[ SECRET POST #2841 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2841 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not American, so I can't speak to their perception of his books, but yeah, I read his books as a kid and they weren't much creepier or more macabre than a lot of other books I was reading at the time. Though I did have a tendency towards books with a mythological/folklore/fantasy bent, which sort of does lend itself to the macabre a lot of the time, so there was that. Also, my reading age was a bit all over the map, because I got parental permission to read from all sections of the library fairly young, so some of the stuff I remember reading early on may not have been entirely intended to be read that young. Still though. They didn't seem that dark to me.

What I do remember about Dahl's books in particular was that I found them a lot more overtly and gleefully disgusting than many other things I was reading. They weren't really any creepier or more horrifying (and less, in some cases), but by golly there were more bugs, slimes, dandruff and bodily functions in his books than I was used to coming across.

[philippos42]

When I was in grade school, at least one teacher made a point of introducing us to Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends). Morality tales with creepy and icky ends not only appeal to many young kids, but can be a way to discourage people from actual creepy, icky, antisocial behavior.

I'm over 40 now, though.