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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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What Members Thought

Oct 17, 2019 Adriana Boisen rated it liked it

Beautiful poetic writing and scary, but somehow didn't hold my attention... Also I think Ray Bradbury is sexist, once again no female characters worth much. ...more

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Aug 10, 2017 Caitlin Channer rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, creepy

Overall, disappointing. There were brief, awesome moments of "dang, that is beautiful" or "dang, that is creepy", but mostly I thought the prose bogged down the plot and the character development. Bradbury probably should have left this as a short story.

Edit: I liked this better the second time I read it, so I bumped it up a star. But I do still think the meandering of the descriptions and characters’ thoughts does slow down the suspense factor. ...more

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