Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Ray Bradbury

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.

Science Fiction

Fantasy

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Author

Ray Bradbury

Pages

304

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published Date

2013-04-23

ISBN

0062242172 9780062242174

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"Reading this is a sweet syrup for your brain. Dreamy writing. Explores themes of father/son relationships and coping with death and aging. It's interesting to see how the expectations of different age brackets have changed since the 1960s too, because I don't feel like 40 is considered old anymore."

Darya 🖤

"This was a really sweet book. Bradbury’s writing style is really great, I am always drawn in, but the relationships and themes therein that were explored while experiencing this very fantastical situation were just amazing. "

CaitVD

"Yikes."

Kolika Simmons

"Bradbury's writing style, for me, is better suited for short stories and novellas. Once it reaches 150+ pages, it becomes tedious. I didn't see any of the magic other comments have discussed, and found this book rather dull and predictable. I was holding out for a twist ending, but was left flat. "

Haley Reads

"A narrative that has not aged well, this reads like a middle-aged, slightly sexist man's rambling -if poetic- thoughts on life and death and the nature of evil ... And though it's poetic, it's not remotely poignant and only barely insightful in the end. Bummer."

Crimson Sparrow

"Hi Sarah! I just posted a review on an audio that I just finished. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Mirakami. "

Vendetta Goodman

"I wasn’t really scared by this but the writing style was beautiful and enchanting!"

cjay

"I have to say this book is so beautifully written. I enjoyed how the story developed and really enjoyed Charles Halloway’s character and how he developed throughout the book as well. Watching him awaken his relationship with his son was beautiful. The only reason I gave the book 3 stars is because I struggled through the beginning of the book."

Alaina Mingle

"⭐️/5 Stars<br/>I really wanted to like this one, but is just wasn’t for me. The writing style drove me crazy. The constant metaphors and over detailed imagery made it so that I could barely tell what was actually happening and what was supposed to be the overall message. I was also terribly bored the entire time I spent reading this. I found that by page 40, I just didn’t care about anyone or anything within the story."

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Cailin Zoltak

"One of my favorites!"