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Summary: Gloriously nostalgic
Review: I highly recommend this book to any fan of Ray Bradbury's work, or to anyone who wishes to introduce his classic works into their library. He is a passionate visionary that writes not only about sci-fi, but his colorful writing style encapsulates the sometimes ineffable feelings that each and every one of us have had about every possible situation in life, and dare I say, in death. I always feel like a kid again when I read his books, I am taken away to warm, sunny Saturdays when I was still in awe of the newness of life. I can hardly force myself to read the works of others as I am convinced that no one can do with words the magic that Ray Bradbury has done.
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Summary: Summer in a Glass
Review: The fantasy of the most magical place on earth is fulfilled with the description of one lonely, ordinary town: Greentown, Illinois. In Ray Bradbury's spectacular novel, Dandelion Wine, the magic of the book seems to float off the page and embrace the reader. The memorable summer of 1928, which began with the ritual of the first dandelion harvest to make bottles of wine, seemingly started like an ordinary summer for Douglass Spaulding. Little did he know that in that summer alone he would learn some of life's most important lessons, including the concept of age and death. His journey through the summer months are described from the innocent point of view of a young child, the state of mind where magic and witches are alive without the slightest doubt. Despite the magical auroa of Dandelion Wine, Bradbury's writing style makes it anything but a children's book, capable to draw in even the oldest and most skeptical of readers. His spectacular use of description gives a complete sense of Doug's surroundings; he is able to pick the smallest details and elaborate on them without boring the reader in any way at all. Adding to the greatness, the unique format in which he chose to write the book gives the points of view of any age group: from the innocence and insecurity of a ten-year-old, to the knowledge and clamness of a 95-year-old. Being able to make the reader relate to the various points of view, no matter the reader's own, is surely no easy task, but Bradbury executes it beautifully. Each sentece is an enchanted pearl on its own, which at first takes time to digest, but soon the reader is in the same enchanted stated of mind as the author, making the reading flow easily. Anyone with an imagination would surely enjoy Dandelion Wine, for its mixture of fantasy and wonderful writing ma,es it the perfect book to read on a cold winter night, like a freshly opened bottle of dandelion wine to carry one into the memories of the summer.
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Summary: The pure refreshment of Lime-vanilla ice
Review: I enjoy the comfort of rituals. Every Spring, I am sure to appreciate the rebirth of the world by wearing flowers in my hair and reading Dandelion Wine in the warmth of the sun. Every reading brings me new lessons and insights into this mystery we call life. I savor each poetic gem, starting with Bradbury's Introduction which says, "If your boy is a poet, horse manure can only mean flowers to him; which is, of course what horse manure has always been about" to Douglas and Tom marveling at "all of the summer shelved and glimmering there in the motionless streams, the bottles of dandelion wine." Dandelion Wine feeds the poetic soul. I believe that there are some people "who get it" and some who just don't and never will. This amazing book is for those "who get it" and who are romantics, however deep down inside. I consider this book an optimistic version of Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Bradbury recognizes the same exceptional souls that "bruise easier, tire faster, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world" but Dandelion Wine fosters the purity in Douglas instead of smothering it out of him. Dandelion Wine is a collage of lives interrelated in Green Town. The candid snapshots of people's lives include a man who makes a Happiness Machine that brings despair, a human time machine, and a couple of soul mates whose lives "interlaced too late." All of these lives are being taken in by Doug Spalding, who is finding a new world through his twelve-year old eyes. I believe that everyone who knows what it is like to be different and to feel things more deeply than the majority does will relish in this book's unique sincerity.
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Summary: Uncork this one
Review: In this magical coming of age story, Douglas Spaulding is a 12 year old boy living in Green Town, IL in the Summer of 1928. It is marvelous not merely because of the joyful exuberance of Doug's adventures, nor because it evokes Bradbury's childhood, but because it will bring back memories of your own youthful summers. Doug's excitement over a new pair of sneakers, or a dish of ice cream on a sweltering night, his grandfather's refusal to countenance newfangled grass that doesn't need mowing, indeed, his sheer joy at the smell of his newmown lawn, all of these resonate in the chambers of the mind. The title of the book derives from the dandelion wine that his family bottles at the beginning of the summer and which will recall the scents and sensations of summer throughout the year. Likewise, uncorking this book will summon forth those endless days that you spent playing kick the can or baseball, cooking out in the yard, emerging from the water smelling of chlorine or brine, riding bicycles for hours on end, lying in bed listening to West Coast baseball games on the radio far into the night... This is a book about the value of traditions and rituals and memories and the golden hour of youth, before we take on the burden of responsibilities. Read it for the dual experience of being transported back to the Midwest of Bradbury's youth and to the halcyon days of your own.GRADE: A+
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Summary: dandelion wine
Review: I disliked Dandelion Wine because I thought the book was boring and had no plot. I was confused throughout the whole book. For example when the book switched from tennis shoes to the green machine without explaining much. This book was bad. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Dandelion Wine Book Review
Review: Dandelion Wine was a very exciting book to read for summer reading. The author Ray Bradbury kept the reader entertained in every chapter. This book is about a young boy named Douglas Spaulding and his adventures growing up in the summer of 1928. There were many anecdotes in this book. For example, the lonely one, green machine, and a boy that finds out for the first time that he is alive. I thought this book would be boring but I was wrong. Ray Bradbury is a great author and he wrote this book very well. I suggest you go and get this book and read it.
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Summary: Boring at the first part, but the rest......
Review: This book was very boring at the first part because they had to introduce many characters. But, from the middle to the end was the best like the "lonely one" and the drama between Bill Forester and Helen. If you are planning to read this book, I suggest that you start from the middle because you would like the book beter that way.
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Summary: Dandelion Wine
Review: Dandelion Wine was the best book I had ever read. Ray Bradbury kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading. He wrote about a young boy named Douglas and his eventful summer. Events that occured were titled "The Green Machine", "The Lonely One", and more interesting and intriguing events. I am glad I was assigned to reading this book because it had a message to it. The message was to be more thankful and appreciative of life. This book should be read by more students and adults beacause it has a positive message to it.
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Summary: Dandelion Wine Book Review
Review: To me I think "Dandelion Wine" is a great book to read. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation for the events to come. The adventures with Doug and Tom keep me very attentive to what happensfollowing the different types of conflicts that they encounter throughout the novel. Although boring at some times, the exciting events which take place make up for all the "lost time." With exciting plots such as the unraveling of the murderer called 'the lonely one," and the discovering of the "happiness machine." I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend this novel to young adolescents who are either experiencing, or will expereince "rite of passage" either sooner or later.
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Summary: A good book to read
Review: Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine" was assigned to me as part of a reading program in high school. When I first picked up the book I immediatley did not feel like finishing it. I found the first chapters slow. The further I read "Dandelion Wine" the more I liked it. Soon I could hardly put it down. Ray Bradbury's story about a young boy's adventurous summer in 1928 takes place in the country with a variety of interesting characters. Ray Bradbury soon captured my imagination. The book grabbed me by the throat and made it impossible for me to put it down. Scary characters like the Lonely One kept me wondering what could happen next. There were also parts that would make you relax. I recommend this book for anyone who would enjoy a suspenseful story with a happy ending.
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