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Summary: Dandelion Wine
Review: I thought this book had alot of deeper meanings to it, yet hard to understand. The book was more like a lot of little stories - each with their own meaning, and lesson. You could really learn alot about life from all the little things it taught you. In general i thought this book to be deep and powerful, but hard to grasp.
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Summary: I love cookies.
Review: This book talks about cookies and more cookies and more cookies and more cookiesssssssss.
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Summary: Even though you could get lost, it was still a good book
Review: Even though I had to read this book for my english class I'm glad i picked it because there's a certain tang to this book,you could say. At first I was just going to skim over it,but then i had to actually read it because if i didn't,Iwould get lost.But as i realized what is happening to Doug,I cant help but compare it to my own life....Such as how I've not actually realized that I'm ALIVE....the plot of the book:A boy growing up.....But the part that sort of confused me was how the POV would jump around, flitting from one person to another.. I understand that it's a book about a whole town and their stories rather than one singular person but my head is still spinning.
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Summary: A Classic
Review: I thought that Dandelion Wine is a great book that holds wisdom for people of any era. It was written similarly to some of Bradbury's other books, such as The Illustrated Man or the Martian Chronicles, in the respect that it is more of a collection of stories that share a common thread, than a full-length novel. I think that is why some readers may find this book confusing, they were expecting Dandelion Wine to stick with one main situation or topic, and found it confusing when stories changed.
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Summary: Dandelion Wine- a summer we all should have had
Review: Few books touch that nostalgic nerve about summer when we were young. Bradbury provides a story about a summer that we all had or should have had, once. Through the eyes of youth, a summer in Green Town is unveiled with the happy, the sad, the real. The characters are diverse and authentic. The importance of Keds, trolley cars, Nehi's and family are all entwined along with a few unexpected happenings that make life. Critics may suggest Bradbury has not written organzied, flowing prose with the traditional introduction, build-up, climax, and conclusion. Dandelion Wine was not meant to be that traditional novel. It is, rather, a memory of a summer - and memories are seldom organized- but most often bits and pieces in no particular order. In addition to the tale, Bradbury has scattered gems, lines of truth and insight, throughout the book. The character Jonas gently explains to Douglas Spaulding one day that "Some people turn sad awfully young..no special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them." Just a Bradbury line that may be a biography in itself of the reader or one of those close friends lost many summers ago. Dandelion Wine is an outstanding work about a time when summers seemed warmer which will be a pleasant book to remove from the shelf every June, July, or August, and relax and feel good remembering when we were the Douglas Spauldings of the world living with vigor.
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Summary: This is a wonderful novel
Review: Ray Bradbury is one of the best authors ever, and this is one of his masterpieces. He tells such a brilliant story, that it's impossible to not enjoy this book, if you have the skills required to read it. Not that it's hard to read, but it takes the full commitment on the part of the reader. If you don't committ to it, you will never understand the book.I think everyone should attempt to read it at least twice.
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Summary: Dandelion Fine
Review: Interesting how someone who is known more as an accomplished writer of science fiction has written such a wonderful coming of age story set in small town, middle America. Highly recommended.
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Summary: I rate this book low because it was hard to follow.
Review: I thought that this book was confusing do to the fact that every chapter of the book would change course to a new character or place. In one chapter, they talked about Doug(the maincharacter)and how he is in a light tower imaginating that he is waking the town by using magic. Then the next chapter has Doug in the woods with his dad and brother. Since the confusion made the book hard to follow, it didn't appeal to me and most of my fellow classemates that read it. On the other hand, I thought the book had the potential to be very intresting if the flow was consitant. The life of Doug, a 12-year-old boy, is one that I could relate to. The losses of friends and family through out the book is one thing I can relate to. I have lost a few family members, but more than a handful of friends. The way Doug moves on in life is what I to do. So, in a way feel a sort of conection with Doug. It is kind of hard for me to give a review for a book that I really didn't understand but, from what I did pick up from the book was not too bad. I recomond this book to a reader that has a high compotision and can follow non-flowing books. For readers like me, who like to only read books that will keep us interstead through out the book, Dandelion Wine is not the book for you.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: Once in a while I will say, "this has been my most enjoyable read of my life." That has happened about five times in the last ten years. It happened again upon my finishing this remarkable book, Dandelion Wine. Though the selections are idealistic, they are nevertheless delicious and full of beautifully described experiences which almost express life's experiences better than living them.
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Summary: A Beautiful Story
Review: I believe this book to be very touching and moving on many different levels. I was assigned this book in my STS Adv. Lit class two weeks ago, and I was immediatly swallowed into Dandelion Wine. Being only 16, I notice myself trying to grow up as fast as I can as I near adulthood. This book has made me look at the way I take being a kid for granted. I have it pretty easy and only have school to worry about finishing at this point. That's going to change very soon, and I will never be able to turn back time. These are the good times. Ray Bradbury has reminded me of this. His symphony of words has worked their way deep into my soul. A truly wonderful book.
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