SOMETHING
WICKED THIS WAY COMES
RAY
BRADBURY
GENRE:
HORROR
SYNOPSIS
The
carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a
week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope 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 boys will discover the secret of its smoke,
mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the
heavy cost of wishes. . .and the stuff of nightmare.
MY
TAKE
Something
Wicked This Way Comes was a very interesting read for me. I don't
think I've ever read a book quite like this before (this is my first
Bradbury novel).
The
novel itself it beautifully written—at times, almost magical.
Bradbury's prose is more along the lines of poetry at many points.
This is a positive and also a negative. On the positive side, I think
it adds an eeriness to the story. On the negative side, if you aren't
used to reading this style of storytelling, it could very well hinder
the story and cause disinterest. At first, I was put off by the
poetic style. However, the more I read the more I began to enjoy it.
I
love the “evil carnival comes to town” theme. I liked the main
characters, two kids named Will and Jim. I loved the relationship
Will has with his father.
As
much as I liked this book, I couldn't give it 5 stars. I thought the
ending was a bit, well, cheesy (for lack of a better word). But, even
with that it was a really good novel and I enjoyed it tremendously.
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