Roald Dahl

George's Marvellous Medicine

Dahl's tale of grandma-altering concoctions may spark chuckles, but its premise of medication mischief feels risky. While grandma gets her due, playing doctor could backfire for young readers. My one star reflects this uneasy mix of entertainment and potentially dangerous ideas.

Liana

Quentin Blake

George's Marvelous Medicine

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⚠️ Unpopular review ahead!

Title: George's Marvellous Medicine.
Author: Roald Dahl.

First, that is not a book I would read or offer to a child.

I get the fact that Granny is a tyrant and is making George's life a living hell but this is no reason to poison her.

I didn't like the story for many reason, some of them will follow:

💊 Who's crazy enough to leave to an eight year old the responsibility of taking care of an old woman?
💊 Who's irresponsible enough to encourage his child to concoct a cocktail from every possible chemical products available in the house?
💊 What kind of parents and role model were Mr and Mrs Kranky to George?

Add to that, the underdeveloped plot, the shallow characters and I'm not even sure what the moral of the story was..

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Grace O'Callaghan

When George is left home alone with his cruel and moody grandma, he decides to make her a medicine to make her kind. But things don’t exactly go to plan.

A quick and funny read by Roald Dahl yet again. I do feel that I’ve grown out of his stories a bit, but I still enjoy them nevertheless. Particularly loved the rhyme in this one. I did feel that the ending was a bit abrupt though. 

Overall a whimsical and fun tale.

Kirsty

I thought this one was pretty mediocre honestly. I definitely enjoyed it more when I was younger. As an adult I thought George was just a little brat and it's just an awful lesson for kids!

adria

Jeni Enjaian

A review from my old blog...

In George's Marvelous Medicine, a poor young boy must spend his Saturday morning catering to the every whim of his nagging, rather evil looking and speaking grandmother who takes a disgusting medicine four times a day. In order to give her some "real" medicine George concocts a potion using just about everything in the house from toothpaste to laundary soap to antifreeze and shoe polish. The resulting potion gives Grandma a real height boost and way more energy than she'd ever had but does nothing to change her attitude. When George's father finds out he immediately wants to create more of this potion so that he can make all of his farm animals as large as the chicken which also imbibed of the first batch. Things don't work out so well in the next three successive batches culminating in a potion that shrinks the drinker. The grandmother discovers, drinks and ends up becoming so small that she disappears entirely. Thus ends the story.
I finished that book with a puzzled look. What is a child supposed to learn from this book?
Again, I must say that the book was written very well though.

Silje Risøy Helgerud

Georges Marvellous Medicine

Toypipi

Mirella

François Declercq

ruth fluhler-brown <3

George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.

George's Marvellous Medicine

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