daisyheadmaesie 's review for:

The October Country by Ray Bradbury

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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”That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. The country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sounds like rain…”

Ray Bradbury books are simply the best for fall, especially for Halloween time! This was such an imaginative collection of stories, all revolving around death.

Some were spooky, like The Jar, others were downright touching, like Homecoming, and most came with an ample serving of terribly disturbing, like The Man Upstairs.

Some of my other favourites were Uncle Einar (which cleverly tied into another story!), The Lake, and Jack-in-the-Box. 

I really loved how each story took on a different aspect of mortality; grief, trauma, curses, the afterlife, suicide... This was an excellent mix of works!