Matilda

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User Review - Shahnareads - LibraryThing

Finally finished this! Yay! It was adorable. I don't see why people complain about the movie, it was pretty close. Now the Broadway on the other hand, the book had nothing to do with that. So much craziness in the Broadway. But I loved that, so I don't even care. Read full review

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User Review - danaenicole - LibraryThing

In some ways, this is a tough book to read as an adult. Matilda herself is so sweet and smart and lovable. It's so frustrating that her family is horrible and her principal is cruel. Then you're so ... Read full review

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User Review - hlevy - LibraryThing

What a wonderful book! In this story of good vs. evil but with funny twists throughout. Roald Dahl, as is his style, has created a family that is despicable, except for Matilda. The father is in a ... Read full review

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User Review - michigantrumpet - LibraryThing

Utterly delightful tale of precocious Matilda's revenge upon her neglectful parents and the atrocious headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. The only time she isn't being ignored by her mother and father is ... Read full review

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User Review - Nicholepeterse - LibraryThing

Roald has become one of my favorite authors, in this book he tells the story of the classic Matilda (a movie I grew up watching). The story fallows the movie very well. It starts as a young girl who ... Read full review

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User Review - lesindy - LibraryThing

It is so amazing to me how awful Matilda's parents were. This book must have been written before CPS was a thing. Matilda is a sweet, special child who goes to school with a horrible headmistress. Her ... Read full review

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User Review - jessica_haynes - LibraryThing

Matilda is a young girl who grows up with parents who are selfish and do not care about her. Matilda is basically raises herself, and this teaching teacher was really mean to her but the nice teacher adopt her and make her life better. Read full review

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User Review - LaviniaRossetti - LibraryThing

This book was again one of Roald Dahl's fantastic books full of freedom and wilderness. Before writing this book, he would have let his mind run wild and come up with these amazing ideas in his brain ... Read full review

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User Review - thebookmagpie - LibraryThing

Loved the book, hate the film. That little lisping twit drove me nuts. She wasn't Matilda! Matilda would never lisp! I also hated that she got to keep her powers at the end just because they didn't ... Read full review