George's Marvelous Medicine

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Summary: GREAT BOOK! LOVED IT!
Review: This is a GREAT book! You must read it! It is creative, fun, witty and imaginative. Read it. Trust me. You'll love it!

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Summary: A SUPER BOOK FOR ALL AGES!
Review: This is by far the funniest book I've ever read, either for kids or adults. I can read it over and over again and never get tired of it!

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Summary: marvelous!
Review: This is truly a great book! I have read it over and over! I gurantee pure satisfaction!

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Summary: Brilliant! (in a twisted sort of way)
Review: This was one of my childhood favorites. George hates his mean old grandma, so he decides to replace her daily medicine with a poison he brews out of household chemicals, medicines, paint, etc. Only Dahl can weave homicide into a children's story. Your kid won't come away with any morals, but he will be laughing.

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Summary: authors study
Review: We like George's Marvelous Medicine because, George makes a medicine for his grandmother because her other medicine did not work. Also because, how creative he was. He puts in shaving cream, animal pills, and other stuff like that. He gives it to his grandmother and .... Oh you do not want to know what happans nects, but if you do want to know read the book and find out.

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Summary: You won't want enquiring minds to know about this
Review: While all Roald Dahl's books push the envelope somewhat, I thought this one went far too far. As an adult, I did find it amusing, but as I read, the thought of my child copying this stuff kept popping to the front of my mind.

Yes, it is an extremely preposterous concept, and no-one in their right mind would take it as anything else than gross humor, but this is definitely not a book I would place lovingly in the hands of a young child, especially one in my care.

It's full of horrible people saying and doing terrible things, and Dahl isn't one whit apologetic about it. Even Jerry Springer does a little serious bit at the end of his show to try to soothe the bruises and soften the impact.

This book revolves around a little boy who uses non-consumable and extremely dangerous household items to make a batch of "medicine" for his miserable crone of a grandmother, without censure from his parents, one of whom actually encourages him to make another batch.

Nope, I like it, but I can't seriously recommend it for the children of people I like.

Amanda Richards, February 24, 2005