by Roald Dahl
I've had this book on my shelf for years and decided, at last, to read it. Turns out that painfully annoying and fantastical author that my 2nd grade teacher forced my to read had some interesting adventures!Going Solo covers the years that Dahl was in Africa as an agent for Shell until he is discha...
This book was different to what I expected, but I liked it nonetheless. I thought it was going to be a novel, but instead it was a series of short stories, & they did not seem to have a sequence. I don't usually enjoy reading war stories, but this book somehow made me interested in them, although ...
Fantastic book for kids! So imaginative and creative. Easy read that children will find delightful!Roald Dahl is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!
length has to count for something too and when you get a mere 200 pages, or essentially a third or half of a full autobiography, I can't bring myself to bring out the fourth or fifth star. the writing's good. it's just there's not all that much to this. can be read inbetween coffee and dessert, and ...
Two parts, quite separate - the first the completion of the tale from Boy, about Dahl working for Shell in Africa. The second about flying in the war, which ends quite abruptly with his return home. The first portion is far more satisfying than the second, and I understand there is some suggestion o...
This was a letdown after how much I enjoyed Boy: Tales of Childhood. I didn’t enjoy this. I hate to call someone’s life boring but I didn’t find this book to be very exciting or interesting. It was pretty cool to see how things were back in WWII through the eyes of a pilot. It was pretty drab though...
Many years ago, I read this book, which thoroughly captivated me. Before earning a worldwide reputation as a writer of exciting and wildly imaginative children’s books, Dahl had served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Here he relates his experiences of unde...
I didn't like this as much as I liked the earlier volume of Dahl's memoirs, but it was still very enjoyable. The incompetence of the RAF command in WWII was so hard to read about. All those boys, shot down by incompetence and lack of oversight. Still, Dahl's a good writer and a cheerful guy.
Roald Dahl's stories of his real life are simply incredible. When reading this you can see why he was as crazy as he was and how he came up with such amazing characters. A great insight into him and his early life.
This book is featured on my Book-a-day calendar, and I would heartily recommend it for adults--though he is best known for writing children's books. He lived a gloriously colorful life in East Africa before WWII. Such memorable vignettes such as the lion running away with the cook's wife in his jaws...
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