Review: #408
Title: The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories
Series: N/A
Author: Roald Dahl
Read Before: yes
My Comments: A very nice collection of thirteen short stories, the majority of them works well and are interesting (only three are somewhat different and can be hard to understand). A common theme seems to be that there would be a twist at the end. You would read the story and feel that you can’t wait until the end where the author would pull something that would be ironic or revealing. Most of the time, the ending to these stories are satisfying. My favourite short stories would probably be “Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat” and “Parson’s Pleasure”. The idea for these stories may not be very fantastical, but the way the author has presented them and wrapped it into a story is remarkable and unique. Somehow he managed to make one idea into an enjoyable read.
Rating: 6.5/10