Roald Dahl truly is the best storyteller and he proves it once again with The Witches. This book is quite dark for children as it is all about children-hating witches who want to eat and kill them all. Yikes! From the lore to the physical descriptions, these witches are quite scary and I remember being terrified as a kid. The Grand High Witch is absolutely one of the scariest witches I have ever read/seen on screen in my entire life. One of my favorite elements to this story is the relationship between Luke and Grandmamma. They have such a unique bond and they both truly get one another. I found Bruno, the gluttonous "friend," to be quite intolerable in the book, however. I know I was not a fan of him in the original movie, but I really just got annoyed by him here for sure. For parents wanting to transition their kids into some "horror" books and movies, I think this is a great choice as it has a lot of creepy elements but is still fun, light-hearted, and adventurous!