Maybe, just maybe 2.5 stars...

So far I’m not impressed with Dahl’s work. Or maybe I am just too old to enjoy it now...

Too many unnecessary silliness and craziness and yes, even plain mocking for my taste.

Ended up almost hating the elderly characters...

As we last seen the mighty, marvelous, wizard , Willy Wonka and his sidekick Charlie floating high in the sky, ( blue in color if you are curious, what else? ) in the stupendous... the Great Glass Elevator of the previous book, we wonder where in the world are they going? Not exactly there, someplace better for certain, but first, on board the magical contraption are of course...Willy...Charlie... the boy's parents Mr. and Mrs. Bucket ( not important enough to be given their proper names) and the four aged grandparents of the kid, the duo and the machine, had picked up...Still in the beloved ancient bed, pardon me, old Grandpa Joe is walking, sauntering in truth and has left his friends. Getting back to the adventure Wonka says he needs to travel to outer space and gain tremendous speed in the descent, to punch a large hole in his chocolate factory's roof in order to reenter the building, seems very extreme and a little dangerous the old, grumpy folks feel, they like the calm, peaceful atmosphere ... none here...and quite expensive I think to repair, however it's his edifice. Yet Mr. Willy Wonka makes Edison look like an amateur inventor next to him, this man or is he? Has everything needed for survival, let us continue this gentleman's escapades, he knows it all, Charlie believes...never gets nervous in a tight situation, unflappable always as they, the others scream in terror at the sight of thousands of evil Vermicious Knids trying to crush them, hundreds of miles above in Earth orbit. What you don't know what these creatures are? Shame on you, I take that back, few people do...picture a large egg with two menacing looking eyes , who later transform themselves into even bigger, uglier snakes. This ... silly... misunderstanding occurred because the people from the glass elevator wanted to be the first guests in the brand new glorious Space Hotel, these aliens from a planet millions of light- years away got there before, unwelcome though since not one is paying a dime, for accommodations, to be fair, the same applies equally, to the beings from the chocolate factory, however Mr. Wonka has plenty of money, he is definitely not a gatecrasher he says ...and will pay all expenses incurred. The real guests are being brought up by American astronauts and the hotel staff also, over 140 total, imagine the shock seeing Willy and Co. and these things floating around in unhealthy space... battling each other, now the snakes, trying to kill both groups, the new visitors, are not amused or believers for a while.. .yet will be soon...Houston thinks they the astronauts , have gone completely nuts describing the action, as the undaunted Willy Wonka fights back, additionally the old, petrified people inside the glass elevator, help if possible. I trust the heroes will get on solid ground in a short time, but this is debatable...A good sequel to the classic book , well worth the trouble to read... for the young at heart. And those a tiny bit older ...all are welcomed without a doubt too.

This was such a fun story! I listened to the audiobook via Overdrive and the narrator did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life! It's silly, but sometimes we just need a light children's story to make us laugh. If you're thinking about rereading this, do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobook.

E anche questa avventura insieme a Charlie e il Signor Wonka giunge al suo termine. Che dire ?

SONO STRABILIATA

I much preferred Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to this book, but Sonny loved it and laughed all the way through as we were reading it together, so it gets his 5-star-rating instead of my less enthusiastic 3-stars. :)

سرگرم کننده؟ بامزه؟ نمی‌دونم. فقط می‌دونم به قدرت چارلی و کارخانه شکلات سازی نبود‌. البته خب، شاید بچه ها دوستش داشته باشن ولی برای من حتی خنده دارم نبود...

+آقای ونکا شانه هایش را تکان داد و پشتش را کرد به آن ها. از آدم های خودخواه و فرصت طلب خوشش نمی‌آمد. به خودش گفت:" بذار بزنن تو سر و کله‌شون." و راهش را کشید و رفت. قدم زنان رفت طرف آبشار شکلاتی. پیش خودش فکر می‌کرد که چقدر بد است که وقتی پای چیزی درمیان است، مردم به جان هم می‌افتند. بیشتر دعواهای مردم سر پول است. کاری که آدم ها می‌توانند در حق هم بکنند، از هیچ پولی ساخته نیست...

חביב, אבל הרבה פחות מוצלח מהספרים האחרים שלו. לילדים בלבד.

آقای رولد دال، من خیلی بهتون ارادت دارم. ولی اگه چیز خنده داری هست به مام بگید بخندیم.
این چی بود نوشتی آخه مرد مومن؟ خیلی بی نمک و گیج و شلوغ بود.
ببخشید ولی دوسش نداشتم.

So, basically, I remembered nothing about this book. I’m not even sure if I did actually read it back in the day (I claim in 1979!). At any rate, it’s just as crazy as all the rest of Dahl’s books and as such delightful. It was great fun reading it aloud to my son.

Ο Νταλ εμπνέεται από το παγκόσμιο ενδιαφέρον εκείνης της εποχής (1972) για τα διαστημικά ταξίδια, όπως και από την ροπή της λογοτεχνίας προς την επιστημονική φαντασία, οπότε και γράφει το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο, το οποίο διαφέρει από όλα τα υπόλοιπά του. Αποτελεί συνέχεια του 'Τσάρλι και το εργοστάσιο της σοκολάτας' και βραβεύτηκε το 1978 με το 'Nene Award', ωστόσο συνεχίζει να διχάζει το αναγνωστικό κοινό λόγω της 'υπερβολικής' του ιστορίας που δεν δείχνει να 'θέλει' να εμβαθύνει, ιδιαίτερα, στους χαρακτήρες.

Ανεξάρτητα από όλα αυτά, όμως, το βιβλίο έχει αρκετές χιουμοριστικές 'στιγμές' και διαλόγους, ιδιαίτερα, μεταξύ του Προέδρου και της αυστηρής Αντιπροέδρου των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών ή μεταξύ των παππούδων και γιαγιάδων του Τσάρλι, ενώ η ιστορία 'ξετυλίγεται' σαν κινηματογραφικό παραμύθι.

Διασκεδάζει μικρούς και μεγάλους άνετα μέσα στη περίοδο της καραντίνας.

Βαθμολογία: 4/5 ή 8/10.

Not really easy to compare this followup to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This one was fun with the same characters, but nowhere near as surprising and magical as the first book. Only for the hardcore "need to read everything by Dahl" fan.

I only wish Charlie had more adventures with Mr. Wonka. lovely book.