I was curious to see if this held up and it mostly does! I'm far less comfortable now with Dahl's habit of portraying ghastly character flaws via physical traits. And Miss Honey doesn't come off quite as positively as she did when I was young. Overall, however, it's a captivating and enjoyable story. It's still easy to root for Matilda, every young bookworm's idol, and easy to root against the horribly abusive Trunchbull and the Wormwood parents, as Dursleyish a pair as ever Dursleyed.