This will be short. I purchased a Roald Dahl box set a few months ago, and have decided to work my way through it in chronological order as filler between some of the heavier reads that I'm working on. Dahl has a way of working important messages into amazingly silly stories that is impressive. And James and the Giant Peach is no surprise there.
The story is fantastical and whimsical and yet somehow a teeny, tiny part of you wonders if somewhere, somehow it isn't possible. That maybe it happened. The reader gets lost in the story, the details and almost hopes that it could be real.
Of course, Dahl is respected and well-read for a reason - if you haven't read it lately, go try it. It's a great break from the real world.
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