The Twits

The Twits - Roald Dahl
Puffin Books
ISBN: 0-14-034640-6

My rating: 3.5 out of 5

"The Twits" is an amusing tale of an ugly, old married couple who constantly play tricks on each other. This is a pretty short read and each chapter is pretty self-contained. I don't think this is one of Dahl's best, but it is still pretty good.

One thing I didn't like was how Dahl kind of perpetuated the stereotype that ugliness is evil. The Twits are incredibly ugly and are very mean to other people, each other, and animals. I feel that there are too many stories that reinforce this idea to kids and having the Twits be ugly doesn't really add much to the story.

"The Twits" is not Dahl's best, but it is not really that bad of a book to read for fun.