Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - Review

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I've just finished rereading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and I loved it! It's such a fun children's story and I'm glad I've been able to revisit this story and these characters.

If somehow you don't know what Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about (where have you been your whole life?!?!?), it's about a little boy called Charlie who is very poor. His family don't have a lot at all and they live off very little food as they can't afford enough to properly feed everyone in their household.

However one day on the news the family sees that the very famous chocolatier Willy Wonka has placed 5 Golden Tickets under the wrappers of 5 ordinary Wonka Bars around the world and the 5 lucky finders of these tickets will visit the chocolate factory for one whole day!

Unfortunately for Charlie he only gets one Wonka Bar each year (on his birthday) as himself and his family can't afford to buy them all of the time. So for Charlie, the chances of him finding a Golden Ticket are incredibly unlikely. However when he finds some money on the street, he runs straight to the shop to buy a Wonka Bar, and low and behold the final Golden Ticket is inside!

So Charlie and the 4 other children (who are all incredibly spoilt and repulsive little children, nothing like Charlie at all) all go to the chocolate factory for one whole day and while there see the most amazing sites! However not all the children are sensible and so they are disappearing all of the time.

What they don't realise is that not only will they all receive a lifetimes supply of chocolate, but one lucky child will also receive a present that is beyond their wildest imaginations!

I loved this story so much and like I said before, I'm so glad I revisited it. It's such a fantastic, imaginative story and nobody could have told it better than Roald Dahl himself. The imagination this author has is incredible and he is definitely one of my all time favourite children's authors.

I love how each of the characters in this story have their own personalities and even though a lot of them are horrible and spoilt, you can't help but love reading about them. They made me laugh at how stupid they were and it was great to see that they all got what was coming to them in the end.

Charlie Bucket is one of the sweetest characters I've ever read about. He isn't like the other children at all. He is such a lovely and kind boy and is so generous. He even tries to share his birthday chocolate with him family even though he only gets one bar a year as that's all they can afford.

Willy Wonka is such a unique character and has such different qualities about him. He is quirky and funny and a bit silly which sounds like characteristics a lot of people can have, but he's written in such a way that makes him so different I don't think I'll ever find a character like him.

The storyline is also so fun and engaging and had me smiling and laughing throughout. It's such a perfect children's story but also fantastic for adults to revisit and relive their childhood.

Rating /5

5

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx