An endlessly satisfying pro-animal tale - audiobooking this while on a run in natural environment is highly recommended!

I never got around to reading this one as a kid - the library didn't have a copy and it looks like I never found it in a second-hand bookstore. Did I miss out on anything? No.

The Magic Finger is the story of an unnamed girl. The girl has a magic finger which blasts people for being asses. There's a little backstory, how she got her teacher, and then it's onto the main event - a hunter and his boys who shoot ducks. This makes the girl angry!

Simple, moral, a touch of Dahl. But, despite the title, no magic - no Dahl magic. It amused me for about 20 minutes, and the baby was quiet for 20 minutes. But it's no Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

That is one magic finger. I'm glad it turned out alright in the end. I think she could use that magic finger on the NRA people.

I just listened to this on YouTube ... another brilliant story from Roald Dahl.

It's almost tradition that the first book of the year is one by Roald Dahl. This year, I've chosen a book about an 8-year-old girl that remains unnamed (first-person narrator), who lives next door to a family with two boys. Both boys go hunting with their dad every day, which doesn't sit right with the girl since killing animals just for fun is wrong (I completely agree).
But this is no normal girl because she has the titular magic finger and when she gets angry ...


The story is a classic but no less wonderful tale of the value of life and how humans often think animals less. As usual in Roald Dahl's stories, they are being taught the error of their ways - and in a pretty funny way too. This is one of his shorter stories but has immediately become one of my favourites!

As usual, I have the edition with Quentin Blakes wonderful black-and-white illustrations that not only capture the spirit of the story but also its fine, schadenfreude-laden humour. A wonderful way to start the New Year.

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In three words: endearing, funny, quick.

“‘Oh, that Magic Finger!’ I cried. 'What has it done to my friends?’"

I hunted for a Roald Dahl book to read for September (in anticipation of Roald Dahl Day on the author’s birthday, 13 September), and ended up finding The Magic Finger at home, tucked away on a rather neglected bookshelf.

This book tells the tale of a little girl with a Magic Finger; when she gets angry, her Magic Finger flashes and the person (or people) her anger is directed at get punished. In this story, the people who get punished are her neighbours, the Greggs - they hunt animals, which the narrator doesn’t agree with at all.

This book is incredibly short, so it’s a really fast read. Overall, it’s very enjoyable - it’s such a ridiculous and funny tale, and the moral of the story is great. Compared to what I remember of Dahl favourites like Matilda and George’s Marvellous Medicine though, The Magic Finger doesn’t have a lot of depth and it was over far too quickly for the story to have much impact on me.

Recommended for: people looking for a quick-to-read and fun children’s tale with a good moral.

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Review also posted here.

3.75
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I finished The Magic Finger by Raold Dahl in only 28 minutes! It's great! I have whole set of Roald Dahl books! And I have seen most of the movies!

Stay out of her way - or she'll zap you! The book The Magic Finger is a wonderful story about controlling your temper from the ever-exuberant and humorous Roald Dahl. Up there in the second tier of my favourite Dahl books!

The Magic Finger was another long distance buddy read with my seven year old niece, Daisy. We both enjoyed this, but not as much as Esio Trot. Daisy loved that Mr and Mrs Gregg changed their surname to Egg. We both thought it was a shame that Girl didn’t have a proper name of her own, so we decided to call her Maddy Finkley, as it sounds a little bit like magic finger. I can certainly think of a few occasions in the past when a magic finger would have come in useful. Overall, this was a 4 star read for both of us.

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