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faithfulflora's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, and Suicide
unusuallyy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Death, and Suicide
idesofmarch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Gaslighting
Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide
the_true_monroe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Body shaming
Minor: Gaslighting, Ableism, Suicide, Murder, and Confinement
maseface's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Matilda is the hero every single abused and neglected child needs.
Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Death of parent
scarlettoliver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse
Minor: Confinement, Murder, and Torture
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
this book was also hilarious, morbidly so at some parts. dahl's frequent themes of the importance of and love for children, and the failure of adults and the system are once again explored here. my one critcism, however--and this pertains to dahl's other books as well--would be the fact that it negatively reinforces the correlation between a person's physical appearance and their morality, and the fact that many of dahl's antagonists are women, which is a tad disappointing.
Graphic: Child abuse and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
meaghanelizabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse
Minor: Suicide and Murder
rini's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Antisemitism, Murder, and Suicide