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Summary: Somthing Wicked This Way Comes
Review: This is a great read. Any fan of Ray Bradbury must read this book. I loved it from start to finish.
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Summary: A bit disappointed for a Bradbury novel...
Review: I hate to say it...but Bradbury's writing style on this book was not for me. There were passages I skipped and I felt that the ending was way too rushed. I would have loved to learn more about the Illustrated Man and his crew - how did they get their powers? Where did they come from? The best part of novel was the library scene...otherwise, it was just OK for me.
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Summary: Very entertaining, solid story...
Review: I have taken two stars off my rating because I felt the ending was very rushed. I would have liked to know more about the Illustrated Man, aka Mr. Dark, who was the most fascinating character in the novel. Also, I don't know if I liked Mr. Bradbury's style of writing for this novel - there were sections where I couldn't follow the imagery and wasn't connecting to what he was talking about. Otherwise, a very enjoyable, fast paced, thriller/horror story from Mr. Bradbury.
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Summary: something wicked this way comes
Review: A mildly paced, philosophical novel by author Ray Bradbury (author of "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451"). Bringing out his very wordy and verbose style of writing, Bradbury tells a tale of dream-like, or even better, nightmare-like proportions. Jim and Will, a week under fourteen, are searching for some excitement in their quaint town in Illinois, but what they get is the place they call home suddenly turned upside down. Late one night, the boys discover a night-train coming down the shore. It's carrying what will shortly become a carnival of mystery. The boys can hardly believe their eyes. The carnival filled with sideshows and ghastly dark tents, harbors a cast of evil-natured freaks that have a certain humane charm, winning the hearts of the town folk. Inside the carnival, they find an insane, powerful, mirror maze that casts a spell on the boys' teacher, who later falls victim to the magically twisted carousel with powers to add or extract years from it's riders. The boys find this out, and are soon on the freaks hit list. Nothing is what it seems, friends are being disguised by new ages, and nobody knows who these freaks are or where they came from. But one thing is clear. Jim and Will are next, if they don't find out how to stop them.
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: This is one of my all time favorite books. Read it when I was in fifth grade and I wish I would've picked it back up since then. This is a MUST-HAVE book. Heavy themes woven throughout, it's a book which I witnessed my 'too cool to read' friend at the time convert into a voraciously avid sci-fi junkie.
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Summary: something wicked this way comes
Review: "Something wicked this way comes" is a horror novel.
This story is about a carnival that alway came at oct. and turn every people ride the merry-go-round into part their show. The merry-go-round can also make people young and older, that's why many people want to ride it backward to make themselve younger. Mr. Dark the manjor of the carnival want to make Jim to be part of carnival. Thanks to Will his best friends and Will's father, together they save JIm. And ending the story in a unbelieve way.
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Summary: Mrs. Pearson -- 2nd period
Review: The book 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' is a book about two young boys trying to find adventure, only to realize the adventure coming to them is not what they were out looking for. I think that this book teaches a valuable lesson and when looking for adventure make sure you look up the road a little futher.
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Summary: A Thrilling Book
Review: Recently I Read the book Something Whicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. It is a very interesting book and requires some thinking to understand this book.It is about two boys Will and Jim. it was in the middle of October when a carnival comes to town. This is a very strange carnival. They take all the people that come to the carnivle and turn them into a part of their freak shows. I had a good experience reading this book it was very entertaining. It took me only about a week to read this book and itwas worth the time.
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Summary: By the pricking of my thumbs Something Wicked This way Comes
Review: That Bradbury is the living legend of fiction so profound that it can move you for life is a well known fact. What is not known is that his stories are not just fiction. Rather every word he writes comes out of the experience he had in this life or last or may be next.
Something Wicked This Way Comes explores the deepest, darkest desires of human heart. 2 Boys stumble upon the secret of a "dark carnival", its mysterious carousel and even more mysterious Mr. Dark, the ringmaster, the granter of all wishes.
How the boys resist the evil of the carnival and all those lurking in its dark depths, how they temp their fates and struggle to survive makes a wonderful reading experience you won't find anywhere else.
Whether you like Gothic fiction or not one thing is sure, you will like this book for its wonderful prose and extraordinary plot.
CONCLUSION : A masterpiece. BUY IT.
RELATED BOOKS: October Country, From the Dust Returned
OTHER GOOD BOOKS : Death is a lonely Business, I Sing Body Electric, Farenheit 451, Illustrated Man, Martian Chronicles.
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Summary: Great Ray
Review: Ray's prose is so lush and descriptive, it's incredible. He's a fantastic writer and storyteller. Some may find that this book plods along in places, but I prefer to just sit back and enjoy Ray. I also recommend the audio tape version of this book with the narration by Paul Hecht, which is superb.
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