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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

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thomas454's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

meggiek802's review against another edition

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dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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bperl's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5/5. Astonishing in its poetry-prose, this is a Bradbury novel for the ages.
Read it full awake, else it may lull you to sleep in the wake of its words.

yaakovakiva's review against another edition

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I am bored as hell with this book and it's written completely in stream of consciousness. I can't stick with it. I love more than one of Bradbury's books, but this one just isn't for me.

jamiecakes0522's review against another edition

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4.0

The writing style was difficult for me to get through but the storytelling and amazing scenes of horror won me over.

errski's review against another edition

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5.0

I read this for the first time when I was younger and have read so many books by Ray Bradbury since then. I loved it the first time, and would say it's one of my favorite books.

Reread 2022
The reread for this book hit different, but still really enjoy this book. The dark themes appeal to me, but now being older and having friends with children, I can relate more closely to Charles and the adult characters, which is really interesting to me. I'm not in my 50s, but I can now understand the appeal of going forward in time as a kid, but also going back in time as an adult... which made this read feel really different. The characters and carnival have/has more depth, the metaphors read different to me, and I am really happy I decided to read this again.

I couldn't figure out how to change the edition because the second time around I read a more recent edition... (just a note for myself)