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Roald Dahl

CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR Hardcover – September 1, 2016

by Roald Dahl (Author)

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Book 2 of 2: Charlie Bucket

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A splendiferous new hardback of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed colour cases, and exquisite endpaper designs.
WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory.
They can see the whole world below them, but they're not alone. The American Space Hotel has just launched. Lurking inside are the Vernicious Knids - the most brutal, vindictive murderous beasts in the universe.
So grab your gizzard! Hold your hats! Only Charlie and Willy Wonka can stop the Knids from destroying everything!

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7 - 9 years
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192 pages
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English
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5.43 x 0.75 x 8.03 inches
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Puffin
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September 1, 2016
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9780141361543
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0141361549
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin; First Edition (September 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780141361543
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141361543
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.75 x 8.03 inches

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The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author.

His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG.

He died in November 1990.

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Elyse S.

Awful sequel!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018

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This book was atrocious, my students begged me to get the second book after we had read the first book over the Summer last year. And this book was absolutely painful to get through, I had to stop almost every other sentence to explain the confusing jargon that most children wouldn't be privy to unless an adult was reading along with them, and had to edit on the fly SEVERAL parts of the books far too often for my liking. It was dull, and a struggle to keep myself and my students engaged. This book does not fit the Dahl standard at all.

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Paul Kunkel

Who censored this book?

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2020

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This review is written during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I have been reading the book on Zoom with a young student, she with a paperback from a bookstore, and I with this Kindle version. We just finished Chapter 4, and I have advised her parents to drop it and choose another book. One problem is that our books are quite a bit different. Hers has a lot of mild word play on Russian and Chinese names (e.g., Yugetoff, Chu-On-Dat). Mine has names changed and extensive passage deletions. I know that Dahl himself made some minor changes to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," so that the Oomp-Loompas would no longer be an African tribe. In this case, however, the non-woke version is still in stores, and I do not know who is responsible for these changes.

Even aside from that issue, it is rather a bad book. A fictional US president, his cabinet, and other world leaders simply take turns cracking wise with knock-knock jokes, dated cold-war gags, and adults behaving like children. It sort of reminds me of the Marx Brothers when they were off. Yes, they frequently had their troubles, which typically would result in four men running in circles, hoping that something funny would result. Now imagine dispensing with the sight-gags and trying to get a laugh out of that by reading the script and stage directions instead.

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J. D. Estrada

Although not as good as book 1, still an enjoyable dive into the Chocolate Factory and beyond

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019

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Unlike Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of the good things is that you don't have a movie reference point for this read. You're going in mostly blind, which is good. You know Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Willy Wonka, and the Oompa Loompas and have the chance to get to know Charlie's other grandparents a bit better and his parents get slightly more exposition... but let's say that again... slightly.

This was a fun read as are most Dahl reads, but it falls short of the mark of his excellent work for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we get dizzying and amazing glimpses into more areas of the Chocolate Factory, but it's glimpses. Very rarely do we really dig into new rooms fully and in that sense, at times the book felt rushed. There's also a big chunk that takes place in space and in the Glass Elevator. It seems like these chapters serve mostly to show how amazing and indestructible the Elevator is rather than push forward most narratives.

In the end, the book is SUPER random even by Dahl's standards and sometimes it really works and sometimes you're left wondering more than you enjoy. That said, it's a very enjoyable book and if you didn't have amazing books like the first Charlie Bucket book or James and the Giant Peach, it'd be held in higher regards. When the story settles down a bit, it's a pure delight, but quite often you're switching from one location to another at breakneck speed that even the glass elevator would have trouble keeping up with.

As for the characters, Charlie is as "Charlie" as ever and just a practical, sweet, nice kid, with a good head on his shoulders. Grandpa Joe has some excitable moments but isn't as much in the forefront as in the first book. The other grandparents kind of blend one into the other although Grandma Georgina is by far the crabbiest one, almost seeming as if she was related to the other four kids who got wonkad in the first book. Btw, there are some inconsistencies in the ages of the grandparents from book 1 to book 2. In book 1, they're mostly in their 90's if I'm not mistaken, while in Book 2, they're dropped down to their 80's. Some other small details here and there make me smile as an indie author and when I see people complain about inconsistencies. (It's kind of comforting that they can happen).

