The Witches

The Witches ***

by Roald Dahl
Book Type: Fantasy, Children
Summary: This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him.
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My Review: In honor of Halloween I decided to read a "scary" book. So I picked up the classic The Witches. It is a cute book, but it wasn't outstanding in any way. I thought the movie was just as fun as a kid. The book is fun but not extraordinary. So I would read it once, but not again.