Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Summary: Page-turning
Review: This book is great for readers who enjoy books that make you want to question life around you. It is a fantastic way to endulge oneself in free time. This ranks way up there with the Martian Chronicles and Farenheit 451.

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Summary: This book is about to kids who try to stop a killer carnival
Review: I am very pickey about the books that I read so I was intrigued when I read this book. This two hundred ninety three page book was one of my most favorite novels that I have ever read. I would reccomond this book to people grades six through high school and that is where I rank.

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Summary: Slow but Sure
Review: I found much of the book slow, perhaps because of the ornate style of prose that Mr. Bradbury employed. But perhaps he WANTED us to read it slowly, the crafty fellow! The plot was interesting, and the ending clipped along at a brisk enough pace to salvage things for me.

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Summary: Interesting, but not his best...
Review: I thought this book was a little off target, and kind of boring in some places. If you havn't read anything by Bradbury, you might want to try the Martian Chronicles or Farenheit 451 first.

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Summary: My favorite book after all these years
Review: Something Wicked is not a book to be read quickly, not a book just to be finished. Take time to savor Bradbury's every sentence in this masterful story about the dark side of human nature present in each of us.

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Summary: Something Wicked this way Comes is a Winner!
Review: I read this book for a class project and was both thrilled and delighted. It makes you reach out and try to grasp things, to think for yourself and to imagine "what if." This makes a wonderful class or group descussion, sharing the different viewpoints in a way that no other book has ever done with me before. I think this a wonderful book for mature readers.

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Summary: SPECTACULAR
Review: I didn't know what to read until my friend, Triniko Dutton, told me about Something Wicked Comes This Way or something like that byRay Bradbury. I figured why not. At the time I wasn't into reading and I went to an island in Maine with no conviencence's and I could not put it down. Even after I went to bed I would wake a 2 or 3 hours later wanting to know what was going to happen next. An excellent book and my hat of to Mr.Ray Bradbury

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Summary: Haunting!
Review: Something wicked this way comes is one of the most haunting books i've ever read. Mr Bradbury's way of story-telling really makes you search your inner soul and inspect it carefully. Its horror lies in the carnival and how its owners spread their evil. It's a must-read for anyone who love deep (poetic?) horror.

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Summary: Enjoyable for many ages.
Review: I can't believe I waited until age 28 to read this book - and I'm such a Bradbury fan! I think it would have clicked more with me at a younger age, but it was still fun to read. This is a classic example of Bradbury's "indirect storytelling"... he presents the framework or essential elements of a situation, and then it's left for your imagination to fill in the blanks and interpret it. In other words, this book does not spoon-feed you every piece of underlying plot or meaning - that depends on you. It is definitely a spooky book (though somewhat dated and long-winded), and I would recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: Monsters in the soul
Review: I am the leader of a small summer reading club for kids in crisis care. I am about to introduce them to the Bogeyman, and I hope they like him as much as I did. Ray Bradbury's stories are old friends -- I read and re-read them until the covers disintegrate and the pages brittle with age. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" was my first experience with Bradbury, and is still my favorite. Argue all you want about his descriptions (are they masterful, or are they tedious?); his characterization is what makes the book breathe. Will Halloway, Jim Nightshade, Mr. Dark, the dust witch -- I finish the book for the hundredth time, and I am STILL surprised that they are not there, reading over my shoulder. When it comes to creating people, Ray Bradbury is right up there with Dr. Frankenstein, but his monsters hide away in the human soul. And this book should be required reading for anyone who has one.