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There's something about Ray Bradbury's writing that is like freaking magic for the mind and soul. Jim and Will are one dimensional characters but somehow this ends up working out perfectly for the themes of the story and as an offset to Charles Holloway's complex inner conflict and self-esteem. The horror aspect of the story is much more bold in its foreshadowing than it is in its content, but the "evil carnival" is not what will keep you captivated anyway. It is what the Cooger and Dark's Carni
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I just ended up skimming this book to get the gist of the story. I couldn't take another second of trying to understand what I just read. And this was with each paragraph. 13 pages took me over two hours to read because of this. His prose (and use of descriptive words) was convoluted, clunky, made no sense at times, and one sentence would be an entire paragraph.
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