161 reviews for:

Tales of the Unexpected

Roald Dahl

4.0 AVERAGE

whippycleric's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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As with a lot of sorry story collections this was a mixed bag. The writing style throughout was great and each story was easy to read. Given the title of the book and the aims of each story I feel it necessary to judge each by its ending and this where we find the mix. Some were a little predictable which were disappointing, some confusing and others confounding. Royal jelly and Mrs bixby were great, but not too surprising in their conclusion. William and Mary was particularly well done with a satisfying ending and neck was particularly disturbing. I'd love to read a whole novel of Dahls non children fiction if there is any, if not I'll pick up some more of his short stories in the future. 

galpf1's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

jordan06's review against another edition

4.0

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It was a bunch of weird stories. I didn't read them all bc there's like 20. They were kinda messed up but funny.

eilidhgilmourr's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

azahara's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

emeraldrose809's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mrshoney1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark relaxing medium-paced

itsthefluorescents's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

marykl's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

amy1980's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was funny, dark and often surprising!