Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1962 • 232 pages

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15

Many decades ago, when I was in Junior high ( middle school these days), an English teacher recommended this book to me. It's the only time a humanities instructor suggested I read some Science Fiction or Fantasy book.
Anyway, recall that I liked it but at 14 I think I was easily impressed.

My daughter was recently reading it so I thought I'd see how it held up.
This time I found it to be tedious. There were scenes that were creepy (the library scene and the merry-go-round).
But for each of those there would be a long lecture on what evil was or something.
She summed it up by a quote from the book,
“You”, said Jim.”talk a lot”
So, I suggest you take Bradbury in small doses, like his short stories.

October 11, 2020