Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

3 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

 When I think of Ray Bradbury I think of There Will Come Soft Rains, when I think of There Will Come Soft Rains I think of grief. The automated house dutifully carries out its functions paying no mind to any inhabitants. As with several of Bradbury's works there is a large sense of isolation paired with a fear of technology, justified or not. 
The house is seemingly the only thing still functioning, the people are gone, and aside from a brief mention of wildlife being scared off by the house's functions, there is a dog 

but that dog dies almost as soon as it arrives (possibly from radiation sickness though this is not stated on page)

. In the end only one wall remains from the house, with one voice to repeat the date over and over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Animal death

Minor: Grief

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

When I think of Ray Bradbury I think of There Will Come Soft Rains, when I think of There Will Come Soft Rains I think of grief. The automated house dutifully carries out its functions paying no mind to any inhabitants. As with several of Bradbury's works there is a large sense of isolation paired with a fear of technology, justified or not. 
The house is seemingly the only thing still functioning, the people are gone, and aside from a brief mention of wildlife being scared off by the house's functions, there is a dog

but that dog dies almost as soon as it arrives (possibly from radiation sickness though this is not stated on page)

. In the end only one wall remains from the house, with one voice to repeat the date over and over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abandonment and Grief

There is a dog that dies and the process of said death is explicit but not violently done by outside forces.

harper42's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death