Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

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Rating: 4/5

Summary:

Young Charlie Bucket wins a chance to tour Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, with four other children, when he purchased a chocolate bar that had a "golden ticket" inside. The group of children and guardians tour the factory, where they see the top-secret, magical processes by which Willy Wonka makes his delicious candy. Specifically, they see the Oompa Loompas make the candy and mete out judgments against misbehaving children.

Strengths:

Charlie Bucket and his family are poor, honest, and likeable. And in the time-honored tradition of poor/honest/likeable folks, Charlie goes through the usual pangs of hunger, desperation and out-of-reach cravings before he finally hits pay-dirt (read: chocolate). There is also a candy maker - Mr.Willy Wonka. Mr.Wonka is an eccentric genius who owns the greatest chocolate factory in the world. But fear of rivals and spies has made him keep the factory hidden from public-eye.

Weaknesses:

Each child-parent set reveals its dysfunction. Indeed, the non-Charlie children are so loathsome that their various "punishments" seem deserved. These are staged as song-and-dance numbers by the Oompa Loompas

My Opinion:

This book is the most imaginative, funniest, brilliant and amazing. They go on an unforgettable adventure, with mistakes and big troubles. Charlie is poor, and his house with his big family is just a small shack. When his Grandpa gives him a chocolate bar and he finds a golden ticket hidden inside, he goes on a magical adventure. Its amazing, classic.