As you may know, I'm reading this book. It's called Matilda and it's written by Roald Dahl!
Plot
The book i'm reading, is about a five year old girl, Matilda; she’s not like other five year old girls. The story is about her life in school and how he manages to live with her crazy family and her evil headmistress, also called the Trunchinbull. The book is exciting because you never know what happens next. But it’s not original there are so many other books that are almost exactly like this one. Roald Dahl’s books are all the same, and this one is no exception. There is not really a sub-plot. The only thing that might be a sup-plot is when Matilda’s friend Lavender adds a small animal in the Trunchinbull’s glass, but that’s only a few pages in the book so I don’t think it’s a sub-plot.
Setting
The story takes place in England, somewhere near London, in a small village. But I have no idea when it takes place. But it’s probably around 1960. The village is like a normal suburb. I get the feeling that it’s not really a nice place to live because it lives so many bad people there, but it does sound like a city that is for real. It’s not a fantasy world. But the author has not written much about it because it doesn’t really matter where it is. The story could take place in U.S.A, India or even here in Sweden. The writer really makes it feel like I’m there, watching Matilda. I love the way he does it. He describes every detail. Clothes, face, everything!
Characters
Matilda is the main character. But Miss Honey and The Trunchinbull are almost main characters. They are in the book almost all the time. They are, just like everyone else, very well drawn. Miss Honey is realistic, so is The Trunchinbull. But Matilda has magic powers. She can move things with her eyes, which is not realistic if you ask me. But that changes in the end. My favorite character is probably Bruce Bogtrotter. He’s a boy in Matilda’s school. He’s not in the book much but he managed to eat a whole chocolate cake. And that makes him my favorite!
This is the kind of cake that the Trunchinbull made Bruce eat, chocolate cake!
Theme
I don’t think it’s only one main theme in this book. I think it’s some hatred and some revenge but the author probably wrote it to amuse people. That’s revealed in the whole book. She talks about how her parents misbehaved when she was younger and how she hates her headmistress. But still, it’s not an original book. But the author did a very good job and he made it stand out a little bit.
Target audience/ Genre
This book is probably for young teenagers, or kids. I think between 8 and 14. It’s quite easy to read but I think it’s the story and the characters that will interest the readers and make them want to read more and more. As I said before, this book is written to amuse people, so the genre is probably humor. That's a very popular genre, that's one of the reasons it's not original
Personal response
I really liked this book. The main reason is the characters, they are so well described and they make the story even better! But there are many other reasons; I loved how I found out that two of the characters were related, like a total surprise! I loved how the teacher, Miss Honey, taught the children. Some parts that I like are the parts when Matilda makes the Trunchinbull or her dad look silly. But I have to say that my absolute favorite is when the Trunchinbull makes Bruce eat a whole chocolate cake, and he actually does it! I don’t like the part when the Trunchinbull accuses Matilda for something she hadn’t done. That makes me angry because I don’t like the Trunchinbull, but I do like Matilda! This book is a bit similar to other books by Roald Dahl. I think all of his books have the same genre, but they all have different stories. But it’s hard not to love Roald Dahl’s books, I really recommend this book. So if you haven’t read it already, do it!
I give this book 2 thums up! Great job Roald!
