690 reviews for:

Esio Trot

Roald Dahl

3.51 AVERAGE

bookishlylit_'s review against another edition

1.0

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Horrible message. Painful. Good thing it only took about 10-15 minutes to read max.

olonion's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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: N/A

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A terrible, terrible book that teaches how it is ok to lie, it promotes decieving, manipulation and animal slavery. 

rochelle_i_am's review against another edition

5.0

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Pretty cute. Super easy read. Happy ending.

winterbat's review against another edition

4.0

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3 1/2 stars

This is a love story with a Dahl spin on it. So you know that it’s funny but messed up when you think about it. “Nothing good will come from dishonesty,” until it does apparently.

This story also reuses a trick from The Twits, even reuses the same simile describing it.

andeaclark's review against another edition

4.0

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We started with this book as our first read aloud of the year with my 3rd/4th classroom. The kids really enjoyed it, and so did I. It's a love story, but an unconventional. Mr. Hoppy does something unusual to get his neighbor to fall in love with him. The kids thought it was very funny!

brickslayer's review against another edition

4.0

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Mr Hoppy is a skilled and ambitious fabricator. I don’t understand why he didn’t put those skills to used build Alfie a sweet tortoise house rather than building a marriage on a lie. While the author doesn’t say as much, I don’t think things end well for Mr and Mrs Hoppy.

servane_m's review against another edition

5.0

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Delightful and cynical at the same time. Pure Dahl!

enitsujn's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hopeless_salad's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

deadlibros's review against another edition

1.5

lighthearted sad 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: Yes