After the tragic loss of his parents, a young boy goes to live with his much beloved grandmother. But-here comes the big "but"-not impossible. All I am saying is that she might be one. I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. I barely remember what happens in The Witches, but I love it simply because of what it represents to me.more And because of that, this book is what I think of when I consider censorship and how detrimental it is to our society. So the story ends well, but I always remember this incident when I see this book. Well, when my dad came to pick me up, he let this guy have it (yay Dad!) and I got a popsicle. If you've read the book, you know that Dahl doesn't exactly idealize witches. He was just going on and on about how young children shouldn't read about witchcraft because they might want to become witches, etc. And he washed his hands afterwards, "to get rid of the filth." It was a library book. Then he went to the trash can and started ripping it up, page by page. When I showed it to him, his eyes got wide and he took the book from me. When I was ten or eleven, I was sitting in the playground at summer camp, minding my own business and reading this book, when one of the playground supervisers came and asked me what I was reading. He was just goi Warning: Extremely Long Review and Childhood Storytelling IT GETS GOOD AGAIN! We could finish the rest of the book without a whiny witch and I have to say, I did like the job of the reader other than that hard-to-listen to chapter.Warning: Extremely Long Review and Childhood Storytelling When I was ten or eleven, I was sitting in the playground at summer camp, minding my own business and reading this book, when one of the playground supervisers came and asked me what I was reading. After that terrible chapter, I was worried about how the rest of the book would be and I am happy to report that. That particular chapter was so bad that I could only grasp 30-40 percent of what the Grand High Witch was saying, My daughter, who this audiobook was for, could probably only pick out 5-10 percent.maybe. I almost didn't want to listen to the rest of the audibook. Then the chapterk took a tumble and it's a large one for me. or was I? The book was rather pleasing and well done up until Chapter 7 where we hear the Grand High Witch. After hearing the really nice sample that included sound effects, voice-changes, etc, I thought such a reviewer could just be overally sensitive. UPDATE 10/22 Before getting the book, I checked out other reviews and saw some negative ones about the Grand High Witch's voice. I really wish I could give this book a higher rating. This book should have come with a WARNING on the front cover. Getting to the end was touch and go several times! Unfortunately, without knowing if Miranda Richardson is going to use her pleasant voice or her screeching voice, we will never buy a book she narrates again. The story itself was fabulous, and the only reason we finished the book.which was no easy feat.
The witches roald dahl chapter 7 skin#
Besides the skin crawling voice and the inaudible performance, the sound would go from so loud your head throbbed, to so low, you had to stop a rewind a few times before you could figure out what was said. Did anyone at the publisher listen to this before releasing it for sale? I would be shocked if that were the case. Besides making our ears bleed, we could understand about every third word of the High Witch. Her voice is so shrill that nails scratching on a chalk board is much more comforting. Do NOT listen to this book in the car, as the voice of the High Witch will make you want to drive straight into a wall.