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A review by kitty_kat21
Deception by Roald Dahl
3.0
A collection of Roald Dahl’s short stories, all connected to the theme of deception. The stories in this collection aren’t as disturbing and interesting compared to the Cruelty collection, a lot of the stories were average or worse. My ratings of all the stories individually are as follows:
‘My Lady, My Dove’ - 3 stars.
‘The Mildenhall Treasure’ - 3 stars.
‘Parson’s Pleasure’ - 3.5 stars.
‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ - 4 stars.
‘The Umbrella Man’ - 3 stars.
‘The Bookseller’ - 3.5 stars.
‘Vengeance is Mine Inc.’ - 2 stars.
‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ - 4 stars.
‘Mr Botibol’ - 2 stars.
‘Man from the South’ - 3.5 stars.
The stand out stories were: ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, which I read as a child and it has always stuck with me, it was great reading it again; and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ was also pretty good.
Although this collection didn’t blow me away, Roald Dahl has such an impressive talent for story telling, I’m always in awe of his stories. He really does deserve the title of the greatest storyteller of all time, and I would recommend his short story collections to everyone.
‘My Lady, My Dove’ - 3 stars.
‘The Mildenhall Treasure’ - 3 stars.
‘Parson’s Pleasure’ - 3.5 stars.
‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ - 4 stars.
‘The Umbrella Man’ - 3 stars.
‘The Bookseller’ - 3.5 stars.
‘Vengeance is Mine Inc.’ - 2 stars.
‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ - 4 stars.
‘Mr Botibol’ - 2 stars.
‘Man from the South’ - 3.5 stars.
The stand out stories were: ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, which I read as a child and it has always stuck with me, it was great reading it again; and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ was also pretty good.
Although this collection didn’t blow me away, Roald Dahl has such an impressive talent for story telling, I’m always in awe of his stories. He really does deserve the title of the greatest storyteller of all time, and I would recommend his short story collections to everyone.