Name: The BFG
Rating: 4.071951219512195 (410 reviews)
ISBN: 9780142407929

Roald Dahl

David Wood

Jane Walmsley

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A Set of Plays

The BFG

The BFG is a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed one dark night. Fortunately, this giant really is friendly, but his countrymen in the land of giants are inveterate child-eaters. Can the child enlist the aid of his kidnapper in stopping the nightly massacre?

I had meant to pick this book up when the movie was being released, but it never happened, so I picked it up because I was looking for a light fun little read and I thought this would be it. On some levels, it was and on others not so much. 

My biggest complaint is there were parts of the story that I found racially insensitive. I couldn't help but chuckle at just how ridiculous some of it was. Most of it occurred when he talked about what people from different parts of the world were supposed to taste like.

Other than that, it did kind of fall into the light read that I was hoping for.

Kid-snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling canny-b 	38287910ull giants.

Laura Mauler

I hate books that purposely use improper grammar. It is impossible to get into the story, and I focus more on the stupidity of the grammar than on the storyline.

Bri Billaney

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annie

About 1-2 years ago, my Mom and I read this. It's a really good story. Most kids think giants are mean and scary, but the BFG isn't. 


BFG - Big Friendly Giant

Donald

Read this to my daughter one chapter at a time before bed. What fun!

Barry Hess

Alexia

Matilda has been overthrown! Will it keep the throne after I eventually read The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka? This one is hard to beat!

Sunyi Dean

Not as good as Matilda but we both enjoyed it.

Bailey Lagarde

My mom used to read the BFG to my brother, sister, and I in one of our rooms before she had us go to bed.

Destiny J Tamayo

I wasn't a huge fan of this book but I do see how it would inspire wonder for a younger audience. My brother really enjoyed the novel and I'm glad it gave him an enjoyment for reading.

laura

I really loved this story. It was so cute and really fun to read. I loved the world building but also how much adult stuff was thrown in. Such a fast pace read.

Jelke Lenaerts

Reread for the movie coming out.
I really enjoyed this book. Less than I did when I was a kid though.
I was surprised how much I forgot about this book. Like i knew the mail story arc but the fun "details" I totally forgot. And those definetly made this story more magical. I'm excited to see what the movie brings to the story once I go see it.

Quentin Blake

Tiffanie Dang

I thought I read this when I was younger because I remembered part of the ending (but nothing else) but it turns out I’ve only been read this story when I was younger by my classmate’s mom. Reading it now gives me such a different perspective, especially since I took a children's literature class in college that helped me read into the author’s choices for certain words and phrases. Anyways, I loved this book for all its fantastical (Giant country) and absurd (the BFG's way of talking) elements and found the ending quite clever. Roald Dahl is such a masterful storyteller and is great at dishing out punishment to the depraved and wicked in his stories. Sophie and the BFG have a special place in my heart, alongside Charlie Bucket and Matilda. I want to read all of Roald Dahl’s other books now!

Muna N

Ahh, the BFG. Where to start? 

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This book is a part of my soul. It's one of the first 'big' books I remember my mother reading to me (although she's read to me since I was an infant) and ever since then it leads to all the fantastic reads we've experienced together. 
It holds a special place dear to my heart.

Jeni Enjaian

A review from my old blog...

I cannot say enough good things about this book. I have never read a children's book this absolutely magnificent.

To be honest, I could not put the book down.

I don't really know how to critique a children's book. I guess I'll just say that I absolutely loved the book...everything about it.

b.andherbooks

Read with Bernie! She loved the story and especially the giant's made up words.

Ben Nathan

It was fun. Really glad I read it. Hope to suggest it to a niece or nephew one day. Very cute, indeed.

Heather Killeen

Jane Krauss

Although Roald Dahl is a rampant Antisemite, I wanted to read this book because of my love of the Queen. For that fact and that fact alone, I loved it. Also, the film does this book so much justice.

The BFG A Set of Plays

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