Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Green Town #2

Ray Bradbury

304 pages first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror dark mysterious medium-paced
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Few American novels written this century have endured in th heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury's incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic. A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, usheri...

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Community Reviews

3.79
based on 17,938 reviews

Moods

dark: 85%

mysterious: 76%

adventurous: 60%

tense: 44%

emotional: 26%

reflective: 25%

hopeful: 17%

challenging: 14%

inspiring: 7%

sad: 6%

funny: 5%

lighthearted: 3%


Pace

22% of readers chose fast
57% of readers chose medium
19% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

25% of readers chose Plot
54% of readers chose A mix
20% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

65% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

63% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
70% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

53% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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