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I read this when I was an insanely romantic teenager and since then the cruel world has beaten all that nonsense out of my brain with bars of iron and wires of barb, and left me bleeding and barfing in a vile ditch, so I should probably not have plucked my old Corgi paperback of Something Wicked out Leggi tutto

Leveling any complaints against Bradbury seems like a literary crime, but I'm afraid I didn't enjoy Something Wicked as much I feel like I should have. The plot was really interesting, and right up my alley - evil carnival comes to town and preys on the unsuspecting citizens. The execution, however, Leggi tutto

I had an incredibly hard time reading this book, especially considering it's a 300-page linear story about an evil circus coming to a small town. I think it's because -- unlike Fahrenheit 451 -- Bradbury overwrote this book to the point of it being dense poetry rather than prose. The dialogue is spa Leggi tutto

The story is a pure dark poetry. It’s October… A month of Halloween… A month of ghostly beings… A month of mysterious expectations… The seller of lightning-rods arrived just ahead of the storm. He came along the street of Green Town, Illinois, in the late cloudy October day, sneaking glances over his Leggi tutto

“Beware the autumn people.” A travelling carnival arrives in a small midwestern town one day in October, resulting in a nightmarish experience for two 13 year old boys. Do you like coming of age tales? Do you like beautifully written prose? Do you like your stories to invoke stunning autumnal imagery Leggi tutto

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. MacBeth Act 4, Scene 1 This book is straight-forward good vs. evil – and is quite terrifying at points! It goes beyond fantasy and mysticism and straight to the terrifying possibilities from the darkest reaches. This would be a great s Leggi tutto