Greg James

“Ah, well. No rest for the twittish. Better get on with it, I suppose.”

The original is a children’s classic, and this one gives the twits a common enemy: neighbors. No rest for the twittish indeed.
I liked how this expanded the setting by having the twits interact with other people instead of just the two of them and how referenced the to original. At the same time, I felt like it used fonts and letter size to emphasize words too chaotically. The chaos of the twits is in the content, in show more the story, not in the typeface or the illustrations that try to show what is being described. show less

Completely enjoyable book that extends and stays true to the Roald Dahl legacy. I just love how the everything up ties up so nicely and I look forward the next story in this series. Listened to the audiobook with my kids and they loved it too but perhaps not as much as I did!

I love how Greg James and Chris Smith took the classic Roald Dahl story and made what sounds like a prequel (based on Mr. Twits curse at the end of this book). I think Roald would have loved this book, it was fun, the insults were creative and lively, and the Twits were spot on.

I could not get into this book at all. I was thoroughly lost from the very beginning. At one moment the main character was in the present being picked on by a group of girls and then she was in another world and lost. She wandered here for years, held hostage, searching for a sword and fighting a devil I think. Not one I'll follow.