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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Infertility, Blood, Alcohol
Taste 4.5
Lamb to the slaughter 4
Man from the south 1.25
My lady love, my dove 2
Dip in the pool 2
Galloping Foxley 3.5
Skin 3
Neck 2
Nunc Dimittis 3.75
The landlady 5
William and Mary 5
The way up to heaven 3
Parson's pleasure 3.5
Mrs. Bixty and the Colonel's coat 5
Royal jelly 1.25
Edward the Conqueror 0.5
Lamb to the slaughter 4
Man from the south 1.25
My lady love, my dove 2
Dip in the pool 2
Galloping Foxley 3.5
Skin 3
Neck 2
Nunc Dimittis 3.75
The landlady 5
William and Mary 5
The way up to heaven 3
Parson's pleasure 3.5
Mrs. Bixty and the Colonel's coat 5
Royal jelly 1.25
Edward the Conqueror 0.5
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i really liked the punchlines in most stories but god the men in this are almost always insufferable. like literally just…stop telling your wives to shut up…ughh…so annoying. the women were mostly not much better lmfao but at least they weren't all bigots 🙄 also dahl himself was problematic so i don't know why i found this surprising at all smh
funny
tense
medium-paced
Es bastante distinto al Roald Dahl que yo recordaba de "Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate" o "Matilda" ya que son relatos para un público más adulto, pero sí que me ha recordado en algunas cosas con ciertos personajes y situaciones surrealistas.
Humor negro, ironía y finales inesperados... No es para todo el mundo, a mí al principio me ha costado pero tiene algún relato que me ha gustado bastante.
Humor negro, ironía y finales inesperados... No es para todo el mundo, a mí al principio me ha costado pero tiene algún relato que me ha gustado bastante.
Loved this book, really dark and twisted short stories that made me laugh, wince, grimace and smirk. Really intrigued to look into more of Dahl's writing for adults!
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very mixed bag. They are all very well constructed stories, and Dahl knows how to keep the tension, but I only liked some of these. There's a lot of sexist stereotypes in this as well, but the stories were published between the 50s and the 80s, so I kept going anyway. I wouldn't say I hated this reading experience, but it was like a rollercoaster: some of these I liked, and some I didn't.
Roald Dahl is one of the only writers who I feel truly understands dark humor.
There is an art to making macabre, sadistic, murderous tales funny. He gets it.
There is an art to making macabre, sadistic, murderous tales funny. He gets it.
Never as good as the first time. My premature senility was an aid as I remembered very few of these stories. They were just not as good as I remembered. But still an entertaining read over the holidays.