Reviews for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

The average rating for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More based on 1 review is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-01-30 00:00:00 Miguel Ortiz A (somewhat) delightful variety of short stories. After reading Switch Bitch (also a short story collection by Dahl), I did not have much hope for this collection. If you have not read those stories, I could sum them up on three words: Pervy, Misogynistic and Disturbing. While this one was certainly better, this is definitely not one of my favorites. The Boy Who Talked to Animals - An enormous sea turtle becomes caught by fishermen - who themselves are caught between killing, eating and dismembering the poor creature. A little boy can understand animals and begs them to let the beast go. The Hitch-hiker - Quirky Dahl at his best! A fancy-car driver picks up a hitchhiker and gets far more than he bargained for - this man has some very deft fingers and could steal the anything from anyone. The Mildenhall Treasure - bit of a disappointment. One man discovers a treasure but is swindled out of it. No comeuppance or revenge. The Swan - I disliked it from start to finish. Two bullies get ahold of a gun and threaten a wimpy kid into doing dangerous stunts for their amusements. These bullies were absolute monsters - culiminating in them dismembering a mother swan, tying her severed wings to the wimpy kid, forcing him to climb a tree and jump off (for him to "fly"). Absolutely terrible. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - This one was...surprisingly good. We start with a rich, snotty man who wants to learn the secrets of the yogis to win at casinos. We end with a well-rounded, sweet and generous man. Love the transition. Lucky Break - Dahl reflects on how he began writing. Includes several instances from his past (including events from Boy and Going Solo). Dahl uses his signature style to describe the terrible beatings he suffered and the crazy behavior he witnessed throughout his time at boarding school. While there were more good times than bad, I would not recommend such an experience. A Piece of Cake - Dahl's first-ever piece of writing (as mentioned in Lucky Break). I already read the longer version in Going Solo by Dahl so it was fun to connect the snippets to the longer story. Audiobook Comments Well-read. The voice did not inflect too much or vary in tone. Became a bit monotonous. The Finer Books Club - 2018 Reading Challenge: A book of short stories YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads