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lisadee 's review for:
Tales of the Unexpected
by Roald Dahl
Dahl was my favorite author as a child. I loved "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". So when looking for books of short stories I was happy to find this collection from Dahl.
Compared to the childhood classics this book of tales is much more disturbing as each tale is some sort of twisted story of people doing disturbing things such as the man in "Man from the South" who makes bets, and demands a finger as payment if the bet is lost. Some are tragic irony, some are demonstrating the dangers of gambling.
It was a good book to pick up in between books, and will forever change the way I think about my favorite childhood author.
Compared to the childhood classics this book of tales is much more disturbing as each tale is some sort of twisted story of people doing disturbing things such as the man in "Man from the South" who makes bets, and demands a finger as payment if the bet is lost. Some are tragic irony, some are demonstrating the dangers of gambling.
It was a good book to pick up in between books, and will forever change the way I think about my favorite childhood author.