Something I did notice is that things from this book did make it into the first movie adaptation and that semi sad and occasionally contemplative Wonka we saw in the first movie is the same one that is at one time having a poignant moment when something unpleasant is happening and he finds comfort in the churning of his chocolate waterfall.

Don't get me wrong though, it's still a silly and very fun book and I read it pretty quickly. It's just that it falls slightly short from the high marks of Dahl's best books, which isn't exactly easy to surpass or even equal. Even so, a highly enjoyable read that begs to be enjoyed with your sweet of choice.

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Aaron Roydhouse

Not a great sequel and with jokes that haven't aged well

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019

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Best read to a child who can't read over your shoulder, so you can tone down the many cultural stereotype jokes! Only silly rather than mean humor, but certainly jokes that haven't aged well. And overall the story just isn't a great sequel. Just move on to a different Roald Dahl book.

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M. Cannon

Disappointing sequel

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2019

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This book is full of tedious back-and-forth dialogue and bad jokes. We’re only 1/3 of the way through and I can’t read it anymore. I’m going to make my husband finish it because my kids, for some reason, want to hear the rest. I wish I hadn’t purchased this book. It’s the first Roald Dahl book I dislike.

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Not what I was expecting

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

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I've seen both Willy Wonka movies, and I always wondered what happened next? This book piqued my interest because what DID happen next? It was pretty dumb and boring. The first book was hilarious because you only need one eccentric character.

When you have one eccentric character in a book full of normies, then you have a very funny book. But when Wonka, The POTUS, the Vice President, and everybody at the White House, and different world leaders are eccentric, then it's an overkill.

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Irishnotfur

If only they made it a movie

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2020

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So much fun in one book should be illegal, the play on words was so much fun and that song of the nanny’s was one of the best political jokes I ever read. Truly a great sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I think the best was the old people and just how much fun they are by being old and grumpy. I just wish there was more of Charlie Bucket’s tale and the meeting of the president

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Only1Momma

GREAT BOOK

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2016

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My 9 year old loved this book and is asking for more books from this Author. She read this in school with her class and since next year we are homeschooling maybe these other books would be great for book reports? Anyway I think these are great for kids around 9 and up.
This book is about what happened after Charlie won the factory. IF you want to know what all it is about I just can't spoil it for you but I will tell you it has something to do with space..

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NYC MacDougall

Why?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2020

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This isn't a novel as much as it is a series of happenings that are woven together for the sake of--well, for no sake really other than to form a "book". The space episode has little to do with the return to the factory, which has little to do with Wonka-Vite and its effects. There are some amusing moments, but to call this a sequel to "The Chocolate Factory" is a stretch; in fact, when characters from the latter book are referenced, it only made me miss Veruca and company all the more. Extremely disappointing. I love Dahl, but this is probably among the most uninspired he ever created. No magic. No sparkle.

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JPez

Be Aware Colour Edition or Black and white paperback?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2020

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This is a problem with Amazon's website. I thought this paperback was cheap and when it arrived it was the small format Black and White illustrated edition. The "Look Inside" misleadingly showed the contents of the colour edition. A search for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator did not return the "colour edition" on the first page - foreign language versions yes. You need to explicitly search for "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator colour".

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Amazon Customer

Poor sequel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2018

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Not as brilliant as Charlie and the chocolate factory, although to be fair it does have it moments, the sequel came across as really a series of of short stories strung together to make up one whole book, its as if Ronald Dahl heart wasn't into writing this second book, but he did seem to leave the book open for the further adventures of Charlie Bucket and Mr Willy Wonka, I'm really surprised someone doesn't do just that.

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John-PaulSanders

poor follow up

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2019

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to the best children's book ever. The Chocolate factory was reading perfection. This book is quite frankly a bit silly.

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GRUMPY GRANDAD'S WIFE

CHRISTMAS GIFT

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2021

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Bought this as part of my Granddaughter's Christmas present. She is a keen reader of this author. I'm sure she will be delighted as she hasn't read this one. Great price and service. Would recommend.

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