A review by alexcannotread
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury

1.0

one of the most boring books I’ve ever read, I only finished it because I was to stubborn to quit. the non linearity of the plot and overuse of descriptive language made it really difficult to visualize what was happening. also, I was only really able to connect to timothy, cecy, and uncle einar because those were the only characters who had enough depth to them (although timothy really didn’t have much tbh, but he’s the main(?) character amidst too many characters to care about).

looking up the wiki, I saw that the most interesting chapters were ironically previously published short stories, which makes sense as to why those ones felt more fleshed out than the other chapters. “the sleeper and her dreams chapter” was the only really interesting chapter that wasn’t a previously published short story.

1 star because of how difficult it was to immerse myself in the story, find interest in the story, and understand parts of the book.