658 reviews for:

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

4.04 AVERAGE

belen19's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense slow-paced

courtkro's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

kmt75's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Best thing about this collection is the title. It's like 19 of the lamest Twilight Zone episodes. None of them are bad. But none of them are very good either.

emclarke's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

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I tried the first 5 stories but it wasn't for me. I expected a much creepier, spookier vibe not believe it or not vibes. 

booktarot_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bambooty's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookbabe0614's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lizziethereader's review

3.0

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This is a solid and well-written collection and I enjoyed reading it, but as with every anthology there's parts that I liked more than others and overall it almost always balances out to a pretty average rating. 
My favorites in this collection were "The Emissary" and "Touched with Fire". 

secondhusk's review against another edition

4.0

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The quick, lingering little stories in this book are all sorts of things: haunting, garish, sweet, paranoid, florid, weird, nostalgic, cruel, kind. I am definitely a little bit scared of my own skeleton now, and definitely looking forward to Halloween.

flaweddimension's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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