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A review by ril_amber
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
2.0
I think at this point I'll just stop trying to enjoy Bradbury's writing.
The book is short, but still it's longer than it needed to be, with overabundant over the top descriptions and not enough sense. Believe me, I'm all for poetic and metaphor-rich prose, but when Catherynne M. Valente does it, it's delightful, and Ray Bradbury's style is just annoying to me.
I did not like that every description of women mentions their breaths, including young girls and 4000 year old mummies, I actually hated mind-raping Cecy, I didn't care for Timothy, and the only reason this is not a one star review is Uncle Einar.
So, in conclusion, if you want a story about a human child being raised by the assorted undead, read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, if you're looking for beings created and sustained by human belief, take American Gods, and if you want something fun with a delightfully morbid gothic family, by god, go watch The Addams Family.
The book is short, but still it's longer than it needed to be, with overabundant over the top descriptions and not enough sense. Believe me, I'm all for poetic and metaphor-rich prose, but when Catherynne M. Valente does it, it's delightful, and Ray Bradbury's style is just annoying to me.
I did not like that every description of women mentions their breaths, including young girls and 4000 year old mummies, I actually hated mind-raping Cecy, I didn't care for Timothy, and the only reason this is not a one star review is Uncle Einar.
So, in conclusion, if you want a story about a human child being raised by the assorted undead, read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, if you're looking for beings created and sustained by human belief, take American Gods, and if you want something fun with a delightfully morbid gothic family, by god, go watch The Addams Family.