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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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bookshelves: read-in-2025, 100-199-pp, author-british, ebook-overdrive, era-cold-war, format-illustrated, genre-childrens, genre-juvenile-fantasy, z-saturday
Dec 18, 2024
bookshelves: read-in-2025, 100-199-pp, author-british, ebook-overdrive, era-cold-war, format-illustrated, genre-childrens, genre-juvenile-fantasy, z-saturday
(A-) 84% | Very Good
Notes: All whimsy, vim, if pretty Grimm, on getting just desserts, where self-control's a safety goal and manners never hurt.
*Check out progress updates for detailed commentary: (view spoiler)
Notes: All whimsy, vim, if pretty Grimm, on getting just desserts, where self-control's a safety goal and manners never hurt.
*Check out progress updates for detailed commentary: (view spoiler)
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Reading Progress
December 18, 2024
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December 18, 2024
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to-read
December 18, 2024
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read-in-2025
December 18, 2024
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100-199-pp
December 18, 2024
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author-british
December 18, 2024
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ebook-overdrive
December 18, 2024
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era-cold-war
December 18, 2024
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format-illustrated
December 18, 2024
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genre-childrens
December 18, 2024
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genre-juvenile-fantasy
January 11, 2025
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Notes:
(1) One of my yearly reading goals is to finish at least one "household name" novel.
- I don't mean the YA novel de jour practically no one outside Goodreads has even heard of. I mean a novel pretty much everyone's heard of.
- For various reasons, everyone's heard of this book.
(2) I've never seen either film, nor any adaptation, so this will be completely new to me."
Notes:
(1) One of my yearly reading goals is to finish at least one "household name" novel.
- I don't mean the YA novel de jour practically no one outside Goodreads has even heard of. I mean a novel pretty much everyone's heard of.
- For various reasons, everyone's heard of this book.
(2) I've never seen either film, nor any adaptation, so this will be completely new to me."
January 12, 2025
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Started Reading
January 14, 2025
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36.0%
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Notes:
(1) For Charlie, unlike the other children, buying chocolate bars expressly to find a Golden Ticket didn't work. It was only when he was at the point of starvation and bought the chocolate for food did he ultimately find one.
- It's a double-whammy, conflating our good feeling about him finally finding a ticket with him overcoming starvation.
(Continued in comments)"
Notes:
(1) For Charlie, unlike the other children, buying chocolate bars expressly to find a Golden Ticket didn't work. It was only when he was at the point of starvation and bought the chocolate for food did he ultimately find one.
- It's a double-whammy, conflating our good feeling about him finally finding a ticket with him overcoming starvation.
(Continued in comments)"
January 15, 2025
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62.0%
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Notes:
(1) "'Are the Oompa-Loompas really joking, Grandpa?' asked Charlie. 'Of course they're joking,' answered Grandpa Joe. 'They must be joking. At least, I hope they're joking. Don’t you?'"
- Grandpa Joe's "I hope they're joking" signals that they may not be. It casts an ominous sliver of doubt over the Oompa-Loompas and by extension Willy Wonka.
(Continued in comments)"
Notes:
(1) "'Are the Oompa-Loompas really joking, Grandpa?' asked Charlie. 'Of course they're joking,' answered Grandpa Joe. 'They must be joking. At least, I hope they're joking. Don’t you?'"
- Grandpa Joe's "I hope they're joking" signals that they may not be. It casts an ominous sliver of doubt over the Oompa-Loompas and by extension Willy Wonka.
(Continued in comments)"
January 15, 2025
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Finished Reading
January 16, 2025
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90.0%
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Notes:
(1) The Oompa-Loompas get drunk on butterscotch and buttergin.
- Predictable, really. They're quite literally lightweights.
- Makes me wonder if Hogwarts students regularly get drunk on butterbeer.
- This story's definitely got Grimm sensibilities. Outright drunkenness or alcoholism isn't something you really see in modern children's fiction.
(Continued in comments)"
Notes:
(1) The Oompa-Loompas get drunk on butterscotch and buttergin.
- Predictable, really. They're quite literally lightweights.
- Makes me wonder if Hogwarts students regularly get drunk on butterbeer.
- This story's definitely got Grimm sensibilities. Outright drunkenness or alcoholism isn't something you really see in modern children's fiction.
(Continued in comments)"
January 21, 2025
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z-saturday
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One of my childhood favorites. Your review made me so nostalgic. It’s obvious that reading it as an adult reveals layers that were missed as a kid. Great review!
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JW wrote: "One of my childhood favorites. Your review made me so nostalgic. It’s obvious that reading it as an adult reveals layers that were missed as a kid. Great review!"Thanks, JW! Happy you enjoyed it! Unfortunately, the film was before my time and so I never experienced it as a kid nor was I any sort of reader growing up and never read the book either. You're definitely right about the book having layers, I think it's one of those stories that hits kids and adults very differently :)
I saw of lot of Dahl influence when I read the first HP book.
Audrey wrote: "I saw of lot of Dahl influence when I read the first HP book."This is my first Dahl book, and I'm sure the more I read of his work the more I'll see his fingerprints all over, not just Rowling's work, but probably a lot of author's I've read.
