Book Review - Demon Dentist

Author: David Walliams

Genre: Humorous + a little bit of horror

Recommended: 8+ children

Main Characters: Gabz – a little girl, Alfie – a boy with very rotten teeth, Mrs. Root – a dentist, Winnie – a social worker, Raj – a newsagent, Fang the cat, Mr. Snood – a drama teacher, PC Plank – a policeman and Dad – Alfie’s dad

Rating: 5/5

 

Summary:

 

Alfie is a boy with rotten teeth. This is because he had a terrible incident with the dentist. After that, Alfie would NEVER go to the dentist again. Dad is wheelchair bound. Then, a new dentist comes. She gives everyone in Alfie’s school sweets! She also gave them toothpaste which burnt through concrete! So when the children came back, they all had toothaches! But Alfie was clever enough to check that the toothpaste was ok or not.

 

The next day, Gabz, his friend, said that children were putting a tooth under their pillows for the tooth fairy, and find something unspeakably gruesome under their pillow in the morning. It may be a dead slug, a live spider, a wasp’s nest, cat poo, a dirty old verruca sock, a dead adder, a giant scab, flying ant’s eggs, a bat’s wing, a badger’s paw, a snail with it’s shell pulled off, hundreds of centipedes or a filthy plaster sodden with pus. Evil was at work. But who was behind it? Read the book to find out!

 

Why I liked this book:

 

I like this book because it was extremely funny. Funny books are good. Also, David Walliams can describe things in very interesting ways. He sometimes makes up words like “Custardy”, “Bum-Clenchingly”, “heart-stoppingly” and “Eye-wateringly”. These also help make funny books.

 

This book is really good, and I know you’ll like it too!

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