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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
This was put on our battle list this year. I found it extremely boring. Here's hoping the kids like it better than I did.
Adult - 3 stars
Kids - 4 stars
The Chocolate Touch, published in 1952, is a charming children's book that, despite showing its age in some aspects, captivated my young readers. The story revolves around John Midas, a boy who loves chocolate so much that he gains the ability to turn everything he touches into chocolate. The core message about greed and the importance of moderation remains relevant. Though reflective of its time, the narrative is laced with humor and heart, engaging kids with its magical realism and imaginative plot. Even as it approaches its seventh decade, the book maintains its appeal through its whimsical storytelling and moral lesson, making it an enjoyable and educational read for a new generation.
Kids - 4 stars
The Chocolate Touch, published in 1952, is a charming children's book that, despite showing its age in some aspects, captivated my young readers. The story revolves around John Midas, a boy who loves chocolate so much that he gains the ability to turn everything he touches into chocolate. The core message about greed and the importance of moderation remains relevant. Though reflective of its time, the narrative is laced with humor and heart, engaging kids with its magical realism and imaginative plot. Even as it approaches its seventh decade, the book maintains its appeal through its whimsical storytelling and moral lesson, making it an enjoyable and educational read for a new generation.
good retelling of the Midas and the Golden Touch...think my book group really caught on to the fact that the main character was being selfish and greedy at the start of the story and that he needed to start thinking about other people
I never got to read this book when I was a kid because I didn't have much money to buy it and it wasn't available at the school library. But I remember looking at the cover longingly. A young boy kissing his mother on the cheek...but the mother had turned to chocolate! Must've been a fascinating take on King Midas' touch.
John is a little shit of a boy, but when he began tasting nothing but chocolate, I felt jealous. Just a bit. I would love it if everything I ate tasted like the Hershey's milk chocolate. But then like John, I also realized the disadvantage to this. You see, I once LOVED dark chocolate. My stepdad got wind of this, so he started giving me bars of dark chocolate almost every day. Sweet man, he is. But after a few weeks of nonstop dark chocolate, I grew tired of it. Now, I can no longer stomach dark chocolate. This is what happened to John. Too much of something is bad enough, according to the Spice Girls. And I would just hate it if I grew tired of Hershey's milk chocolate.
The ending fell a bit flat for me. But it's a children's book, so whatever.
John is a little shit of a boy, but when he began tasting nothing but chocolate, I felt jealous. Just a bit. I would love it if everything I ate tasted like the Hershey's milk chocolate. But then like John, I also realized the disadvantage to this. You see, I once LOVED dark chocolate. My stepdad got wind of this, so he started giving me bars of dark chocolate almost every day. Sweet man, he is. But after a few weeks of nonstop dark chocolate, I grew tired of it. Now, I can no longer stomach dark chocolate. This is what happened to John. Too much of something is bad enough, according to the Spice Girls. And I would just hate it if I grew tired of Hershey's milk chocolate.
The ending fell a bit flat for me. But it's a children's book, so whatever.
I liked it ok, but Houston loved it. LOVED it. The whole way through, he begged for me to read just one more chapter...until we got to the end. Then, just before the last chapter, he wanted me to stop reading so that we wouldn't actually be finished with the book.
So i'm giving it 4 stars. Not for me so much as for my 5-year-old son.
So i'm giving it 4 stars. Not for me so much as for my 5-year-old son.
My six- and eight-year-olds gave it 5 stars. We listened to the audiobook and they enjoyed it.
I never read this book as a child, but had the opportunity to read it with my daughter. It’s a heavy-handed moral lesson that is starting to show its age. Nevertheless we felt for the main character and were glad when his troubles were resolved in the end.
