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(1) There are two versions of this eBook at my library, and as much as I detest the big Netflix logo defacing the cover, this is the original text, not the 2022 altered text that removes "offensive" language.
- Regardless of how you feel about the controversy, this is the version written by no one else but Roald Dahl, and so this is the only version I will ever read.
— Jan 25, 2025 07:00AM
Notes:
(1) There are two versions of this eBook at my library, and as much as I detest the big Netflix logo defacing the cover, this is the original text, not the 2022 altered text that removes "offensive" language.
- Regardless of how you feel about the controversy, this is the version written by no one else but Roald Dahl, and so this is the only version I will ever read.
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(1) "The margarine wasn't at all bad. [Matilda] doubted whether she could have told the difference if she hadn't known."
- Evidently, Matilda suddenly realizes she's been sold a bill of goods by Big Butter.
- Dietary effects and chemical composition notwithstanding, elevating butter over margarine seems more about social status than anything.
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— Feb 07, 2025 09:30AM
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(1) "The margarine wasn't at all bad. [Matilda] doubted whether she could have told the difference if she hadn't known."
- Evidently, Matilda suddenly realizes she's been sold a bill of goods by Big Butter.
- Dietary effects and chemical composition notwithstanding, elevating butter over margarine seems more about social status than anything.
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Jayson
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(1) Matilda develops magic/telekinetic powers quite late in the book.
- It's interesting how Dahl held onto this as a kind of end reveal, tying her mental magic to her overall mental acumen. It implies that her advanced reading and math abilities were superpowers all along.
- Not exactly Harry Potter, though it does involve lightning imagery.
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— Feb 05, 2025 06:30PM
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(1) Matilda develops magic/telekinetic powers quite late in the book.
- It's interesting how Dahl held onto this as a kind of end reveal, tying her mental magic to her overall mental acumen. It implies that her advanced reading and math abilities were superpowers all along.
- Not exactly Harry Potter, though it does involve lightning imagery.
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(1) While this hasn't yet shown any inkling of fantasy nor the supernatural, it's nonetheless imbued with a great sense of improbability and wonder.
- Matilda being able to read and do advanced mathematics in her head is treated like having magical powers.
(2) This also uses a lot of Biblical language, which only adds to its sense of mystery.
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— Jan 31, 2025 02:35AM
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(1) While this hasn't yet shown any inkling of fantasy nor the supernatural, it's nonetheless imbued with a great sense of improbability and wonder.
- Matilda being able to read and do advanced mathematics in her head is treated like having magical powers.
(2) This also uses a lot of Biblical language, which only adds to its sense of mystery.
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(1) First of all, this has a ton of illustrations! At least compared to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which I recently finished.
- Probably because illustrations for the latter were done retroactively, and along with other books for visually-uniform new editions, so far less time would have been put into that compared to a new release.
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— Jan 29, 2025 09:30AM
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(1) First of all, this has a ton of illustrations! At least compared to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which I recently finished.
- Probably because illustrations for the latter were done retroactively, and along with other books for visually-uniform new editions, so far less time would have been put into that compared to a new release.
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Jay...I love Matilda!
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Fran wrote: "Jay...I love Matilda!"Happy to hear that, Fran! Bodes well for me 😁👍
