I really enjoyed reading this book and found it very entertaining. Underneath the fantasy children's books I found that Roald Dahl is actually quite dark. I had never found this before when reading any of his children's books and I personally prefer it to Charlie And the Chocolate Factory etc etc as it has more substance.

The book contains lots of stories which are all very witty and funny. My favourite short story in the book is called Lamb To The Slaughter. It tells the story of a women and her husband who mysteriously dies. The police think that it is a murder and so they investigate. They come to the conclusion that he must have been hit over the head by a heavy blunt object. They find nothing that is suspicious. The wife then offers them to stay for some lamb that she has cooked and they accept it kindly but what was the murder weapon?

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to most readers over the age of nine. Definitely a good read!!!

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