Matilda

I read this to my two daughter they were 4 and 9 years old at the time and we really enjoyed it at times I had to stop reading and we would laugh and laugh, so I bought the book for my daughter to read to her 5 year old son and she was able to experience the same with him. Great book for generations

Read it to my four year old boy before bed. He enjoyed it and so did i. We will end up watching the movie next.

This is a book I hope girls of all ages find time to read. Roald Dahl is a topnotch author, but he is more of a deep thinker! He was well travelled, he himself experienced so many interesting ups and downs. He used words as simple as possible to tell more than just stories. Through his writing, he shares principles, he shows moral qualities, he guides readers by making smart choices not throwing some blunt actions. To me, the most meaningful aspect of his writing is how to bring seemingly dull moments in life to vivd pictures.

Matilda and Miss Honey are definitely overcomers. Despite all odds they not only persevere they manage without bitterness and find joy.

Okay, first off I don't know why it's taken me so long to read MATILDA. My only excuse? There are a lot of great middle grade books out there. However, every time I watch the Danny DeVito film version I promise myself I will read the book. So now I have. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely. I love Roald Dahl's whimsically fun voice. Is MATILDA perfect? Absolutely not. I know I am treading on hallowed ground with some people, and to those people I extend my heartfelt apologies, but for me MATILDA does have a few issues. The dialog is often stilted and unrealistic. Yes, I know it's a fantasy, but the characters should still speak like real human beings. The writing style is overly simplistic for today's middle grade reader, although I am certain it was appropriate for its time. It seems to have multiple antagonists. You think it's her father at first, then later on its the Trunchbull. Matilda's goal early on is ill-defined, and there is no central goal throughout the book. And finally, the ending is too abrupt for my taste. I would have loved for there to be a "...and they lived happily ever after...", or some such thing. As for the Matilda herself, I loved her character, but do we really want to teach kids that it is all right to take revenge on their parents if their parents do something they don't like? Yes, she had terrible parents, but that's poor justification. For all of these reasons I gave it four stars and not five, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. It is fun and funny, heartwarming and touching. Is it perfect? No. But I'll take a billion imperfectly perfect books just like it.

I have tried to get through Matilda, the movie (the original), and I was not engaged enough to find it interesting. I have yet to view the most recent adaptation, and I do not think I will. However, the book is superb! I expected nothing less from Roald Dahl and his eccentric ways of introducing characters and tying a reader to this story instantly. One moment, I thought I knew what would take place and the next moment, I was pleasantly surprised. Matilda is an empathetic, sweet, overly-intelligent, and compact grown-up who catches on quickly. She doesn't seem much like a child at all. And the adults in her life are all soulless, foul human beings--save for Ms. Jenny Honey. I wanted so badly for Ms. Trunchbull, the Headmistress of Matilda's school, to get her comeuppance, and when she did, I was elated! No child should experience what the children of that school endured by the abusive actions of the vulgar and heartless, Trunchbull. This is a captivating story of patience, resilience, determination, application of simple powers, and love. And when there's love, there's always a way. The ending is the cherry on top of the cake. And it brings the story together phenomenally. If you haven't read Matilda, I urge you to do so, and soon. You won't regret it.

You should read Matilda by Roald Dahl it will make you feel happy. They talk funny, like calling the principal the headmistress, but that did not bother me. It is a good book. Boys should read it. Girls should read it. Grown-ups should read it. Only people that hate children and are principals that pick kids up by their ears and throw them around should not read this book. Matilda is a nice kid and lives in a big and nice house. Her dad is a bad guy and he buys stolen cars and fixes them up. Matilda’s mom goes out to bingo every day and leaves her home alone. Matilda is a really smart kid. She is smarter than every kid in her school. She has read all the books in the local library. The coolest thing about Matilda is that she can move stuff with her eyes. Really. Listen to this from the book: “She concentrated the whole of her mind and her brain and her will up into her eyes….and then the millions of tiny invisible arms with hands on them were shooting towards the glass, and without making any sound at all she kept on shouting inside her head for the glass to go over. She saw it wobble, then it tilted, then it toppled right over and fell with a tinkle on the table-top not twelve inches from Miss Honey’s folded arms.” Miss Honey is very nice to kids of all ages. She is a very sweet person. Miss Honey is Matilda’s Kindergarten teacher. She wants to put Matilda in a class where she will actually learn something new. Miss Trunchbull would not allow that. So Miss Honey went to the other teachers and got Matilda some books to read. She let Matilda read during class. Miss Honey tries to protect the children. She says in the book: “A word of warning to you all … The Headmistress is very strict about everything. Make sure your clothes are clean, your faces are clean and your hands are clean. Speak only when spoken to. When she asks you a question, stand up at once before you answer it. Never argue with her. Never answer back. Never try to be funny. If you do you will make her angry, and when the Headmistress gets angry you had better watch out.” She tries to protect them but needs Matilda’s help. Miss Trunchbull is the principal of the school Matilda goes to. Miss Trunchbull is very mean to children. She picks them up by their ears and throws them around. She also picks them up by their hair and holds them there until they do what she says. She always screams at children instead of talking. The worst thing is that she does things so crazy that the school kid’s parents will never believe what the kids say and Miss Trunchbull will never get in trouble. But the very worst part is that she is the aunt of Matilda’s teacher, Miss Honey. Matilda always outsmarts Miss Trunchbull. Matilda made the chalk of the blackboard move by using her eyes. She made Miss Trunchbull think the ghost of Miss Honey’s father wrote her a note. It scared her so much she ran away. Roald Dahl wrote the book so it made me think I was really there. When he was 8 the principal hit him with a stick for putting a dead mouse in a jawbreaker jar. He was sent to boarding school and he missed his mom very much. He used his real life experience to make his book so very good.

Was inspired to read Dahl's works and this was a must!

Great book. Highly recommended. I'm enjoying it

En cours de perfectionnement en anglais, j'ai décidé de lire des livres pour enfants pour faciliter l'apprentissage du vocabulaire. Un livre accessible et terriblement drôle. À lire même adulte.

Nice book arrive ok and in good condition

This is a great classic story for any child or even adult to read. Matilda is a well written and handled story about abuse, justice, education, love, and power. The writing is quite clever and funny despite some darker themes: Matilda is an intelligent young girl who is mistreated and neglected by her family. Her new school headmistresses is also a cruel and abusive woman. Matilda uses her brilliant mind and new telekinetic powers to fight back against these abusers and get justice for herself and others.

Estoy muy emocionada porque es una buena forma de practicar inglés. Los libros llegaron en buen estado y antes de lo esperado, me trajo muchos recuerdos. Es una historia que ahora comparto con mis primos pequeños.