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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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Feb 03, 2014 Ileana rated it really liked it

"Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we have drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down, comprehend it, we've got to thinking of it as an entity, strangely alive and greedy. All it is, however, is a stopped watch, a loss, an end, a darkness. Nothing. And the carnival wisely knows we are more afraid of Nothing than we are of Something. You can fight Something. But... Nothing? Where do you hit it? Has it a heart, soul, butt-behind, brain?" ...more

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Jun 21, 2021 Martina Dee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another Ray Bradbury's jewel. As usual, he plays with language waving a fabric that entraps the fortunate reader. No spoiler here but, like in each one of his œuvres d'art, expect to be gripped between darkness and exhilaration. And be prepared to never put it down. ...more

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Jan 17, 2024 adele rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Writing? AMAZING. Style? Beautiful. Characters? Great. Plot? Idk what part really sucked my soul out but I dragged through the whole book because I didn’t care. Enjoyed the creepiness and the circus, but the supernatural (like the mysterious magic?) bits just didn’t do it for me.

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