mero_gate's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
karebearzz's review against another edition
3.0
3.75* I rarely read biographies and I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. I was expecting to be bored at some point but I wasn't.
brinastewart's review against another edition
3.0
I think Dahl did a good job writing from 2 times in his life. This wasn't your normal biography/autobiography and it kept it from being really dry. If you are a Dahl fan, you would probably enjoy these 2 book/stories.
hisdarkmaterials's review against another edition
5.0
I preferred 'Boy' just that little bit more to 'Going Solo' but they are unmissable, so Dahl, utterly entrancing & wonderful.
riniiix's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
this is overall an extremely interesting book. roald dahi is one of my fav writer so i was really excited to read his autobiography and know more about his life.
the book is divided in two parts. in the first part he talks about his young life from age 6 till high school. the second part is my fav he talk about his life after high school and what he decided to do with it. it's really amuses me that he had all this adventures and he visited many countries.
i know that everyone have their diffiicltly in life but i feel roald went through many things and he was a really hard working person.
although this is a non fiction book but roald wrote it as if he is writing his own story like his other fiction books. i hope this makes sense. if you are a fan of his work i highly recommend to read his autobiography :(
this is overall an extremely interesting book. roald dahi is one of my fav writer so i was really excited to read his autobiography and know more about his life.
the book is divided in two parts. in the first part he talks about his young life from age 6 till high school. the second part is my fav he talk about his life after high school and what he decided to do with it. it's really amuses me that he had all this adventures and he visited many countries.
i know that everyone have their diffiicltly in life but i feel roald went through many things and he was a really hard working person.
although this is a non fiction book but roald wrote it as if he is writing his own story like his other fiction books. i hope this makes sense. if you are a fan of his work i highly recommend to read his autobiography :(
thiagobrandolezi1's review against another edition
4.0
As I said on my update when I finished reading Boy, that book was exquisite and really entertaining.
Too bad the same didn't happen with Going Solo. I guess since this book deals with some more serious and dark topics, it ended up not being as entertaining as Boy. I mean, there were some sections that made me laugh really hard, like the part where the cook's wife was caught by a lion and in the end everything turned out fine.
Too bad the same didn't happen with Going Solo. I guess since this book deals with some more serious and dark topics, it ended up not being as entertaining as Boy. I mean, there were some sections that made me laugh really hard, like the part where the cook's wife was caught by a lion and in the end everything turned out fine.