By Eddie Mason, Writer
Review of "the fantastically witty and gruesome" Demon Dentist by David Walliams.
★★★★
The Demon Dentist is based on a boy called Alfie who lives with his dad in a community house because his dad is paralysed which means he can no longer work. A social worker, called Winnie, helps to look after Alfie. One day, when Winnie is at the house she spots lots of missed dental appointment letters for him. Alfie has a fear of the dentist. This is because when he was about 9 years old he went to the dentist to have a tooth removed but the dentist accidentally removed the wrong tooth. I wouldn’t be happy if this happened to me, would you? He’s now 12 and a new dentist has come into town so Winnie immediately books him an appointment.
I would recommend this book to someone who likes funny books but not someone who is squeamish!
Miss Root, the new dentist, visits Alfie’s school to introduce herself and gives the children ‘sugar free’ sweets. She then brings Alfie to the front of the assembly and inspects his teeth live on stage. For being a helper, Alfie is given one of her toothbrushes and toothpaste. On his walk home, Alfie squirts some of the toothpaste onto the bridge and notices that it burns straight through the stone. He then cuts himself on the toothbrush because it's razor sharp. Also, since Miss Root arrived in town people have been finding horrifying things underneath their pillows in exchange for their teeth. Things like slimy eyeballs, severed bat wings and septic scabs.
Alfie tells his friend Gabz and they decide to investigate what the problem is with the new dentist and if she is linked to the disappearance of the tooth fairy.
My favourite character is Raj because he is really funny. He appears in all of Walliams books offering advice and friendship to the main characters. He is kind and caring although sometimes a bit strange. He does some crazy things such as putting newspaper into the freezer to stop it going out of date and eating the liquorice from a dip-dab and replacing it with a biro. He may be a man on the outside but he is a child at heart.
I would recommend this book to someone who likes funny books but not someone who is squeamish! I think this book is suitable for children aged between 9 and 13 because it could be scary for younger children and older children may be reading more complicated books.
David Walliams specialises in funny children's books with very imaginative characters. His ideas for characters are amazing and are all so different except Raj who appears in every book and adds the comedy.
Some other books by David Walliams include: Ratburger, The Boy in the Dress, Gangsta Granny, Mr Stink The World’s Worst Children.
You can listen to a new David Walliams story each day on his website.
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