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rachelmcg2004's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
5.0
camichristine's review against another edition
4.0
Wow! Pretty intense for a short story, really packs a punch! I listened to it on YouTube, courtesy of Zach Walz - excellent narration! Makes you wonder about all the tiny things we've had an impact on and how we've changed history, our own as well as mankind? Food for thought!
creepepaper's review against another edition
5.0
Bradbury and his fear of the future brings terror to us all when recognizing the effects of The Butterfly Effect. Bradbury's descriptive language and strong vocabulary is ever present in one of my favorite stories about time travel and dinosaurs.
kylieiskool's review against another edition
4.0
Read it in English, very interesting and I liked it a lot. Short book but had a good plot and mystery
kchiappone's review against another edition
3.0
More so than other sci-fi texts, it's very important that you don't ask questions while reading this. I enjoyed it the first time, but it's hard to read, having read much about time travel, particularly [b:Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time|98591|Time Travel in Einstein's Universe The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time|J. Richard Gott III|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348672493s/98591.jpg|95044].
I can't help but ask questions! The metal path...wouldn't dinosaurs trip over it?! Wouldn't the sound of the gun send small creatures away from their initial path?! Couldn't the bullet on its trajectory toward the scaly beast ::gasp:: pierce a butterfly or kill another flying creature either large or so minute in size that nobody would even know?! After they kill the dinosaur, it says, "...it clutched trees, pulled them with it. It wrenched and tore the metal Path" (42). Wouldn't that in itself create such an array of future destruction, let alone the butterfly Eckels steps on?!
Having said that, strong writing in general. I teach it in the 8th grade and they students always enjoy it.
I can't help but ask questions! The metal path...wouldn't dinosaurs trip over it?! Wouldn't the sound of the gun send small creatures away from their initial path?! Couldn't the bullet on its trajectory toward the scaly beast ::gasp:: pierce a butterfly or kill another flying creature either large or so minute in size that nobody would even know?! After they kill the dinosaur, it says, "...it clutched trees, pulled them with it. It wrenched and tore the metal Path" (42). Wouldn't that in itself create such an array of future destruction, let alone the butterfly Eckels steps on?!
Having said that, strong writing in general. I teach it in the 8th grade and they students always enjoy it.
gsanta1's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty interesting. A very exciting concept.
An immeasurably dangerous hunt and a cowardly hunter.
Published in 1952, decades before Jurassic Park, before a similar Simpson episode.
The last paragraph was a bit too much, but the rest was a great thriller.
The writing itself was fine. Ray Bradbury has done better.
An immeasurably dangerous hunt and a cowardly hunter.
Published in 1952, decades before Jurassic Park, before a similar Simpson episode.
The last paragraph was a bit too much, but the rest was a great thriller.
The writing itself was fine. Ray Bradbury has done better.
spookysoto's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent short story, definitely Ray Bradbury was a better short stories writer, at least I've liked better all the short stories that I've read.
This one is about time travel and the consequences a small change in the past can have on the future. It's very short but it raises all the right questions and makes you wonder what will happen next. I really recommend it especially if you like time travel stories. There's a movie based on this, you can watch it but it's awful.
Esta es una excelente historia. Luego de haber leido Fahrenheit 451 y varios cuentos de este autor, prefiero sus cuentos, pienso que ahi es donde realmente se luce.
Este es un cuento sobre viaje en el tiempo y las consecuencias que un minúsculo cambio en el pasado puede tener en el futuro. Es increíble como en tan pocas páginas se puede contar una historia que te haga cuestionar tantas cosas y con su final te despierte la imaginación. Lo recomiendo especialmente si te gustan las historias de viaje en el tiempo. Hay una pelicula basada en el pero no la recomiendo porque es muy mala.
This one is about time travel and the consequences a small change in the past can have on the future. It's very short but it raises all the right questions and makes you wonder what will happen next. I really recommend it especially if you like time travel stories. There's a movie based on this, you can watch it but it's awful.
Esta es una excelente historia. Luego de haber leido Fahrenheit 451 y varios cuentos de este autor, prefiero sus cuentos, pienso que ahi es donde realmente se luce.
Este es un cuento sobre viaje en el tiempo y las consecuencias que un minúsculo cambio en el pasado puede tener en el futuro. Es increíble como en tan pocas páginas se puede contar una historia que te haga cuestionar tantas cosas y con su final te despierte la imaginación. Lo recomiendo especialmente si te gustan las historias de viaje en el tiempo. Hay una pelicula basada en el pero no la recomiendo porque es muy mala.