something wicked this way comes full book

So at thirteen he had only saved up six years of staring. Will Halloway, it was in him young to always look just beyond, over or to one side.

And when you never look away all your life, by the time you are thirteen you have done twenty years taking in the laundry of the world. The trouble with Jim was he looked at the world and could not look away. An excerpt of how Bradbury describes the boys: I think I was anticipating more story/plot than character, but I ended up really liking Jim and Will more than I liked the plot. I’m not sure what I was expecting when I started this book. My favourite aspects of the book were the characterization of the boys and Bradbury’s writing style. I honestly didn’t find it very frightening or terrifying or anything. I rarely rarely read ‘horror’ (I can’t even think of a solid example of something ‘horrorish’ that I have read), but this is probably the closest I’ve come to horror in a fictional novel format. Dark, but one of the friends still doubts is the carnival really that malicious.What a fun read! A bit scary, of course. The kids are afraid of the mysterious leader of the carnival, Mr. Charles Halloway, the father of William, becomes the full-fledged protagonist of the story, trying to protect his son from the imminent danger of supernatural origin. Starting from Jim and William, the story expands, making their parents the major characters, showing the story from the perspective of the adults (who, in their turn, were kids when the nightmare carnival came before). The questions raised in “Something Wicked This Way Comes” are very adult - the old age and mortality, family bounds, devotion to the friends and ability to stay cheerful as a child even when you have grown up long ago. Nevertheless, it isn’t a “horror for teenagers”. This novel will make you remember every horror story told and heard around the campfire. But when the mysterious - and horrifying - travelling carnival arrives, their friendship, family and even their lives are exposed to the grave danger. Jim Nightshade and William Halloway are very different personalities, despite the fact they are best friends. The main characters of the story are thirteen-year-old teenagers living in a small town. Despite the author is mostly known for his science fiction novels, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” is a real masterpiece that will send chills down your spine. A dark fantasy novel from the one of the most renowned authors of modern literature - Ray Bradbury.

Something wicked this way comes full book