Something Wicked This Way Comes in Around the World in 80 Books

Oct 26, 2019 Pam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, illinois, 2019-books-read

AUTHOR Bradbury, Ray
TITLE Something Wicked This Way Comes
DATE READ 10/26/2019
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE By October, school is already well underway, and young children cannot wait for Halloween. But this year Halloween cannot wait either.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER /#of PAGES YA/1962/Wm Morrow/293
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 160/111;
GROUP READ The BeeKeepers
TIME/PLACE 1962/IL
COMMENTS Probably would not have read this except it was for a group read. Just not a f ...more

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Jul 28, 2008 Suvi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: _north-america, horror, 1940-1969, novels, circus

I loved the concept and the way it was written. Although at some point I started losing my interest and I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd read it when I was younger. ...more

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Aug 22, 2011 mstan rated it liked it

Shelves: src-fall-2011, american

This reminded me so very much of Dandelion Wine and introduced The Illustrated Man (but in a much more scary context here). As a dream-like exploration of childhood fears and gravitation towards adventure and danger, it is quite lovely, but the adventures at the dreadful carnival - with its frightening mirror mazes, age-defying carousel and REAL witch - span nearly 300 pages, and tried my patience a little as a result. It's a fugue state that beyond a certain span of time becomes annoying to rem ...more

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