Review: James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I mean, if all audio books were like this, I'd probably listen to a lot more audio books.

Join Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi as he reads James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, in full across 10 episodes, to raise money for @Partners In Health at: http://www.pih.org/giantpeach

FULL EPISODE 1: James & the Giant Peach w/ Taika & Friends ft. Nick Kroll, Liam & Chris Hemsworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LDB...

EP2: Meryl Streep & Benedict Cumberbatch join Taika Waitit to read James & the Giant Peach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3Q5...

EP3 Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson & more join Taika Waititi to read James & Giant Peach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVO7s...

EP4: Cara Delevingne, Olivia Wilde & more join Taika Waititi to read James & the Giant Peach #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9o0n...

EP5: Ryan Reynolds reads James and the Giant Peach with Taika Waititi | #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOxT8...

EP6: Duchess of Cornwall, Lupita Nyong'o & Josh Gad read James & the Giant Peach w/ Taika | #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1wR...

EP 7: Yo-Yo Ma, Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Jamie Cullum & Utkarsh Ambudkar read w/ Taika! #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcjN1...

EP 8: Mindy Kaling, Ben Schwartz and Gordon Ramsay read James & the Giant Peach w/ Taika! | #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YInGt...

EP9: Governor Andrew Cuomo and Anna Wintour read James & the Giant Peach w/ Taika Waititi! | #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GhT...

EP10: Taika is joined by Jojo Rabbit co-stars Roman & Archie to read James & the Giant Peach #WithMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxmE...

IT'S HILARIOUS OMG

Meanwhile, the story itself is super weird. Classic Roald Dahl - that guy was seriously off his rocker when he wrote this one. The insects are a funny bunch but James is an annoying little know-it-all and where he pulls his information from is anybody's guess. I'm pretty sure the ridiculousness of Dahl's writing is why I wasn't too keen on his stuff as a kid. He totally makes up his own science and I am not okay with that.

Would never have read this myself so thanks Taika and friends for doing it for me and making it a thousand times better than it would have been. It was a lot of fun. 2-star story, 4-star experience; 3 stars all up.

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