659 reviews for:

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

4.04 AVERAGE

ravixforlorn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

stacyrenee's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous

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Short stories 

sweetlemonwater's review

5.0

dark mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

mijtje's review against another edition

3.75

dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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When I started reading, the stories were too strange for me and I thought I wouldn’t like the book, but halfway through I realized I was still thinking about most of the earlier stories, and at the end I was enjoying the book a lot. My favourite stories were The Next in Line, Skeleton, The Small Assassin, The Crowd and The Wind. Radbury writes very poetically and every story was a joy to read.

neminaf's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

ezravasq's review against another edition

4.0

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Great collection of stories. Bradbury is one of the great writers of the short story medium, and this is a fine collection for enjoyment or study.

ameve2's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

micaela_s's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

grafious's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elizafiedler's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 51%

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There are a lot of stories in here about getting away with violence against women. OK, not surprising for the genre. I got as far as the story about postpartum depression = horrifically unnatural creepy possession and was totally done. I've read enough stories from the male perspective that frame women's bodies and women's health as inherently horrific, thankyouverymuch