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Ray Bradbury was a brilliant writer whose gift with the language goes beyond genre. This book is generally classified as a dark fantasy but his style is definitely Literary. I would not call this a page-turner. I had to keep going back to really savor the words and let them sink in.
There are a lot of Big Issues here: good vs. evil, nostalgia for childhood, fear of death and the unknown. The main characters are Will and Jim, two 13 year old boys in a small town, but I would say the real focus is ...more
There are a lot of Big Issues here: good vs. evil, nostalgia for childhood, fear of death and the unknown. The main characters are Will and Jim, two 13 year old boys in a small town, but I would say the real focus is ...more
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
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
I love Ray Bradbury's short stories. The Martian Chronicles is my favorite story collection. Something Wicked this Way Comes is perfect for Halloween. A carnival comes to Green Town Illinois, filled with all the wonderful things that two thirteen year old boys can imagine. The carnival came in late October, everyone knows carnivals don't set up after Labor Day. The carnival came in at midnight, when everyone knows they come in at dawn.
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Oct 10, 2009
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I enjoyed this. Had to keep re-reading sentences and phrases which particularly tickled me. It reminded me of King, perhaps less suspense, just as clever, but better written. (I can just hear the King fans crying "sacrilege")
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Reading this as an older person makes it a lot less fun than it would have been if I had read it as a teenager.
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