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Completely Unexpected Tales
by Roald Dahl
I love short stories, especially with a good little twist st the end. When I was a child I was a HUGE Roald Dahl fan – I had every book he had written for children, and as I got older, I started to read his books for adults. I read Kiss, Kiss and Tales of the Unexpected years ago, and decided to pick this up at my local bookshop a few weeks ago.
There are 25 short stories, filled with bizarre death, strange experiments, tattoos, odd relationships and weird characters – most of them disguised by the ordinary day to day life, which makes the twists even more strange.
Some of these stories I could remember before I even picked up the book – 2 in particular – William and Mary and Royal Jelly. I am not going to describe any of these stories in detail because they are so good to read unspoiled. These two were particularly creepy, and for some reason had stuck in my head for a good 15 years.
Many of the others I remembered in part and was still startled by the ending – some I could remember once I started reading. All in all though I really enjoyed reading these stories despite having read them before (albeit 15 years ago!)
All of these stories have that lovely little twist of the macabre that Roald Dahl writes so well. His books remind me of childhood as they were such a huge part, and his stories for adults have not been a disappointment at all. His style is brilliant, easy to read but so descriptive, I can see the places in my head, I know what the characters look like – and he slowly leads you in engrossed to the very end.
These stories are very entertaining – and there’s a lot of black comedy in these too. I’m keen to find some more Roald Dahl stories written for adults so hopefully I’ll be reviewing more in the future. Go out and buy this book – it’s not for the faint hearted but it’s very good!
There are 25 short stories, filled with bizarre death, strange experiments, tattoos, odd relationships and weird characters – most of them disguised by the ordinary day to day life, which makes the twists even more strange.
Some of these stories I could remember before I even picked up the book – 2 in particular – William and Mary and Royal Jelly. I am not going to describe any of these stories in detail because they are so good to read unspoiled. These two were particularly creepy, and for some reason had stuck in my head for a good 15 years.
Many of the others I remembered in part and was still startled by the ending – some I could remember once I started reading. All in all though I really enjoyed reading these stories despite having read them before (albeit 15 years ago!)
All of these stories have that lovely little twist of the macabre that Roald Dahl writes so well. His books remind me of childhood as they were such a huge part, and his stories for adults have not been a disappointment at all. His style is brilliant, easy to read but so descriptive, I can see the places in my head, I know what the characters look like – and he slowly leads you in engrossed to the very end.
These stories are very entertaining – and there’s a lot of black comedy in these too. I’m keen to find some more Roald Dahl stories written for adults so hopefully I’ll be reviewing more in the future. Go out and buy this book – it’s not for the faint hearted but it’s very good!