Book Review: Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

This book is about a jolly old man called Mr. Hoppy who hold only two things very, very close to his heart: his various plants that he grows in his home garden and Mrs. Silver who lives in the storey just under his balcony and who he falls absolutely in love with. The problem, however, with this happy love story is that his beloved Mrs. Silver has no idea how smitten the poor man is with her. The reason for this is that Mr. Hoppy happens to be a shy man and doesn't manage to say a lot to the lady other than the usual polite conversations that these two share while standing on their own separate balconies. How very sad indeed! Another obstacle that Mr. Hoppy is faced with is Alfie the tortoise who is the sole  object of Mrs. Silver's affections. She adores her pet tortoise so much and cannot seem to get enough of it. She carries it around with her all over the house, keeps it in a comfortable little hut made just for it, feeds it all sorts of nice vegetables, and says nice endearments in its ears all the time. All this makes Hoppy very envious and he keeps on thinking about ways to make Mrs. Silver notice him and appreciate his feelings for her. At last long though, Mrs. Silver comes to him with a query regarding her beloved pet and Mr. Hoppy gets a chance to quickly swoop in and be her knight in a shining armour, an opportunity he has been waiting for as long as ever.   

I will obviously not tell you the whole story, guys! You need to read it for yourselves. I started reading it having breakfast this morning because I just couldn't wait to get started with my reading today. And I finished it in a matter of an hour. It was everything you would expect from a Roald Dahl book: enjoyable, fast-paced and hilarious as hell. Dahl perfectly manages to capture the imagination of his readers till the very end and impresses them with his wit and originality on every single. The illustrations in the book, done by Quentin Blake, are on point as well. I love looking at them as much as I enjoy reading the book.