Book Review: Big Girl

Big Girl follows the story of Victoria, a woman described by her own parents as too fat, too intelligent and almost too ugly. Victoria was born from good-looking and unfortunately, narcissistic parents. Her father, Jim, was the school heartthrob and athlete superstar while her mother, Christine, is the prom homecoming queen. When Christine conceived Victoria, she and Jim were already expecting that the baby will look as beautiful as them only to be greatly disappointed when Victoria came out and lo and behold, she did not look any one of her parents. Her dad who thought that Victoria was ugly…

Book Review: Matilda

I don’t know about you but my Y/A years have been in a way shaped by Roald Dahl and his stories. Roald Dahl may have come late into my life—with me preferring to spend my childhood playing under the sun rather than read book indoors—but they never failed to remind me of the importance of goodness and that unpleasant deeds would always reap retribution either directly or indirectly. And this perhaps is best conveyed by Roald Dahl’s Matilda. The story of Matilda brings us to the lives of the Wormwood family members who—except for Matilda—were not only crooked but cruel…

Book Review: The Witches

This is another feel good story by Roald Dahl, ridiculously crafted to provide a good laugh to young children and adults too. The Witches started off by providing a narration that one of the most pressing security problems in this world was the existence of Witches. And they were notorious for plotting of purging the world of children. There’s only one reason for this: Children produces foul stench. While the witches all over the world are busy plotting their evil plans, a young boy who is living with his grandmother was being taught on how to recognize witches. This is…