Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
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Book Reviews of Something Wicked This Way Comes
Book Review: Amazing book...incredibly poetic, fantastically vivid imagery
Summary: 5 Stars
I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury about a year ago, and was amazed by it. I loved how painfully true the story was becoming...I also was enchanted by the beautiful writing. So obviously, I had to check out more works by this wonderful author. I purchased Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
This book far exceeded my expectations. Though a few parts of the book are drawn out and uninteresting, the majority of it is fantastically written, with lots of beautiful imagery. The ending was very unexpected, but cute and thoughtful.
Is it as good as Fahrenheit 451? I wouldn't compare the two, but I enjoyed this book slightly more, though Fahrenheit 451's message is more true. Five big fat shiny stars for Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Book Review: One of the Greatest Books of all Time
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was what hooked me on Bradbury and made him my favorite author for longer than I can count. It was through this book that I came to appreciate his unique, often imitated but never reproduced, style, and made me move to the October Country, where I lived for some time. Bradbury is the master and creator of the Dark Carnival, and the concept was never better than in this book. But, like so many of Bradbury's works, this book has a deeper meaning. It is about a boy's yearning to grow up and an old man's yearning to be young again. If you want to learn to appreciate Bradbury or are in love with his works already, let him sink you into this book. We'll see if you ever come out.Book Review: One of the Scariest Books Ever Written
Summary: 5 Stars
There's something about the way Bradbury writes, as if you are reading synapses and neurons. He puts you right in his head and it is a wonderful place. With this book I became a fan of Bradbury's work. Apparently originally meant to be a short story entitled Dark Carnival Bradbury turned this into one of the scariest novels ever written. I'm not kidding folks. Under the guise of a children's tale is a story of a circus of bad intentions, a seller of lightning rods, an evil merry-go-round, and the terror of being a teenager. Highly original and entertaining. If you are a fan of horror fiction or just plain old good story telling pick this book up and enjoy.Book Review: One of the scariest things I have ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
Usually I connect Ray Bradbury with weird enough stories that always seem to have plenty of heart. And I am not saying that this does not have plenty of heart, but rather than the usual strange sci-fi Ray Bradbury makes something truly horrific that has actually caused me nightmares. Through the innocence of children and a traveling carnival Bradbury makes an intelligent and creative story that deals with the hidden desires of humanity itself. It's weird, terrifying, and altogether Bradbury classic.Book Review: Not really scary, but so what?
Summary: 5 Stars
As a horror novel, this book fails. As a dark fantasy it succeeds. The book will not really scare anyone who reads Stephen King or even watches the X-files regularly. Mind you the book has the best prose I have ever read. At times I could of sworn that I was reading poetry not prose. If you're looking for a traditional scare look else where. If you are looking for an extremely lyrical and stylized novel that deals with the battle between good and evil in the soul.