This was so bad. There's a reason this sequel was never made into a movie. It picks up right where the first book ended--with Charlie, his entire family, and Willy Wonka--flying above their town in the glass elevator. Then, for no reason really, they go into outer space. Half of the book is them in space, frightening the President of the United States and dealing with some rather dull space aliens, and the second half is back at the Chocolate Factory where the entire plot centers around Charlie's older grandparents who don't want to get out of bed. Seriously. It's so bad. To make everything even worse, Dahl is back to his racist tendencies that are way worse than Book #1. His depiction of the Chinese makes Mickey Rooney's Mr. Yunioshi from "Breakfast at Tiffanies" look culturally enlightened. It's only January 2nd but this will be a hard book to beat for my worst read of the year.

Haiyah...tidak ada yang biasa kalau sudah bersinggungan dengan Mr.Willy Wonka. Itu yang terjadi dengan charlie setelah dia mengunjungi Chocolate factory-nya.

Elevator yang seharusnya membawa Mr. Wonka dan keluarga charlie malah semakin naik naik naik dan naik terus sampai ke ruang angkasa hanya gara2 Mr. Wonka telat nekan tombol elevator ! *woalaaaaaaah* huahahahahaha...

Di angkasa pun tidak luput dari kejadian luar biasa. Mereka coba jadi orang pertama yang menginjak Space Hotel USA (pengarang ngarep bener punya hotel kek gini kali yah) daaaaaan berhadapan dengan mahluk paling jahat d semesta. Jangan ngakak berlebihan kalau mendapati unexpected Presiden Amerika plus penghuni white house di sini.

Lolos dari angkasa, Charlie masih harus menghadapi hal lain yang menyangkut keluarganya. Masa olooooooooh...Roald Dahl kalo ngarang bener2 total. Semuanya dia karang dengan sesuka suka hati. Keren keren keren

✩ 2.75 stars
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utterly bizarre & pointless.
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well, there’s 3 hours & 27 minutes i’m never getting back :/

Another reviewer has remarked that “if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Dahl at his best, then Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is Dahl at his worst.” Objectively, I would have to quite agree. This strange sequel about Charlie, Willy Wonka, Mr. Bucket, Mrs. Bucket, and the four grandparents accidentally going too far in the elevator, ending up in outer space, being mistaken for terrorists by the US Government, and avoiding man-eating aliens had me thoroughly scratching my head. It is a sequel that lacks all the magical charm of its predecessor. The narrative furthers the characters’ stories or arcs in absolutely no regard whatsoever. The work feels distinctly uninspired—as if Dahl had written it in mocking response to his publisher's pressure to write a sequel for his most popular book. And, to be honest, I would not be surprised if this had been exactly what had occurred. But you know what?

I greatly enjoyed Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator for the ludicrous, acid trip of a story that it was. Sometimes it is fun just to scratch your head and wonder what the heck an otherwise brilliant author might have been thinking when writing an acid trip of a book. Objectively, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is awful. Subjectively, I kinda sorta really like it . . . Or at least I think I do.

I am currently trying to read through all of Roald Dahl's books because growing up I loved the ones that I read. I originally read Charlie and the Chocolate factory when I was in middle school. I thought it was about time to finally read the second book.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was a very interesting book. It was not what I expected (for the first half of the book) and I was very disappointed by that. I felt like this book was two short stories combined. More than half of the book takes place in space and in an elevator. It has nothing to do with the Chocolate Factory at all. It felt like Roald Dahl used Charlie, his family and Willie Wanka as the characters in that "short story" because he didn't want to have to create background information on new people.

Then for the second half of the book they go back to the Factory and the Umpa Lumpas sang multiple songs. Nothing else that happened really had anything to do with the factory. The grandparents were affected by some of the candy, but that could have taken place anywhere.

This book was a much let down compared to the first book. The only reason it received 3 stars from me is because Roald Dahl is an amazing writer and can even make the worst books extremely readable and somewhat entertaining.

Nah!

Adventures in a Chocolate Factory were better than those with the aliens, I prefer Oompa-Loompas over Knids. And I think it was kind of a bit too shady for a Children's Book.
Certainly didn't feel as good a sequel to such a beautiful and magical creation as Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.

Ni prineti Čarliju i fabrici čokolade. Em se raspada u dva ne baš povezana dela (iako se sve dešava u toku nekoliko sati), em se Vonka ponaša još gore nego u prvoj knjizi, em ima ubačenu verovatno najodvratniju poučnu poemu koju sam čitala još od vremena Štruvelpetera - o devojčici koja je odjednom pojela sve bakine zalihe laksativa jer je mislila da su bombone. Prosto... nesmešno.

Dahl must have been on SO many drugs writing this. What a mess.

Charlie and the chocolate factory is one of my all time favorite movies (the one with Johnny Depp). That's a big thing for as I rarely manege to finish either a movie or a tv show. I've known about this second book for quite some time now and always wondered why they didn't make another movie with this book in mind. Unfortunately I'm not sure now either. It's an entertaining story as often with Roald Dahls story's and Quentin Blake's illustrations is simple but classic greatness. But I will not keep this story line as foundly in my heart as the factory one but I'll hope one there will be a movie with this one as well. But probably not with the same actors though

**3.5-stars**

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is cute and so silly. A great, fun, wacky, witty and energetic read for children.

While I don't feel the same pull, love, or nostalgia to this as I do to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I can still appreciate Dahl's imagination and ability to bring fiction to life.



I read this when I was a kid and I'm not sure I truly understood a lot of what was going on, as it does jump around quickly, and there's a bit of a Cold War humor undertone to it that I'm sure escaped me.

However, I'm not sure I tracked much more this time around in my 40s, though not necessarily for the same reasons.



I did love the incorporation of Charlie's family more, particularly when their ages were getting messed with towards the end by some of Wonka's inventions.

I did definitely miss the magic and wonder of the Chocolate Factory. There's something about the idea of those endless and impossible sweets that is sure to capture your heart. Also, I sort of missed the annoying other children.

Since Charlie is the best of the best though, it was nice to get to see him escape his previously tough life and go on a true adventure with his loved ones.



I love Charlie and Wonka. Classic characters for all time!

Unlike it's predecessor, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this book is probably a bit too far-fetched for it to grab the same amount of attention. It's an odd little book-it has some good moments and is written much in the same way as the first book-and his many others-but it definitely has it's faults.

Of-the-time-racism was probably the biggest one. It's difficult to critique something that was "okay" at the time of the book being published, but I can't help but think that perhaps that, along with the quite-too-much-whimsy storyline has contributed to this one being almost forgotten. There is still some great imagination, but there just seemed to be something completely lacking: possibly the very flimsy and thin plot and the rather annoying characters of Charlie's bed-ridden grandparents.

It was, however, mercifully short and a nice quick read that took me away from the heavy and serious Classics for a while, which is always great. I'm sure children will enjoy it immensely, though I'd perhaps be a bit vigilante when it comes to the jokes about the Chinese.


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