Charlie and the Chocolate factory is the first of 2 books written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. This book is about a boy named Charlie Bucket, who loves chocolate, but has a poor family that lives in a small, almost broken house at the edge of a town. In said town, is a huge chocolate factory run by famous Mr. Willy Wonka. One day, Willy Wonka sends out 5 golden tickets, the 5 children that find these golden tickets, would get a tour of his factory.
The finders of the golden tickets were, Augustus Gloop, a fat chocolate lover, then Veruca Salt, a rich spoiled brat, thirdly was Violet Bearugarde, a girl obsessed with chewing gum, fourthly was Mike Teavee, an ignorant T.V obsessed young boy, and then finally, poor Charlie Bucket who bought just 1 chocolate bar, and gets the final ticket. After the kids go into the factory, their ignorance gets them in a bit of trouble in different rooms of the factory. What will happen to them? What will happen to Charlie? Read the book to find out!
The book was descriptive, interesting and was quite unrealistic. The book was descriptive with how the words he used made you almost know exactly what the room, house or building looked like. The book was interesting because of how you learnt about the history of Willy Wonka, his factory, the children and how they got their tickets, Charlie Buckets family and what Charlies life was like. The book had many very strange and unrealistic moments, like an entire room being edible, or Willy Wonka building a kingdom made of chocolate for an Indian prince.
I thought the book was fantastic, the vocabulary was amazing, like most Roald Dahl books, but the ticket finders, except Charlie Bucket, are huge stereotypes and don’t have at least kind of likeable personalities. My favourite part of the book is at the beginning when Charlies grandpa tells him stories about Willy Wonka. I honestly didn’t dislike and parts of the book, the book was just excellent. I really wouldn’t change anything about the book, except add some likeable additions to some of the characters.
I would recommend this book to boys and girls ages 8+, there is no age limit, but there is an age minimum. The words in the book aren’t so complicated that an 8-year-old can read them, but they are really good. I would put this book in the genre of children’s, but anyone can read it.
Roald Dahl was born 13 September 1916 in Llandaff, Cardiff, United Kingdom, to 23 November 1990. His parents were Norwegian, and this was the language he spoke to his parents at home. In 1925, when Roald Dahl was 9-years-old, he attended St Peter’s boarding school, located in the English town of Weston-super-Mare In Boy.