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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

11 reviews

felofhe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking

hakkun1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Racial slurs

rabidteddybear's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Xenophobia and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Gun violence

galoshes's review against another edition

This book depicts women as objects whose value depends on men's opinion. There is an unsettling worship of boys and boyhood. The message is heavily influenced by Christian ideas of sin and punishment. The characters' decisions make no logical sense, which I feel was covered up by the poetic prose. I don't care for stories that are written for the sake of allegory.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Ableism, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Stalking

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

nikexistiertnik's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

i'm glad i read this book, as it did inspire lots of people's works, but it very much shows that it was written by a man more than half a century ago.
and i gotta say that i didn't particularly enjoy the writing style - although ray bradbury can craft beautiful sentences, they distract a lot from the actual plot and it was hard for me to stay interested at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Misogyny

_dasbrot's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs

eruby's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This is a strange little book. I'm not quite sure what I expected and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. The poetic prose was unexpected, at times adding depth and heart to the story and at other times stunting the dialog and taking me out of the story. I liked the premise of a dark carnival, the moral that love and joy defeat evil and corruption, the coming of the age story within a horror story (Stranger Things vibes there), and the quaint early-1960s Midwestern town setting, but the pacing was off and the prose was out of place at times. Still, this was a cozy, easy October read- spooky but not real scary. 3.5 or 4 stars depending on my mood. Beware the autumn people....

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Racial slurs

louisegraveyard's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

catgirl_luna's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs