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Title: Great book -- but fire the illustrator
Review: I enjoyed Roald Dahl's books enormously as a child. I used to sincerely believe that outer space was inhabited by Vermicious Knids. But the new illustrations seriously detract from the book. They look like they were scribbled in five minutes by a hack comic strip artist. They have neither skill nor charm. Sorry, but I can't stand Quentin Blake's style. Also, the cheap paper has a very unpleasant texture, and the binding makes the book difficult to read. If I re-read Roald Dahl's books it'll be in a used older edition.
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