A review by viiemzee
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

dark hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ray Bradbury is a titan of the genre, yes, and I appreciate everything that he has every done for fantasy and horror literature. But truth be told, I think that I cannot abide his writing. This is the second Bradbury I've read - the first being A Graveyard for Lunatics - and I had a similar problem with them: the story is amazing, the thought behind it is so well done, but the actual writing is very very hard to enjoy. I loved the concepts touched upon in this book - aging, mortality, good and evil, love (both from family members and closest friends), and Faustian deals - but because the writing was so prose-heavy, I found I often was just skimming the pages to get to the next bit of action.