masculine terms as well: "the Trunchbull" not Miss Trunchbull, and "the Prince" not princess or anything close to feminine.
- Additionally, we have the children attending prayers and scripture lessons, and allusions/references to Moses parting the Red Sea and "the Day of Judgment."
(3) "'Get me a mirror!' the father yelled. 'Don't just stand there shrieking at me! Get me a mirror!'"
- Reminds me of that scene in Batman 1989 after the Joker has his reconstructive surgery. Though, I doubt either could have been inspiration for the other since they came out about the same time.
- I presume it's the mother shrieking here, though I can't entirely discount the brother Michael.
(4) "'Be careful!' shrieked the mother. 'Now look what you've done! That's my best Elizabeth Arden face powder!'"
- Gee, you know, I'll never see the words "Elizabeth Arden" again without Prince Harry coming to mind. That brand's ruined forever!
- An awful lot of shrieking in this household. The word's used four times in Chapter 6 alone. Though, it may just be a character trait of the mother.
(5) "[Miss Honey's] body was so slim and fragile one got the feeling that if she fell over she would smash into a thousand pieces, like a porcelain figure."
- Like how Matilda's repeatedly described as being tiny, Miss Honey is also described in diminutive terms and therefore immediately sympathetic—incapable of being a physical aggressor.
- Miss Trunchbull is described as the mirror opposite: "She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike."
- Just from these opening descriptions alone, it's crystal clear how we're supposed to feel about these two teachers.
(6) "Looking at [Miss Trunchbull], you got the feeling that this was someone who could bend iron bars and tear telephone directories in half."
- I have a feeling that in the future "telephone directories" may require a footnote.
- If not Gen-Z, subsequent generations simply won't have a clue—probably about either word. Roald Dahl may as well be Shakespeare.
(7) Miss Trunchbull wears "bottle-green" breeches, which, if memory serves me right, is exactly what Willy Wonka is described as wearing.
- Were bottle-green pants a thing back in the day? If not, I can only conclude that it's intentional as either something Dahl-specific or (albeit far less likely) a direct allusion to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
(8) Mrs. Wormwood: "A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky."
- How very Game of Thrones, a positively medieval mindset.
- Everything about that last sentence, from the message to using the incorrect copular verb to calling Miss Honey by the wrong name just screams superficial, crass and uneducated.
- Additionally, Mr. Wormwood calls Miss Honey "Miss Hawkes" and "Miss Harris," which is very Horace Slughorn of him/them.
- From Miss Trunchbull to Matilda's parents, this book's villains don't care about education, particularly reading.
(9) We get blatant child abuse here, with Miss Trunchbull literally throwing kids around by the hair.
- A scene that likely horrifies children and parents alike.
- It's yet another example of the book's "brains versus brawn" duality.
(10) "Mr. Wormwood ... [cast] a look of such simpering sloppiness at his wife it would have made a cat sick."
- I've got to disagree with Dahl's characterization here. There's nothing wrong with going gaga over one's own wife.
- Dahl makes it seem like Mr. Wormwood is crazy or delusional for thinking his wife is better looking than Miss Honey. Misogynist though he may be, at least he's a monogamy-minded misogynist.
- One man's simp is another man's hopeless romantic.

02/05/2025 - Chapters 11–16

(1) Matilda develops magic/telekinetic powers quite late in the book.
- It's interesting how Dahl held onto this as a kind of end reveal, tying her mental magic to her overall mental acumen. It implies that her advanced reading and math abilities were superpowers all along.
- Not exactly Harry Potter, though it does involve lightning imagery.
(2) Miss Trunchbull: "As for the cake, it was my own private stock! ... You don't think for one minute I'm going to eat the filth I give to you? That cake was made from real butter and real cream!"
- Huh, I can think of plenty butter substitutes, but what "filth" would stand in for cream? I don't know that soy or almond milk would have the same baking properties, and may actually be a good deal more costly. Possibly just water.
- Frankly, I'm shocked the school serves the students cake at all, albeit substandard. I mean, I never got cake with my school meals.
(3) Bruce Bogtrotter is described as: "An eleven-year-old boy who was decidedly large and round..."
- Well, if that didn't create an explicit mental image, the "trotter" in his name outright suggests he's pig-like.
- I think that's the much more likely implication of the name, at least relative to the somewhat oxymoronic alternative of a person (somehow) trotting in a bog.
(4) "The Trunchbull paused to wipe a fleck of froth from her lips."
- We get a lot of humans being compared to animals in this book. In addition to Miss Trunchbull looking positively rabid here, she has "bull" in her name.
- Notably, or perhaps haphazardly, Dahl describes her as a "her" this time. She's usually denied any feminine descriptors or attributes.
(5) "The only thing [Bruce Bogtrotter] knew for certain was that the law forbade the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop..."
- Wait, so throwing girls around by the hair isn't against the law?
(6) "The boy was by now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you couldn't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer."
- Fun story, last time I went back to the Philippines I was allowed to pet Prony, the world's largest python. It felt like a sack full of Jell-O. So, while such squishy or gelatinous physiologies do exist in nature, I doubt it applies to humans.
- I mean, cake doesn't exactly pad or thicken your skull... though it might possibly dull some pain receptors.
(7) Miss Trunchbull to Matilda: "I shall make absolutely sure you are sent to a reformatory for delinquent girls for the minimum of forty years!"
- Possible, though at that point you'd really be stretching the definition of "girls."
(8) "'You have put a... a... a crocodile in my drinking water!' the Trunchbull yelled back. 'There is no worse crime in the world against a Headmistress!'"
- Aside from direct physical assault, perhaps so. Touché.
(9) We get more Biblical allusions, references to the miracles of Jesus and also the first day of Creation.
- I know I shouldn't be too shocked, but you just don't see this sort of open Bible talk in today's secular literature, let alone treating it as gospel truth.
(10) Re: Miss Honey: "These were wise words from a wise old bird, but Matilda was too steamed up to see it that way."
- "Old bird"? she's in her early twenties... which I suppose is quite old from a child's point of view.
(11) "Margarine, Matilda thought. [Miss Honey] really must be poor."
- It's interesting how it's not the dilapidated shack, nor the lack of any furniture or major appliances, nor Miss Honey having to bathe from a bucket, but having to settle for margarine instead of butter that brings it all home that Miss Honey is poor.
- It's actually a really poignant moment where, Matilda realizes that Miss Honey lives all alone in a run-down shack without running water, and how much more comfortable and objectively better off her own life is... specific family members notwithstanding.
- I don't know, I'm kind of disappointed Miss Honey's choice of bread spread isn't honey.

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