659 reviews for:

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

4.04 AVERAGE

witchy_squirrel's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

kristenlovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

voxlunae's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

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A great and remarkably even short story collection! A few standouts, for sure (The Lake, The Emissary, The Scythe, Skeleton, The Next in Line), but really quite good across the board. Perfect for Halloween season. 🎃

ella_mcnally's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

heathengray's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Bradbury knocks it out of the park again. Here we have a collection of short stories from the late 40's and 50's, many still quite relevant today, or at the least hold up in the modern world. 

We have here a mix of twlight-zone type stories where there's an ambiguous twist at the end, the genuinely tragic, and just odd.

I cried reading The Lake. Bradbury has a knack for telegraphing exactly what's going to happen, but the emotional impact is lessened no one bit. 

I darkly chuckled at The Next in Line, The Skeleton, and The Small Assassin.

I dreaded The Wind, and The Emissary.

A good collection of stories, perfect for Halloween.

chelseaj91's review

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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Overall, the stories were interesting to an extent. While I get that they're as short as they are by design, at the same time, I felt like because they were so short, there was a lot of stuff that got glossed over because it was meant to up the "mystery/horror" but it didn't always play out right. I did feel like most of the stories were trying to come for more of psychological angle and wanted to make you think rather than being more of the jump scare type horror. There were a few stories that definitely had the horror bent to it but a lot of them felt like they ended abruptly just because.

A few of the stories I would have actually liked if they were longer to be able to further explore things. Several of them would be interesting if they were turned into some sort of TV/DVD something a la Creepshow. 

amandatacklestbr's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

gnewton98's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

badgers's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dylan_darko's review

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes