Reviews - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

My almost 6 year old daughter cried when the golden ticket wasn't in charlie's first chocolate bar. She giggled throughout the book and cried again at the end because the story was over! I guess we will need to read the glass elevator soon! This is a wonderful story and neither of the movies did it justice.

Read this again with my younger daughter who just turned 6! She enjoyed it as much as her big sister did. Then we watched the movie (Gene Wilder version) as a family. So fun.

aconstellationoftomes's review against another edition

3.0

I've read this book before and I know the story, but I was still affected by the whimsy and wonder.

While Charlie Bucket might be the titular character, the scene-stealer is Mr. Willy Wonka, who is charismatic, enigmatic, brilliant, quirky and crazy. His factory is inventive beyond imagination - full of sugar and endless possibilities. Unfortunately, some aspects of this book hasn't aged well.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is imaginative, dark and whimsical.

need_mor3_b00ks's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

frizzred's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

sara_emelie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

It was quite similar to the movie, I personally thought. But my favorite scene is probably the scene with the girl who wants a squirrel, I've always thought that scene was funny (I think so anyway).

Maybe the second classic I've read since I started reading. The first was a book we read in Swedish 2, called The Rescuers written by J.D. Salinger (the original language is probably in English).

I'm pretty proud of myself for having read Charlie and the Factory because it's a movie most people have watched at some point in their lives, but I would recommend the book too because it's quite similar to the movie, in my opinion.

jwfolker's review against another edition

4.0

Read Patrick Rothfuss' review. It's right on.

cphenly's review against another edition

5.0

I dragged my copy of this book out (yes, the 1964 edition, acquired new!) after seeing the modern stage musical (really really mediocre) and rewatching the two movie versions (pretty mediocre). I'd like to see the Gene Wilder script with the Johnny Depp sets, but the Gene Wilder film is cheesy and the Johnny Depp one is just weird--lots of added backstory. The book, of course, is the gem of the whole lot. And it holds up quite well more than 50 years after it was written.

indigoprice's review against another edition

Reading this to the kid I work with- he liked it

“i would give it five stars cause i liked it so much at the end and i would say actually another one, one star, i’ve actually not read it in a long time before you read it to me”

sam_mcpher's review against another edition

4.75

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A classic

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