Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
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Author: Ray BradburyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN: 0380977273
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Eos
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Book Review: Wonders and Chills in the Same Story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a tale of two boys: Will Holloway and Jim Nightshade, one cautious, one adventurous and both who like to play and get in trouble as all young boys do. It also tells of the relationship between Will and his father who is an old man and has always felt that he hasn't been there for his boy because of his age.
A carnival comes into town, and when Bradbury terms it carnival that means it's bad, because circuses are fun whereas carnivals hold the freaks and are dark. And that is exactly what it is; the carnival arrives at the evil time of 3:00 am in the morning unannounced and mysteriously sets up camp in one night. The carnival, as expected, draws in all the residents of Green Town, Illinois with its promises of fun and a good time for all. What the local residents do not notice that is for a select few the carnival, run by Mr. Dark, offers even more than fun, it offers dreams fulfilled.
Jim and Will come across this revelation as they are sneaking around like young boys do, and they happen to be the only ones in town that know this carnival is evil, and they are praying on the towns people. Obviously, as boys, no one will believe them, except Will's father who for once in his life is able to help the boy and confront the carnival and Mr. Dark.
This is obviously a classic in literature, and a classic for the horror field, the way Bradbury creates such a believable fantastic setting is unbelievable. Bradbury can describe young boys better than anyone else on the planet, when reading it you feel like the boys, you can visualize everything they do because you can relate. And add the wonder that Bradbury has for Circuses he creates a unique story that is a joy to read. I love this story!
Summary of Something Wicked This Way Comes
Few American novels written this century have endured in th heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury's incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic.A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on the brink of adulthood will soon discover the secret of the satanic raree-show's smoke, mazes, and mirrors, as they learn all too well the heavy cost of wishes -- and the stuff of nightmare.
A masterpiece of modern Gothic literature, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight. How these two innocents, both age 13, save the souls of the town (as well as their own), makes for compelling reading on timeless themes. What would you do if your secret wishes could be granted by the mysterious ringmaster Mr. Dark? Bradbury excels in revealing the dark side that exists in us all, teaching us ultimately to celebrate the shadows rather than fear them. In many ways, this is a companion piece to his joyful, nostalgia-drenched Dandelion Wine, in which Bradbury presented us with one perfect summer as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, he deftly explores the fearsome delights of one perfectly terrifying, unforgettable autumn. --Stanley Wiater
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