Georges Marvelous Medicine

by Roald Dahl



This book reminds me of a french movie I saw called "Le Petite Nicholas", which in English means "Little Nicholas" (actually I read the Greek version of Le Petite Nicholas too). In the French story, the boy Nicholas is making a "potion" just like George. They both are very adventurous and imaginative. At one point the movie makes a quote just like my book says which is " I should add some of this and some of that and oh of course some of those wormy things."

This book makes me laugh because I feel the same way as George when he is stuck at his grandma’s house all alone with her and her greedy ways. Although my grandma isn’t as bad as George’s, she is pretty close. She is selfish and tortures George in strange and unusual ways. Especially when the author quotes " She would always pinch and squeeze my cheeks so hard that I would have red marks on my delicate cheeks in the morning." An example could be like when my little sister, Paulina, had a bloody nose when we were at her house. She was not worrying about my sister. She was worrying about her precious carpet!

George’s Marvelous Medicine is written in the first person.  This means that George is telling the story.  This is a good thing for me because he shares all of his thoughts . . . even the ones that he wouldn’t say out loud to anyone.

I would recommend this story to a friend mostly because it has lots of dark humor in it. Yet there is this innocence in the description of a George that makes you feel like you could forgive him even if he trashed the whole world. It is also very fictional so if you like fantasy then this is a great book for you.

Anna Savva